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Tool parameter guidelines – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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Table 39 Environment Variables (continued)

Description

Names values

Path variable received from the operating system (received
in context of the windows service account)

Path

Variable received from the operating system (received in
context of the windows service account)

SystemRoot

Variable received from the operating system (received in
context of the windows service account)

WinDIR

Variable received from the operating system (received in
context of the windows service account)

ComputerName

Tool parameter guidelines

Guidelines for entering parameter field data when creating new command line tools.

Table 40 New Command Line Tool parameter entry guidelines

Entry guidelines

Parameter string assignment

Data entry required?

Parameter field

As when using the CLI, the
name of the new tool should

%1

Yes

Tool name

be descriptive of the tool's
function.

This is the new command
used to call the tool, and it
may include parameters.

%2

Yes

Tool command

If the Tool command includes
the %1 parameter, then this

%3

No

Prompt

field entry is required to
specify the destination
prompt.

Use this entry to specify the
location of the tool in the

%4

No

Tool menu category

menu. If left blank, the new
tool will be added to the
Tools

→Command Line Tools

menu.

Description of what the new
tool does.

%5

No

Tool description

Description of how to use
(invoke) the new tool.

%6

No

Tool help comment

If left blank, the new tool will
run as the HP SIM user

%7

No

Enter root execute as root

whose SSH public key must
be configured on the
managed system using the
mxagentconfig
command. Refer to the HP
SIM Installation and User
Guide for more information.

CAUTION!

If root is specified, any user
authorized to run this tool
may gain full access to the
managed system depending
on the definition of the

232 Custom tool definition files