A managed node is a device on a network that the management server can recognize. Usually a managed node is a computer with an HP Operations agent installed, but it can also be a device such as a printer or a router. Configuring the management server to recognize a particular device is referred to as adding a managed node. If the device is a computer, this means supplying some information about the computer, including the IP address, fully qualified name, and the operating system.

The computer where the management server was installed was automatically added as a managed node when you installed HPOM - it's the only node where HPOM automatically installs the agent software. If you want to do some of the exercises on a managed node that is not the management server, you will need to do this exercise to add the node. If you do all the exercises using the management server as the managed node, you don't have to do this exercise. Just remember that a computer cannot be managed until you configure the management server to recognize it as a managed node and the agent is installed.

This procedure is not the only way to add nodes. Refer to the online help for information about adding nodes automatically.

Add the node

1. Right-click the Nodes folder in the console tree and the click Configure Nodes... 
2. From within the Configure Managed Nodes dialog box, right-click the Nodes folder to open the shortcut menu. 

3. Click New Node to open the new node wizard. For this basic training, configure a new node that has a Windows operating system. Keep all the default options in the wizard.

   If you don't know what a particular box requires, click the Help button for additional information.

4. Click Next as you complete each page in the wizard.
5. Click Finish on the final page to add the node and close the wizard.

Install the agent

1. After you add the node, click OK to close Configure Managed Nodes dialog box. The Agent Installation dialog box opens.
2. Keep all the default options, or click Help for additional information. The default for Credentials assumes that you have administrative access to the node.
3. Click OK to deploy the agent.

Grant the certificate request

1. In the console tree, click Policy management Deployment jobs to monitor the progress of the agent installation.
2. After the agent installation job completes, click Certificate requests in the console tree. Certificates enable nodes to communicate securely with the management server, so you must grant this request.
3. Right-click the certificate request, and then click All TasksGrant.

This is a prereq