Default Systems Management Password

[Jeremy Saunders]

Hi,

What does the Systems Management Password default to after doing an automated deployment of the SmartStart Agents?

Cheers,
Jeremy.

[Gopi Sekar]

I believe you are asking about the login credentials when you try to connect to http://:2381

there are two login methods used, host operating system authentication in which your operating system login and password is used (incase of windows it is administrator, for linux it is root account password), this is the default authentication method used. This is the method RDP also uses.

otherwise whatever user id and password given during installation is used.

Hope this helps,
Gopi

[Jeremy Saunders]

Yeh, it's when you log into the Systems Management web site via the URL you mentioned.

It's the password in the CPQHMMD.ACL file that is related to the HP Insight Web Agent.

When you deploy the Agents silently, you don't get asked to enter a password, so I'm just trying to find out what the default is.

Cheers,
Jeremy.

[Gopi Sekar]

which OS you are trying to deploy ? in case of linux you should be able to see what are the default parameters used by checking the rdpinstall.dat file

this file is located in 'ProLiant Support Pack for the OS' directory in lib/software folder

Hope this helps,
Gopi

[Gordon Leonard]

If your using a current version of the agents the user name is anyone in the administrator group and the password is the password the user would use to login to Windows.

[Jeremy Saunders]

I'll try that tomorrow.

It's deployed on Windows 2003 SP1.

Interestingly enough that SmartStart 7.3 CD uses the following syntax to deploy the Agents...

setupex.exe /smartstart:C:\ntcsp\mgmtpwd.txt

...with the contents of the mgmtpwd.txt file being...

ElmAdminPassword=ZG9nZWFy
ElmUserPassword=ZG9nZWFy
ElmOperatorPassword=ZG9nZWFy

Therefore, you would think that the Administrator password would be ZG9nZWFy.

It's all just too confusing with this not being documented anywhere. But thank you for the information.

Cheers,
Jeremy.

[Gopi Sekar]

I believe what you are seeing is encrypted password. So do not assume the password is same what you see.

Try using administrator account password or simply 'password'

Hope this helps,
Gopi

[Jeremy Saunders]

Cool...that makes sense.

Where do you find information on the syntax for the setup.exe, setupc.exe and setupex.exe for the deployment of the agents?

I have been unable to find this anywhere.

For example: I can use this...
setupex.exe /smartstart:C:\ntcsp\mgmtpwd.txt
...or this...
SETUPC.EXE /f /use-latest

Which way is the right way?

Cheers,
Jeremy.

[Gordon Leonard]

Legacy agents use to use the user "administrator" and the password "administrator". Then during a time if you donâ t configure the agents you would have to copy the password file or redeploy. Now the agents allow anyone in the administrator group to connect by default. [Iâ m only referring to Windows agents]

To configure the agents run the SETUP program and select configure components. Then after you configure use your normal deployment process.

[Ruslan]

Hi Jeremy!

Using PSP 7.20 and higher on Windows OS the Systems Management Password defined by any account in Local Administrators Security Group

[Jeremy Saunders]

So does that mean that the CPQHMMD.ACL file is no longer used/applicable?

Cheers,
Jeremy.

[Ruslan]

I guess such is the case

[Jeremy Saunders]

Don't guess! Are you sure?

[Ruslan]

Trying some experiments with CPQHMMD.ACL file I conclude that CPQHMMD.ACL is STILL using by System Homepage service. Without this file you will loss access to system homepage via https from remote system

[MattDG]

In my case it was the administration password, the only issue I had was that it would only allow access when the details were entered in the following format;

username = domain name\administrator
password = xzy

[bruce_128]

The default passwood is the domain and user from the local server with the passwood.

Nomaly with the PSP 7.4 you will not need a password any more, that information is taken from the local account when the psp is installed