As an HPOM administrator, you can specify the account a tool runs
under when it executes, according to the following requirements.
Requirements may vary depending on the target location.
HPOM management server, managed node, or node list
If the target location for the tool is the management server, a
managed node, or the node list, you can:
Specify both the user name and password.
Specify a user name and leave the password blank.
This uses the security authentication module opcauth.dll (part
of the HP Operations agent package) to authenticate the login for
the tool. This form of authentication has the following
advantages:
Because no password is required, you do not have to update the
configuration of tools using the specified account if the password
changes. For example, an administrator can create an account
(opc_op), but if opc_op changes its password, the administrator
might not know the new password. In this case, HPOM allows the
administrator to launch the tool as opc_op using the security
authentication module (opcauth.dll).
However, the administrator would not be able to interactively
log in using this account. The administrator can start the tool
using the opcauth.dll, but he cannot log on to the system as
opc_op, because this would require a password which he does not
know.
Supplying the user name but not a password allows an
administrator to set up a tool to run under a special account
without needing to know the account's actual password.
If you are using a local account that has a different password
on each node, a single tool definition works for all of them.
Leave both the user name and password blank.
If you leave the user name blank, you must also leave the
password blank.
All limitations mentioned above for an empty password also
apply when both the user name and password are blank.
On Windows nodes, the tool runs as the user logged in to the
console. The user you are logged in as must be a domain user.
The machine on which you want to run the tool must recognize the
account name. This takes place if the machine you are logged in on
is in the same domain as the target node. If not, the domain of the
target node must trust the domain of the user account used when
executing the tool.
On UNIX nodes, the tool runs under the user account that the
agent itself is currently running under.
HPOM management console
If the target location for the tool is the HPOM management console,
the tool runs as the user logged on to that console.