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Configure or Repair Agents

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To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against a system, you must have authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.

If a standard practice is to disable or rename the Administrator operating system account, the renamed Administrator account is used by Configure or Repair Agents tool when Windows systems are configured.

You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP Systems Insight Manager community strings in the node security file. In addition, you must have administrator privileges for Windows systems or root privileges for Linux and HP-UX on the target systems to configure or repair the agent settings.

Note: On a Windows CMS, the Configure or Repair Agents feature enables you to configure remote systems that have the Windows, Linux or HP-UX operating systems. On a Linux or HP-UX CMS, the Configure or Repair Agents feature enables you to configure remote Linux or HP-UX systems. Windows systems can only be configured from a Windows CMS.

To configure agents remotely:

  1. Select a tool from the menu. The Select Target Systems page appears.

    Note: The Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before selecting a tool.

  2. Add targets by first selecting from a group from the dropdown box, the contents of the selected group are displayed and can be selected as targets. Or, to select the group itself check the Select “group” itself checkbox.

  3. Click [Apply].The targets appear in the Verify Target Systems section.

    Note: If the targets selected are not compatible with the tool, the Tool Launch OK? column provides a brief explanation for the problem. To remove a target, select the target and then click [Remove Targets].

  4. Select one of the following options:

    • Click [Add Targets] to add more targets to the Target System List.

    • To remove a target, select the target and then click [Run Targets].

    • Click [Next] to specify tool parameters and to schedule the task.

  5. Click [Prev] to return to the previous page. The Enter login credentials page appears.

  6. From the Enter login credentials page:

    1. In the User name field, enter the system administrator user name.

    2. In the Password field, enter the system administrator password for the user name previously entered.

    3. In the Password (Verify) field, reenter the system administrator password exactly as it was entered in the Password field.

    4. For Windows managed systems only, in the Domain field, enter the Windows domain.

      Note: The credentials used in this step must work for all target systems that have been selected. HP recommends using domain administrator or root credentials.

  7. Click [Next]. Click [Prev] to return to the previous page. The Configure or Repair Settings page appears.

    The following options are available:

    • Configure SNMP. Select this option to configure SNMP settings.

      If this option is selected, the following steps must be considered:

      1. Select Set read community string and to specify a community string. By default, HP Systems Insight Manager's first community string, that is non-public, appears in the field. If no community string exists in HP Systems Insight Manager, then you must enter one.

        Note: If only HP-UX systems with default SNMP installation are being configured at this time, you may deselect this option. HP-UX allows read by default (get-community-name is set to public by default on HP-UX systems).

        Note: If this option is selected, the Read Only community string is added to the target systems. If the target system is SuSE Linux or Microsoft Windows 2003, the managed nodes do not always allows SNMP communication between themselves and a remote host. This setting is modified to allow the instance of the HP Systems Insight Manager system to communicate SNMP with these target systems.

        Note: You can enter a community string up to 255 characters.

        Note: Repairing the SNMP settings adds a Read Write community string to the target system only if one does not currently exist. This community string is unique for each system, is composed of over thirty characters to include letters and numbers, and is only visible to the user with administrator privileges for that system. This Read Write community string is required by the Web Agent to perform certain threshold setting capabilities. This community string is only used locally on the target system and is not used by HP Systems Insight Manager over the network. Linux and HP-UX systems do not need a Read Write community string, hence the Read Write community is added on Windows systems only.

      2. Select Set traps to refer to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager in the target systems' SNMP Trap Destination List. This allows the target systems to send SNMP traps to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager.

    • Trust relationship: Set to "Trust by Certificate". Select this option to require systems to use the Trust by Certificate trust relationship with the System Management Homepage.

      For System Management Homepage on the target systems, this option sets the trust mode to Trust by Certificate and copies the HP Systems Insight Manager system certificate to the target system's trusted certificate directory. This enables HP Systems Insight Manager users to connect to the System Management Homepage using the certificate for authentication.

      Note: If you experience problems later setting the trust status to Linux, refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Online Help Troubleshooting help file under Certificate Problems for assistance.

    • Set administrator password for Insight Management Agents version 7.1 or earlier. Select this option to repair the administrator password on all Insight Management Agents installed on the target systems as applicable for Windows and Linux systems.

      Note: Deselect this option if you have Insight Management Agents 7.2 or later installed.

      Note: If the remote system is running HP-UX, this option is not executed on the remote system since it is not applicable on HP-UX systems. If only HP-UX target systems are being configured at this time, you can deselect this option.

      If this option is selected, the following steps must be configured:

      1. In the Password field, enter the new administrator password.

      2. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the new administrator password exactly as you entered it previously.

    • Configure secure shell (SSH) access.

      If this option is selected, you must select one of the following options:

      • Host based authentication for SSH

      • Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system

        Note: If the selected systems include Linux or HP-UX systems, and options for Configure SNMP settings, Trust relationships and administrator password for HP Insight Management Agent 7.1 or earlier have been selected, then SSH authentication should be selected now unless already configured earlier.

        Note: SSH can be configured only if the OpenSSH service is running on the managed systems. OpenSSH can be installed on Windows systems, by running the Install Open SSH tool under DeployDeploy DriversFirmware and AgentsInstall Open SSH.

    • Create subscriptions for WBEM events.

      Note: This option is only applicable to Linux and HP-UX systems. If this option is selected, the target system is configured to send WBEM indications or events to HP Systems Insight Manager.

      Note: Subscriptions for WBEM events can be created only if WBEM event providers are installed and running on the managed systems.

  8. Click [Run Now]. Click [Prev] to return to the previous page. The Task Results page appears.

    Note: Click [Schedule] to run this task at a later time.

    Note: The Configure or Repair Agents tool can be used to update multiple target systems, each of which might potentially have different results. The hprepair.log is used to display the information on the stdout tab. The log results indicate whether the repair attempt was successful.

    Note: Repair of SNMP settings, Trust relationships and administrator password for Insight Management Agents 7.1 or earlier on Linux systems is executed by a separate task, which can be viewed in the tasks log menu selection. Repair of SNMP settings, Trust relationships on HP-UX systems is executed by a separate task, which can be viewed in the tasks log menu selection. If Linux and HP-UX systems are selected, there are two Task IDs, one for Linux and one for HP-UX systems.

    The Task Results page displays the following information:

    • Status. This field displays the details for each target system within a task instance.

    • Exit Code. This field represents the success or failure of an executable program. If the return value is zero or positive, the executable ran successfully. If a negative value is returned, the executable failed.

    • Target Name. This field displays the name/IP address of the target.

    • The stdout Tab. This tab displays the output text information.

    • The Stderr Tab. This tab displays information if the executable experienced an error.

    • Files Copied Tab. This tab displays what files are in the process of being copied or have been copied to the target system.

    • [View Printable Report]. Reports can be printed for the currently selected target system or for all target systems associated with the task instance.

      To print a report:

      1. Click [View Printable Report].

        An Options Message box appears, asking if you want to generate a report containing only the currently selected target system or all systems associated with the task instance.

      2. Select which report to print.

      3. Click [OK] to print the report, or click [Cancel] to return to the View Task Results page.

  9. If Management HTTP Server is installed on target systems, the login credentials are updated in the Management HTTP Server password file.

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