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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Creating a Task to Import a Hosts File for HP Systems Insight Manager Integration Task

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Configuring Automatic Discovery
»Configuring Discovery General Settings
»Managing Discovery Templates
»Adding a System Manually
»Managing Hosts Files
»Creating a New Hosts File
»Editing a Hosts File
»Deleting a Hosts File
»Adding Systems in a Hosts File to the Database
Creating a Task to Import a Hosts File for HP Systems Insight Manager Integration Task
»Hosts File Extensions
»IP Ranges
»Identification
»Manage System Types
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Importing the .dat File
» Displaying the Systems
» Exporting Insight Manager (WIN32) Files
» Related Procedure

Users with full-configuration-rights who are using both HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and its companion Windows management application, Insight Manager (WIN32), can import Insight Manager (WIN32) system database files for easy transition from the Windows client server environment to the Web-based environment.

Insight Manager (WIN32) creates a system database file that stores the names and IP addresses of discovered systems in a file called cim_ip.dat. The file is formatted like a hosts file that HP SIM recognizes. The file is dynamically updated as systems are discovered or deleted in Insight Manager (WIN32). You can find the file in the directory where Insight Manager (WIN32) is installed.

Insight Manager (WIN32) supports systems that have spaces in their names. In the cim_ip.dat, these system names contain an asterisk (*) instead of the space. Any system name that contains a space is invalid in HP SIM.

Importing the .dat File

If the hosts file contains a cluster name or address, the HP SIM discovery IP range must be changed to include the cluster members since it is possible that the imported hosts file does not include the cluster members. Refer to Configuring Automatic Discovery - Creating a New Discovery Task for information on changing the IP range.

  1. Select OptionsDiscovery, then select the Manual Discovery tab, and click Hosts Files at the top of the page. The Manual Discovery - Hosts Files page appears.

  2. Click [New]. The New Hosts File section appears.

  3. In the Hosts file name field, enter a name for the file, such as cim_ip.dat.

  4. Select Systems loaded from hosts file and enter the full path name for the file or locate the cim_ip.dat file, by clicking [Browse]. When the file is found, click [Open] to enter the file name in the Systems loaded from hosts file field.

  5. Click [Initialize Now] to initialize the file and display the contents in the Contents area.

  6. Click [OK] to save the file as a hosts file for future reference.

  7. On the Manual Discovery - Hosts File page, be sure the file you added is selected, and click [Add Systems Now] to insert the systems into the database.

Displaying the Systems

Within a short time, the systems inserted through a hosts file are added to the database. When the next discovery and identification tasks run, full system information is added to the system.

In the Systems and Events panel, select All Systems. The system table view page displays, and the systems added should be displayed along with all other discovered systems.

Exporting Insight Manager (WIN32) Files

There are two ways to export Insight Manager (WIN32) .DAT files from within Insight Manager (WIN32):

  • Using the Insight Manager (WIN32) Export feature

  • Using the cim_ip.dat file, which contains abbreviated system information compared to the first method

Go to http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_12ky-0500-wwen/TPM_12ky-0500-wwen.pdf for more information on exporting the Insight Manager (WIN32) .dat file.

Related Procedure

» Discovery and Identification - Managing Hosts Files