Managing Npartitions Using Wbem; Running Partition Manager Using Wbem; Running Npartition Commands Using Wbem; Choosing A Management Mode - HP Rx2620-2 - Integrity - 0 MB RAM Manual

For remote WBEM SSL connections to succeed, the WBEM SSL server certificate from the remote
system you are connecting to (the WBEM server) must first be imported into the trusted certificate
stores on the system where the remote WBEM commands are issued from (the client system).
For a description of how to do this, see
(page 34).

Managing nPartitions using WBEM

Using WBEM, you can manage remote nPartitions indirectly, through an existing nPartition on
the server.
NOTE:
You cannot use WBEM to manage nPartitions remotely if none of the nPartitions on the
target server have been booted or configured yet, or if the nPartition provider or MP device
driver components have not been installed yet.
To use WBEM, install the WMI Mapper and the nPartition commands software on your
management station. After you install the tools, enable secure WBEM communications by referring
to "Configuring for secure WBEM communications" (page
Manager or the nPartition commands to manage the remote nPartitions.

Running Partition Manager using WBEM

You can run Partition Manager with WBEM in one of two ways:
• If running Partition Manager on an nPartition: Select the Switch Complexes task from the
Tools menu. In the resulting dialog, enter the host name or IP address of the remote
nPartition, and supply a user name and that user's password.
To display information about the target complex, specify any user defined on the remote
nPartition. To make changes to the target complex, specify a user with superuser privileges
on the remote nPartition.
• If running Partition Manager on another system (not an nPartition): Partition Manager
automatically displays the Switch Complexes dialog.

Running nPartition commands using WBEM

To manage nPartitions remotely using WBEM, you must include two command-line options
with each nPartition command:
• -u username:[password]
The -u option specifies a valid user name on the remote nPartition.
For the parstatus and fruled commands, you can specify any user name on the remote
nPartition, but for the other commands you must select a user with superuser privileges on
the remote nPartition. If you do not specify the password, you are prompted to enter a
password after executing the command. This method is more secure because the password
is not displayed on the command line.
• -h hostname | IPaddress
The -h option specifies the host name or the IP address of the remote nPartition.

Choosing a management mode

As stated previously, the most common method for managing nPartitions involves a remote
management station. This dedicated management station hosts the management tools and issues
commands over a network connection to the server's management processor, enabling you to
manage the complex even if no nPartitions exist on the complex yet. This is called the "remote
management" mode.
"Configuring for secure WBEM communications"
34). You can then use Partition
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