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Example web launch tool – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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To finish the TDEF, enter the final tool list tag as shown below.

The fully composed TDEF for a SSA copy tool to deploy the HP Security Patch to a managed
node and then execute, should display as follows:

10. Save the file. HP recommends using a file name that indicates its function, in this

case,DeployHPSecurityPatchv.1.xml Make sure that the file name ends with the .XML
extension. Note that file names on Linux and HP-UX operating systems are case-sensitive. The
directory used by HP SIM to store tools is as follows:

for HP-UX and Linux systems: /var/opt/mx/tools

for Windows systems: C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\tools

11. To add the new tool to HP SIM, perform the procedure described in the section

“Adding a

TDEF to HP SIM” (page 88)

.

For more information about specific SSA tool attributes, see

“SSA-specific attributes” (page

201)

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Example Web launch tool

A web launch tool launches an application requiring a URL. The example below launches the
application WebJetAdmin for a device selected within the HP SIM window as long as that device
is a printer. The element (in bold below) provides the URL of the managed node
where WebJetAdmin is installed. The parameter %n is used to substitute the managed node

Creating custom tools through the HP SIM CLI

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