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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Editing System Properties for a Single System

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»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
»Events
»Examples of Event Tasks
»Status Polling
»WMI Mapper Proxy
»Protocols
»Data Collection
»System Properties
Editing System Properties for a Single System
» Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems
»Suspending or Resuming System Monitoring for a Single System
»Suspending or Resuming System Monitoring for Multiple Systems
»Version Control Repository
»PMP Administrative Options
»Setting Up Managed Systems
»Managing SSH Keys
»Backing Up and Restoring the Database
»Configuring SSH Bypass Properties
»Audit Log
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedure
» Related Topics

The Edit System Properties link enables users with full-configuration-rights to re-configure system properties for a single system through its System Page which is made up of the following sections.

  • Identification. This section includes the following information:

    • Preferred System Name. With this property, you have the capability to specify how the system (including the CMS) appears in the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) user interface. The [Restore Default Name] button sets the displayed name back to the name originally discovered by HP SIM.

      If you change the preferred name, a warning message appears stating that any lists referring to this system by name might no longer work, and any subsequent discoveries of a system using the new name causes the system name change to be changed back to the host (DNS) name.

    • Prevent the Discovery process from changing this system name. When checked, this prevents Discovery from overwriting the preferred system name.

    • Serial number. This is the serial number of the system. Any user-entered value will be overwritten by Identification, regardless of the checkbox setting described blow. This field is read only if it is set by Discovery.

  • Product Description. All properties are configurable.

    • System type. This is the System type for the system, click the down arrow and select the appropriate System type.

    • System subtype 1 - 8. This is the System subtype for the system, click the down arrow and select the appropriate System subtype. You can provide up to eight different system subtypes.

    • Product model. This is a free form field and you can enter the system model number here.

    • Hardware description. This is a free form field describing the hardware.

    • Operating system description. This is the name of operating system running on the system, if any.

    • Operating system for tool filtering. This is the operating system for tool filtering, click the down arrow and select the operating system (HP Unix, Linux, Novell, Tru64 Unix, or Windows).

    • Operating system version. This is a free form field and is the operating system version.

  • Contact Information. 

    • Contact. This is a free form field and is the contact user for the system.

    • Location. This is a free form field and is the physical location of the system.

  • Asset Information. This is the asset number of the system and is retrieved through the Data Collection process.

    • Asset number. This is the asset number of the system and is retrieved through the Data Collection process.

  • Prevent the Discovery, Identification, and Data Collection processes from changing these system properties. When checked, Discovery, Identification, and Data Collection do not overwrite any of the property values. However, when deselected, the Discovery, Identification, and Data Collection processes might overwrite or clear the properties. One exception to this behavior is with the serial number which is overwritten with any serial number obtained through Identification, regardless of this checkbox setting.

If this box is deselected and you click [OK], HP SIM checks to see if any changes have been made. If so, a warning message appears stating that your changes might be overwritten by the next Discovery. To avoid having Discovery overwrite your changes, you should check this box.

To reconfigure system properties:

  1. From the System Page, select the Tools & Links tab.

  2. Click the Edit Systems Properties link to reconfigure the systems properties for an individual system. The Edit System Properties page appears.

  3. Edit any desired fields.

    Note: If the serial number field was set by discovery, you cannot edit it.

  4. Click [OK] to apply the attribute changes or click [Cancel] to cancel all changes. After clicking [OK] or [Cancel], you are returned to the Tools & Links tab.

Changing system properties might affect collection results. Changing the Preferred System Name of a system affects any system-by-name collections that the user has created. Changing the System type affects any by-system-type collections.

Refer to System Properties - Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems for information on setting system properties for multiple systems.

Related Procedure

» System Properties - Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems

Related Topics

» Tools that Extend Management - System Page
» System Page - Tools & Links Tab
» System Properties - Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems