SSH install? No passwd file on managed client?

[David_611]

I'm getting really worn out here guys... I've been fighting with HP SIM for numerous hours over the past couple of days and cannot get this dog to hunt. All I want to do is monitor our Proliant servers for critical errors and then have HP SIM send out an email and pager alert when a critical error is detected. Is this too much to ask? Should it take me several days to read manauls and setup this functionality for my 10 servers? Anyway, back to my current hurdle. I've finally got HP SIM installed on a box with a fresh install of W2K Server SP4. I downloaded SP25021 to a network share and installed SSH on a test server to be managed by my HP SIM server. I attempted to follow the install guidelines from hell, step by step but no passwd file exists under C:\program files\openssh\etc. I tried running the following line>
mkpasswd -d -u login domain >> C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\etc\passwd from the C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin directory but still no passwd file anywhere on the server. Can someone enlighten me as to what I may be doing wrong? I'm using Compaq Proliant servers running W2K and all the latest software/updates.

[David Claypool]

"All I want to do is monitor our Proliant servers for critical errors and then have HP SIM send out an email and pager alert when a critical error is detected."

OpenSSH is not required for this functionality. You should have the latest ProLiant Support Pack installed on the systems you wish to monitor (don't forget to configure the agents with a password) and discover those systems.

OpenSSH is used ONLY for the distributed task functionality whereby hpSIM can remotely execute commands on a station.

[David_611]

That's what I thought... Although I'd like to understand why SSH isn't installing as adverstised, my first priority is to get critical event alerts setup. I did install the latest Proliant Support pack and manually added my test server to my HP SIM server. Now what? I'm not seeing any information being displyed about this server? I setup the SNMP traps but where is this agent password you mentioned?

Thanks!

[Tom Maher]

David first up I think David Claypool is referring to the password for the management agents. When you go to the system hompage on the managed server you're challenged to login as Administrator/Operator/User. I could be completely wrong though.

Second, on the SSH issue check your C:\ root. If there's a file called 'Program' there you'll need to put your pathin in parentheses, ie - mkpasswd -d -u login domain >> "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\etc\passwd" to handle the space in the "Program Files" directory name.

Hope this helps.