Ops Center Automator services can perform remote functions on other servers. Register and manage connection settings to hosts through agentless remote connections. The Admin role is required to set up the agentless remote connections.
Consult "Windows prerequisites for agentless connections" or " SSH prerequisites for agentless connections" in the
Hitachi Ops Center Automator Installation and Configuration Guide for details on setting up a remote connection.
When specifying a range of addresses (for example, X.X.X.A to X.X.X.B) for IPv4, use a hyphen (-) as shown in the following format:
Format: X.X.X.A-B
Correct examples:
192.168.1.1-255 (from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255) 192.168.1.5-15 (from 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.15)
Incorrect example:
192.168.1-2.4
When specifying a range of addresses for IPv6, use a network preface that conforms to RFC 2373.
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On the
Administration tab, click
Connection Settings > Agentless Remote Connection.
- Click Add to add a connection. To edit a connection, select the check box next to the connection, then click Edit. Enter or edit the following information:
- Method: Select Host Name, IPv4, or IPv6
- IP Address/Host Name: Enter an IP address if you are using IPv4 or IPv6, or a enter a host name.
- Service Group: Select a Service Group for access purposes.
- Authentication: Enabled by default. When disabled, access to the host is anonymous.
- Protocol: If authentication is used, select Windows, SSH, or Telnet. Depending on the protocol you have selected, a dialog box is provided for specifying the authentication method along with any necessary passwords.
- User ID: Required if authentication is used.
- Password: Required if authentication is used.
- Super User's Password: Required if Protocol is SSH or Telnet.
When choosing SSH as your authentication protocol, you have the option of specifying Password Authentication, Public Key Authentication, or Keyboard Interactive Authentication.
Note: Even when you want to perform remote functions on the local host, registering the local host setting is required. In this case, the setting for Authentication is not required.
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Enter assigned infrastructure groups.
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Click
OK.
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(Optional) After specifying the details for setting up a remote connection (Authentication option enabled), you can test the connection.
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Click
Test.
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If multiple IP addresses or hosts are specified, select a specific address or host.
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To stop the testing process, click
Stop Test.
A notification balloon appears above the
Test button indicating whether the connections completed successfully.
- (Optional) To verify the connection status later, go to the Agentless Remote Connections window to view the status(Successful, Error, Unknown, and Unavailable) and the time when the connection was last established. To update the information, click Refresh.