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JP1 Version 12 JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Overview and System Design Guide


7.1.2 Registering hosts

Using IM Configuration Management, you can register hosts in the network as hosts to be managed in the IM Configuration Management database. You can also list the registered hosts.

After registering hosts, you can add them to the system hierarchy or check the operating status of their services in IM Configuration Management.

You can register the following three types of hosts as management targets in IM Configuration Management:

An agent means a host managed by JP1/IM on which JP1/Base installed. A remotely monitored host means a host managed by JP1/IM on which JP1/Base is not installed.

For remotely monitored hosts, communication settings for remote connection are required. WMI/NetBIOS (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) is used for Windows, and SSH is used for UNIX.

For details when registering a host in FQDN format, see 13.3.11 System configuration for managing monitored hosts with host names in FQDN format.

The following describes the methods of registering the hosts to be managed in IM Configuration Management:

After registering hosts, host information is registered in the IM Configuration Management database, and the IP addresses set for the relevant hosts are automatically registered.

The figure below shows an example of the host information registered in the database at host registration.

Figure 7‒1: Example of host information registered in the IM Configuration Management database at host registration

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Any unregistered hosts in the system hierarchy are automatically registered in the IM Configuration Management database when configuration definition information is collected from the hosts.

After IM Configuration Management is started, if no hosts are registered in the IM Configuration Management database, host information of the host (physical or logical host) on which IM Configuration Management is running is automatically registered in the IM Configuration Management database.

If the number of hosts loaded from the system hierarchy exceeds the maximum number of hosts that can be registered in the IM Configuration Management database, only the maximum number of hosts are registered in the IM Configuration Management database.

The following checks are performed on the acquired system hierarchy when the acquisition is performed by IM Configuration Management - View is used:

After these checks, if there is no higher-level host in the acquired system hierarchy, the configuration type of the local host changes to Integrated manager. If there is a higher-level host in the acquired system hierarchy, the configuration type of the local host changes to Relay manager.

When you import the system hierarchy on the server running IM Configuration Management, the hosts' IP addresses are not registered in the IM Configuration Management database even if set in the export file (host_input_data.csv).

When you register the remotely monitored hosts, you can save and manage the communication settings of the OS as the system common settings in the System Common Settings window of the IM configuration management viewer.

The following table describes the system common settings information that can be managed.

Table 7‒2: System common settings information

Item

Description

WMI/NetBIOS#

Authentication information details required for a WMI/NetBIOS (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) connection are managed as common values. If you specify Common for Setting method in the communication settings for the OS, you can use the saved authentication information.

SSH

Manages authentication information using the public key authentication method.

IM host account#

Manages the account information required by a Windows manager host for remote monitoring, as the IM host account.

#:

For the account used for a WMI/NetBIOS (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) connection or the IM host account, specify a user with Administrator's permissions.

For remote monitoring, the account specified as the IM host account when JP1/IM - Manager is started is used to start the process that will be used for remote monitoring. If you change the account information of the OS, also change the IM host account.

If you change the IM host account, restart JP1/IM - Manager to apply the setting change.