Getting Started - Performing Initial Setup

The initial setup involves setting up managed systems, configuring discovery, configuring event handling, adding users, and defining authorizations. It assumes that you just completed the installation of your central management server (CMS). If you skipped or canceled the First Time Wizard, the following steps assist you in setting up your environment to run HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).

If you are new administrator of an existing management domain, it might be useful for you to familiarize yourself with these steps even though your CMS has already been through the initial setup. The steps in this process are common tasks that HP SIM administrators perform on a regular basis.

Initial Setup Process

When you first start HP SIM, the introductory page appears with a section called DO THIS NOW to finish the install. To get started using HP SIM:

Set up managed systems. Setting up managed systems involves installing the required management agents and configuring HP SIM software. Refer to Administering Systems and Events - Setting Up Managed Systems for more information.
Configure protocol settings. Configuring the protocol settings defines what systems are added to HP SIM using discovery in the next step. Refer to Protocols - Setting Global Protocols for more information.
If you ran the First Time Wizard, the protocol settings might already be configured.
Configure Discovery: Automatic or Manual. Discovery is the process that HP SIM uses to find and identify the systems on your network and populate the database with that information. A system must first be discovered to collect data and track system health status. There are two ways to discover new systems:
- Automatic discovery. Searches the network for systems running specific protocols. It runs automatically every 24 hours, but the process can be manually executed or scheduled to execute at other times.
  If you ran the First Time Wizard, discovery might already be completed.
- Manual discovery. Used to add a single system or a group of systems using a Hosts file.
Refer to Discovery and Identification - Configuring Automatic Discovery for information on Automatic Discovery or Discovery and Identification - Adding a System Manually for information on Manual Discovery.
Add new users. Any user with a valid network login can be added to HP SIM. Refer to Users and Authorizations - Users and User Groups for more information.
If you ran the First Time Wizard, new users might already be added.
Configure e-mail settings. Configuring e-mail settings enables users to receive e-mail notification of certain events. Refer to Events - Configuring E-mail Settings for information on e-mail settings.
Configure paging settings. Configuring paging settings enables users to receive pages that notify them of certain events. Refer to Events - Configuring Modem Settings for information on paging settings.
Setup automatic event handling. Automatic event handling enables you to define an action that HP SIM performs when an event is received. Automatic event handling can be set up to use the e-mail and paging settings that you specified in the previous sections. Refer to Events - Creating an Automatic Event Handling Task with Selected Event and System Attributes and Events - Creating an Automatic Event Handling Task with an Existing Event Collection for more information.

HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

Performing Initial Setup

Initial Setup Process

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