Security requirements for the insight providers – HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Manual
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2.
Verify that the target server has a supported operating system installed. See "Operating system
support (on page
)."
3.
Log in as an administrator on the target server.
4.
Install the Insight Providers Smart Component:
o
For 32-bit Windows® environments, execute the cp011396.exe Smart Component by double-
clicking the file or by invoking it in a script.
o
For x64 64-bit Windows® environments, execute the cp011395.exe Smart Component by
double-clicking the file or by invoking it in a script.
To uninstall the Insight Providers, use Add or Remove Programs for Windows Server® 2003 or Programs
and Features for Windows Server® 2008.
Security requirements for the Insight Providers
IMPORTANT:
The standard user accounts that are used to access HP WBEM Providers
management information must have access rights and security group memberships to enable
remote access by HP SIM or other clients querying WMI data. An administrator account has
sufficient rights and security group memberships to access HP WBEM Providers management
information.
To enable remote access of the Insight Providers through WMI for non-administrator user accounts:
1.
Add the standard user account to the Distributed COM Users group.
2.
For the following namespaces, add the standard user account to namespace security:
o
root\HPQ
o
root\HPQ\default
o
root\HPQ\TestEvent
o
root\Interop
o
root\CIMv2
3.
To add the standard user account to namespace security, complete the following steps for each
name space:
a.
Right-click My Computer > Manage > Services and Applications.
b.
Right-click WMI Control.
c.
Click Properties.
d.
Select the Security tab.
e.
Select the namespace.
f.
Click the Security button. For the standard user, verify that permissions are set as follows:
—
Execute Methods
—
Full Write
—
Partial Write
—
Provider Write
—
Enable Account
—
Remote Enable