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1.11.2 Viewing managed system names

After the Configure Management Services task is run, you can list the managed systems with
their associated names; use the shownode info command as described in

Section 21.2.2

(page 195)

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1.12 Connecting to HP SIM

To log in and connect to HP SIM, follow these steps:

1.

Open a browser window.

2.

Enter the web address of the Central Management Server (CMS) using any of the following
address formats:

http://CMS_fully_qualified_host_name:280/

https://CMS_fully_qualified_host_name:50000/

http://CMS_IP_address:280/

The web address consists of the following:

The fully qualified host name of the CMS or the IP address of the CMS management
interface
. The CMS management interface is the Ethernet adapter (the NIC) that is used
for communication between the CMS and the managed systems.

The default HP SIM port, port 280

For example, if the fully qualified host name of the CMS is mercury.example.com, enter
the following web address:

http://mercury.example.com:280/

3.

When the login screen appears, enter the HP SIM administrator user name or root and the
associated password to log in to HP SIM.

1.13 Backing up Insight Control for Linux files

The following table contains a list of user files and directories that must be backed up in order
to regenerate your customized installation, if needed.

Table 1-3 Insight Control for Linux files and directories to back up

Reason

Files and directories to back up

Supported and custom operating systems, boot
images, captured images, installation
configuration scripts, dependency scripts, and
the Firmware Update file are located in this
directory.

/opt/repository/*

This file contains the configuration data for the
Console Management Facility.

/opt/hptc/cmf/cmf.conf

This file contains Insight Control for Linux
configuration values.

/opt/mx/icle/icle.properties

This is the database for the network
configuration parameters.

/opt/mx/icle/config/network_map.xml

This directory holds critical information used
by Nagios.

/opt/hptc/nagios/etc/templates/*

This file contains the configuration data for the
syslog-ng

utility.

/opt/hptc/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

Required only if the CMS is also a DHCP server.

/etc/dhcpd.conf

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