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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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  Administering Systems and Events   

Administering Systems and Events

»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
»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

Users with full-configuration-rights can administer HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). Administration of HP SIM involves:

  • Configuring basic settings using the First Time Wizard

  • Configuring and running automatic and manual discovery

  • Identifying systems

  • Managing hosts and template files

  • Managing system types by creating, editing, and deleting SNMP and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) rules

  • Setting global and single system protocol settings

  • Configuring and running status polling tasks

  • Configure automatic event handling by creating and editing tasks, deleting events, and configuring e-mail, modem, event filter, SNMP trap, and status change event settings

  • Configuring cluster and system settings

  • Running data collection tasks

  • Customizing the Home page options

  • Selecting and maintaining default HP Version Control Repository Manager for advanced searches and tasks like installing software and firmware

  • Managing toolboxes

  • Managing authorizations

  • Managing users

  • Monitoring the Audit Log

  • Creating, editing, exporting, importing, and synchronizing server certificates

  • Creating, deleting, exporting, and importing trusted system certificates

  • Setting up managed systems

  • Set system properties for multiple systems

  • Suspend or resume system monitoring for multiple systems

  • Specify HP Version Control Repository Manager

  • Running Performance Management Pack (PMP) administrative tools from within HP SIM

  • Backing up and restoring the HP SIM database on Windows, HP-UX, and Linux systems

  • Configuring security settings

  • Modifying identification through System Type Manager

  • Manage System Keys

You must be a user with full-configuration-rights on a system to access the Options menu and perform HP SIM administration tasks.

Related Procedures

» Audit Log - Viewing the Audit Log
» Audit Log - Configuring the Audit Log File
» Users and User Groups - Creating New Users
» Toolboxes - Creating New Toolboxes
» Users and User Groups - Creating New User Groups
» Authorizations - Creating New Authorizations
» Authorizations - Updating Authorizations
» Users and User Groups - Editing User Accounts and User Groups
» Toolboxes - Editing Toolboxes
» Users and User Groups - Deleting User Accounts and User Groups
» Toolboxes - Deleting Toolboxes
» Authorizations - Deleting Authorizations
» Users and User Groups - User and User Group Reports
» Toolboxes - Toolbox Report
» Authorizations - Authorization Report
» Server Certificates - Exporting a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Editing a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Creating a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Importing a Server Certificate
» Trusted Certificates - Deleting Trusted Certificates
» Trusted Certificates - Exporting Trusted Certificates
» Trusted Certificates - Importing Trusted Certificates
» Trusted Certificates - Requiring Trusted Certificates
» Cluster Monitor - Configuring Cluster Resource Settings
» Cluster Monitor - Configuring Node Resource Settings
» Data Collection - Creating a Data Collection Task
» Discovery and Identification - Configuring Automatic Discovery
» Discovery and Identification - Adding a System Manually
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - Disabling or Enabling a Discovery Task
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - Creating a New Discovery Task
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - Editing a Discovery Task
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - Deleting a Discovery Task
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - Running a Discovery Task
» Discovery and Identification - Configuring Discovery General Settings
» Managing Hosts Files - Adding Systems in a Hosts File to the Database
» Managing Hosts Files - Deleting a Hosts File
» Managing Hosts Files - Editing a Hosts File
» Managing Hosts Files - Creating a New Hosts File
» Managing Discovery Templates - Creating a New Discovery Template File
» Managing Discovery Templates - Editing a Discovery Template
» Managing Discovery Templates - Deleting a Discovery Template
» Events - Configuring E-mail Settings
» Events - Configuring Modem Settings
» Events - Creating an Automatic Event Handling Task with Selected Event and System Attributes
» Events - Managing Event Handling Tasks
» Events - Configuring Event Filters
» Events - Configuring SNMP Traps
» Events - Configuring Status Change Events
» Events - WBEM Indications
» Administering Systems and Events - Setting Up Managed Systems
» Administering Systems and Events - Version Control Repository
» Administering Systems and Events - PMP Administrative Options
» Protocols - Setting Global Protocols
» Protocols - Setting Protocols for a System or Groups of Systems
» Protocols - Setting Protocols for a Single System
» WMI Mapper Proxy - Adding a WMI Mapper Proxy
» WMI Mapper Proxy - Editing a WMI Mapper Proxy
» WMI Mapper Proxy - Deleting a WMI Mapper Proxy
» Backing Up and Restoring the Database - HP-UX/Linux
» Backing Up and Restoring the Database - Windows
» Networking and Security - Configuring Login Events
» Networking and Security - Configuring the System Link
» Networking and Security - Configuring Browser Timeout Options
» Status Polling - Hardware Status Polling
» Status Polling - Software Status Polling
» Manage System Types - Creating a New STM Rule
» Manage System Types - Editing STM Rule
» Manage System Types - Deleting STM Rule
» System Properties - Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems
» System Properties - Suspending or Resuming System Monitoring for Multiple Systems
» Administering Systems and Events - Version Control Repository
» Administering Systems and Events - PMP Administrative Options

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Users and Authorizations
» Administering Systems and Events - Audit Log
» Networking and Security - Server Certificates
» Administering Systems and Events - Data Collection
» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Discovery and Identification
» Administering Systems and Events - Events
» Configuring Discovery General Settings - Discovery Filters
» Discovery and Identification - Identification
» Administering Systems and Events - Protocols
» Administering Systems and Events - WMI Mapper Proxy
» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Networking and Security
» Networking and Security - About Login
» Networking and Security - About Secure Task Execution
» Administering Systems and Events - Status Polling
» Discovery and Identification - Manage System Types
» Administering Systems and Events - Configuring SSH Bypass Properties