HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 87)

18 Federated CMS Search
Select Reports
→Federated Search....
Federated CMS Search is a web-based Systems Insight Manager plug-in that allows you to search
quickly across a number of HP Systems Insight Manager CMS systems. Federated CMS Search
finds systems using basic system criteria such as name, system type, subtype, and operating system.
The search tool can also search software inventory information to find, for example, firmware
versions across all Windows systems. From the search results, you can drill down into specific
systems on specific CMSs, accessing all features on those CMSs and you can have the results
exported to CSV, a comma-separated value, format.
How it works
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System administrators log into the host CMS running the Federated CMS Search tool and
launch the tool from the Systems Insight Manager Reports menu.
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A list of searchable CMSs appears with their respective connection status, version information,
and system counts.
NOTE: Federated CMS Search must be configured before a search can be performed.
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Submit search criteria (name, status, system type/subtype, product, operating system) and the
Federated CMS Search UI searches other CMSs through their respective Systems Insight
Manager web service APIs.
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Other CMSs in the organization returns the individual search results in a single table.
Federated CMS Configuration
The Federated CMS Configuration feature provides you with the following options:
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Adding a CMS
A wizard guides you through the process of adding a CMS.
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Deleting a CMS
A selected CMS can be removed from the list of CMSs. When the CMS is deleted, the trust
relationship that was set up between the main CMS and secondary CMS is also removed.
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Refreshing the list
Refreshing the list re-checks the configurations from the CMS.
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Fixing the configuration of a CMS
After the initial configuration of a CMS, changes in the CMS could break the Federated CMS
configuration. The CMS table displays the current configuration status since the last refresh.
If the configuration is broken, you must use Fix CMS Configuration to repair the configuration.
Procedure 17 Adding a CMS
1. Click Add CMS. The Add CMS wizard appears.
2. Enter the name of the remote CMS using the host name or IP address.
3. Verify the SSL certificate from the remote CMS.
This step gets the SSL certificate from the secondary CMS and allows you to install it on the
main CMS. If the certificate is retrieved successfully, it is displayed. After viewing the certificate,
you can click Continue or Cancel the wizard. If you finish the wizard, the certificate is installed.
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