HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

The method for setting WBEM credentials depends on whether you are using HP Systems Insight
Manager or HP SMH.
Setting WBEM credentials in HP SMH
You must set WBEM credentials for virtual partitions in HP SMH. This allows Virtual Server Manager
to collect utilization data and operating system information on the virtual partition. Stored credentials
are specific to the user logged in to HP SMH. Two users who are logged in with different user
names do not share credentials.
When you log into SMH without having already set the WBEM credentials and saving them in the
file system, the Set WBEM Credentials for Virtual Partitions page is displayed. When you create
a new virtual partition, you must add credentials for that virtual partition by selecting Modify→WBEM
Credentials... from the Virtual Server Manager menu bar, which displays the same page. Figure 2
shows an example of the Set WBEM Credentials for Virtual Partitions page.
Figure 2 HP SMH: Set WBEM Credentials page
On this page, you can set one user name and password combination for all virtual partitions, or
you can set them individually for one or more virtual partitions. If you set the credentials for some
but not all of the individual systems, Virtual Server Manager does not collect utilization data and
operating system information for the excluded systems.
You can also save the user name and password entries in obscured format in the file system. This
allows you to use the same setting each time you enter Virtual Server Manager through HP SMH.
To save these entries, select the Save user name and password settings in the file system check
box, and then click OK. This information is obfuscated before being stored.
If you do not want to provide this security information for the current session, click Cancel. Virtual
Server Manager continues without collecting this data. If you do not want to provide this additional
data for subsequent uses of Virtual Server Manager, and you do not want to be prompted for it
on each entry into Virtual Server Manager, make sure all entries on the page are blank, select the
check box to save the credentials to file, and click OK. Empty credentials are stored, and this
prevents the WBEM credentials page from being displayed on subsequent entries into Virtual Server
Manager.
If you require the additional security provided by certificate validation, you can turn on SSL certificate
validation by checking the Require trusted certificates check box. If this box is checked, you must
store the valid certificates for the virtual partitions in a keystore on the VSP to indicate that
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