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B Completing Certificate Exchange
Introduction
HP Application Discovery uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to authenticate and secure
data transmission between HP Application Discovery agents and the HP Application Discovery
server. Once HP Application Discovery components are installed, the accompanying certificate
information for HP Application Discovery server and for HP Application Discovery agent must
be exchanged to allow the server and agents to recognize legitimate transmissions.
Certificate exchange can be done from (HP SIM) within HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
or from the command line on the central management server.
Using HP SIM to Complete Certificate Exchange
1. Initiate certificate exchange by selecting Configure →Configure VSE Agents→Exchange
AD Agent Certificates from the HP SIM top menu.
2. Select the HP-UX systems where you want the exchange to occur using the HP SIM system
selection list. Click Apply.
3. Verify the system selection and click Next.
4. A description is displayed of the action about to take place. When you are sure that you
want to exchange certificates so that the HP Application Discovery agent can begin reporting
data to the server, click Run now to complete the certificate exchange.
NOTE: If you find that you are unable to exchange certificates from within HP SIM, check the
following:
• That you have the correct permissions associated with your login ID.
• That the targeted managed node is authorized to accept remote commands from HP SIM.
To set the correct SSH configuration that authorizes the acceptance of remote commands,
type the following command on the CMS:
mxagentconfig -a -n managed_system -u login -p password
where managed_system is the name of the target system for which you want to enable
remote communication, login is the user name on the managed system, and password is
the password of that user on the managed system.
Completing Certificate Exchange from the Command Line
From the command line, you can exchange certificates with one or more managed hosts.
1. Log in as a privileged user on the system hosting the CMS. (See User Authorizations for
tool access information.)
2. Assuming installation to default directories, enter the following command on HP-UX:
/opt/amgr/bin/amgr_remote_config -a -mx -n system_name -u root
and on Windows:
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\bin\amgr_remot_config.bat -a -mx -n system_name
To configure multiple hosts, add -n system_name for each host to be configured.
By default, amgr_remote_config uses Secure Shell (SSH) to complete this action securely
across the network.
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