HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 646)

certificate key A value used alone or with an encryption decoder (corresponding public or private key) for
cryptography. In traditional private key cryptography, the communicators share a key or cipher
so that each can encrypt and decrypt messages. The risk in this system is that if any party loses
the key, the system is broken. In public key cryptography, the private key is associated with a
public key, so each person in the system has a personal private key that is never shared.
cleared status A status condition that indicates an event is cleared.
clearing events Changing the event status from uncleared to cleared.
clients HP desktop, portable, and workstation systems.
cluster A parallel or distributed computing system made up of many discrete systems that form a single,
unified computing resource. Clusters vary in their features, complexity, and the purposes for which
they are best suited.
cluster IP address The IP address of the cluster.
cluster monitor A core component of HP SIM. Cluster Monitor adds the ability to monitor and manage multi-node
clusters. Cluster Monitor also manages multiple cluster platforms in a heterogeneous environment.
cluster monitor
resource A program that provides a monitoring or management function for clustered nodes in a cluster.
cluster system
identification Information about cluster systems. This information is stored in the database.
collections The method for grouping system or event.
command line
interface (CLI) A text-based application that can be executed from a command shell such as sh, csh, ksh or the
Microsoft Windows CMD shell.
common
information model
(CIM) An object-oriented schema defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). CIM is an
information model guide that describes and shares management information enterprise-wide.
CIM is designed for extending each management environment in which it is used.
common
information model A CIMOM acts as the interface for communication between web-based enterprise management
(WBEM) providers and management applications such as HP Systems Insight Manager. A CIMOM
that provides an interface for an
SMI-S provider is called an SMI CIMOM. object manager
(CIMOM)
communications
protocol See management protocol.
component A component is a single, self-describing, installable (interactive or silent) binary file containing a
single piece of software, such as firmware image, driver, agent, or utility, that is supported by
the management and update tools.
configuration
history report The Survey Utility that contains reports that show configuration details for server and compares
configuration history files for differences.
Configure or
Repair Agents An HP SIM feature that enables you to repair credentials for SNMP settings and trust relationships
that exist between HP SIM and target systems. You can also update Web Agent passwords on
target systems that have 7.1 agents or earlier installed.
control tasks Sequences of instructions that are associated with a search, event, or both, such as Delete Events,
Remove Disk Thresholds, Set Disk Threshold, and Set Device Access community strings.
critical status A state generated when HP SIM can no longer communicate with a managed system.
custom tools Custom tools are tools that can be created by the user to run on the Central Management Server
or on target systems. For example:
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Remote tool A tool that runs on selected target systems. It might copy files to the target
systems or run specific X-Window applications on the target systems. This tool can be
scheduled.
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CMS tool A tool that runs on the Central Management Server. It is usually a script or batch
file and can pass in environment variables. Using Automatic Event Handling, this tool can
optionally be configured to run when events are received. This tool can be scheduled.
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Web page tool A tool that launches a web URL. The URL is launched in a separate browser
window on the Central Management Server. This tool cannot be scheduled.
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