HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 72)

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Command
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Run as user
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Automatic Event Handling
The following options are available for managing custom tools:
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“New”
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“Edit”
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“View tool definition”
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“Run Now/Schedule”
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“Delete”
New
Use to create a custom tool and open the Select the tool to create page.
Edit
Use to edit an existing custom tool. Select the tool, and then click Edit. The Edit Custom Tool Details
section appears. You can edit all fields and add or delete environment variables.
View tool definition
Use to display the XML code for the tool. This tool is not enabled if you select more than one tool.
Run Now/Schedule
Use to run the tool immediately or to schedule the tool to run (if the tool can be scheduled). If the tool can
be run, the schedule a task page appears. You can schedule when and how often the tool runs.
Delete
Use to delete a tool. Deleting a tool removes it from the Manage Custom Tools page and from the system.
If a tool is dependent on a task, an alert appears with the list of tasks associated with the tool.
For information custom tool definition files details, see Custom tool definition files .
Creating custom tools through the Systems Insight Manager CLI
Systems Insight Manager includes a CLI that allows manual control of Systems Insight Manager functions.
This manual control enables you to create your own customized tools. The CLI is accessible directly on the
CMS or from any network client using
SSH client software. Creating custom tools manually offers a better
understanding of the XML file format and allows greater flexibility in exercising the options available when
creating TDEFs. For more informaiton on custom tool definition file syntax, see
Custom tool definition files .
Creating a custom SSA tool
This procedure uses the CLI to create a custom SSA tool for copying any executable file to a managed system
(target system) and having it execute (install) there.
This example illustrates the creation of a custom tool that installs a security patch on every Windows server
managed by Systems Insight Manager. If done manually, the administrator would have to locate each
Windows server and perform the following commands in that server:
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Log on as Administrator
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Access a network drive or portable media containing a copy of the file to be used for the tool (we will
use hpsecurity_patch.exe in this example) and copy that file to the local drive.
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Use Start/Run or a command line prompt to enter the command:
<install_path>\hpsecurity_patch.exe
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Log off of the system
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