Remote deployement on Latest support pack fails

[Vivek_21]

Hi There,

I have HP SIM 4.1 up and running with my repository manager.

I have quite a few servers(mostly NT 4 Sp6) which needs upgrading from older version of the support pack to the latest one.

I have downloaded and included the latest PSP 6.31 for NT in the repository manager and while trying to deliver it to the servers(present on the local subnet0 , it always fails with the following error:
EXCEPTION CLASS: com.hp.mx.exceptions.MxFailedAuthenticationException
EXCEPTION: Authentication failed.

I have made sure that i am using the right credentials for the target server and it still fails with the same error.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers
Vivek

[jim goodman]

Do you have SSH configured on your CMS?

Try this Tools-->Command Line-->Windows-->Netstat and see if that function works.

This is a good easy test to see if you have ssh configured.

- Jim

[jim goodman]

I should also have asked was it working before or is this the first attempt at using it?

- Jim

[Vivek_21]

I am not reallu sure if SSh is configured.

Its a new install and its my first attempt to deploy the software remotely.

I dont ssuppose i have ssh installed on the remote server.

Do i really need ssh running on the target box to be able to deploy the software.

Cheers
Vivek

[Buzzy Winter]

Vivek,

On the server where HP SIM is installed is has the account 'Administrator' been renamed?

If so you will need to rename it back or create a new account called 'Administrator' and add it to the local Administrators group. Logon and logoff as that account to create it's local user profile.

Then do the following commands from a command prompt:

mkpasswd -l -u administrator -p thepassword>>"C:\program files\openssh\etc\passwd"

mxagentconfig -a -n HPSIMservername -u administrator -p thepassword

You should now be able to to the task.

Buzzy