Manually adding servers to SIM

[Mikael Rönnbäck]

In SIM 4.1, is there a way to manually add systems to be managed, from the command line, or a batchfile ? I.e. it works fine to add systems from within the GUI, but I was looking for a more automated way to add servers that are not discoverable for this or that reason, but will still be managed once discovered.

[Aravindh Rajaram]

there is a CLI utility named mxnode. You can give it a try. Otherwise you can also try a discovery with the Hosts file.

To create a hosts file:

Select Options->Discovery->Manual Discovery. The Manual Discovery - Add System page is displayed.

Click Hosts Files at the top of the page.

Click [New]. The New Hosts File section is displayed.

In the Hosts file name field, enter a name for the new hosts file. This field is required.

Under Initialize contents with, select one of the following:

Empty file. Enter contents into the Contents window.

Systems loaded from the central management server, sorted by:. Select either the IP address, System name, System type and then by IP address or System type and then by System name.

Systems loaded from hosts file. Enter the file name and location (for example, c:\ doc.txt) or click [Browse] to browse to the location of the hosts file.

If you did not select Empty File, click [Initialize Now] to load the hosts file. Otherwise, enter the contents of the hosts file in the Contents section.

Click [OK] to save the hosts file, or click [Cancel] to cancel any changes you have made.


After creating a host file in HPSIM do the following steps

Select Options->Discovery->Manual Discovery. The Manual Discovery - Add System page is displayed.

Click Hosts Files at the top of the page.

In the Hosts File Name column, select an existing hosts file.

Click [Add Systems Now].

[Mikael Rönnbäck]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind though I think I'll look more into the mxnode utility, as I was more looking for a command line way to do this rather than a gui way.
But still thanks!