Hp Systems Insight Manager Manuel d'utilisateur

Systems Insight Manager 7.0 User GuideHP Part Number: 601823-005Published: March 2012, Second Edition

HP Insight Control power management...186Insight Control virtual mach

IF, RELATEDDEVICECOUNT = 2 Then, RELATEDDEVICEIP0=111.111.111.111 RELATEDDEVICEIP1=222.222.222.222RELATIONSHIP%d. The relationship string with

NOTE: When using the %i parameter, the current selection index (1, 2, 3, and so on) is substitutedfor this parameter during the substitution process.I

DeleteUse to delete a tool. Deleting a tool removes it from the Manage Custom Tools page and fromthe system. If a tool is dependent on a task, an aler

define the tool for HP SIM and the user (the description and comments will be displayed inthe GUI window for that particular tool).5. Enter the execut

The fully composed TDEF for a SSA copy tool to deploy the HP Security Patch to a managednode and then execute, should display as follows:10. Save the

NOTE: In the previous example, hostname.domain should be replaced with the FQDN ofwhere the WebJetAdmin tool is running.For more information about spe

NOTE: When the XWindows tool is launched, the system running the browser must be runningan XWindows server for the tool's GUI to be visible.For m

Adding a TDEF to HP SIMAfter you create a custom TDEF, to function, you must add it into HP SIM. Add a TDEF to HP SIMusing the mxtool -a command, as d

NOTE: If a task or task results are tied to a tool, by default the tool cannot be removed. The -xforce option is used in this case.Modifying a TDEFMod

18 Federated SearchSelect Reports→Federated Search...Federated Search is a web-based HP SIM plug-in that enables you to search quickly across anumber

E Default system tasks...209Biweekly Data Collection...

NOTE: Any time communication with a secondary CMS is initiated, the certificate returnedmust already be installed.4. Configure the remote CMS.The main

19 CMS reconfigure toolsThe CMS reconfigure tools feature provides a set of commands that enable you to quickly makecommon reconfiguration changes to

Reconfiguring the CMS passwordThe mxreconfig —m password command prompts you for a new password and changes thecredentials configured and used by HP S

system after the operating system host name and/or IP address has changed. For example, thiscommand could be used after renaming the server on which H

2. Enter the following, and then press Enter.$ mxreconfig -m dbauth -a <db-user-name>3. Enter the new password when prompted, and then press Ent

• Modifies the HP SIM configuration files and ODBC data source to reflect the new SQL servername.• Restarts all installed HP SIM partner services.To c

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20 Understanding HP SIM securityThis chapter provides an overview of the security features available in the HP SIM framework. HPSIM runs on a CMS and

In HP SIM, the Privilege Elevation feature enables tools to be run against HP-UX, Linux, and ESXmanaged systems by first signing in as a non-root user

enabled managed systems do not support the 2,048-bit key length. For those systems the default1,024-bit SSO key must be used.The certificate chosen fo

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PasswordsPasswords configured on the HP SIM System Credentials and Global Credentials pages arestored in the database encrypted using 128-bit Blowfish

• Host name mismatch>If the name in the certificate does not match the name in the browser, you might get thiswarning. This can be resolved by brow

Operating-system dependenciesUser accounts and authenticationHP SIM accounts are authenticated against the CMS host operating system. Any operating sy

HP SIM databaseAccess to the database server should be restricted to protect HP SIM data. Specify appropriatenon-blank passwords for all database acco

links or resources that have arrived from unauthorized sites when a valid HP SIM session isrunning on browsers.• Configure firewalls to allow desired

CAUTION: Establishing the trust by certificate for HP SMH enables any HP SIM user to gainadministrative access to the HP SMH hosts. This enables the H

Procedure 20-1 Setting security to strong1. Generate certificates from your certificate server for each managed system and the HP SIMsystem. To do thi

21 Privilege elevationPrivilege elevation enables users without root privileges to run tools requiring root privileges onHP-UX, Linux, and VMware ESX

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22 Contract and warrantyThe Contract and Warranty Status is available when you have a Windows CMS, and the HP InsightRemote Support Pack is installed.

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or automatically collected by HP SIM during identification, contract and warranty data willnot be collected.• Monthly contract and warranty collection

The contract start and end date is listed for each contract item along with the following information:• Status The possible values are:— A: Active— F:

 B: Delivery blocked C: Cancelled— Service Level The level of service specified in the warranty. This includes the amount oftime HP has to react to

23 License ManagerLicense Manager enables you to view and manage product licenses within the HP SIM user interface.To access additional information ab

NOTE: The new management processor license collection is supported on management processorand management processor devices. Deployment is supported on

Table 23-2 License types (continued)DescriptionLicense TypeOffers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time and aspecific number of seats. The

Table 23-3 License types reported by management processor products (continued)DescriptionLicense TypeOffers full, unlimited functionality.PermanentOff

License Collection Results table1System Name. The names of the systems where the task was executed.2Key. The license keys received from the target sys

NOTE: This displays if the system is of a different type such as; a switch, a printer, acluster, a complex, or a system not running a Windows OS.K. Ca

management processor console and then insert the new license (directly or using LicenseManger). However, Integrity MP does replace a demo key with a p

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5Days Max The maximum number of days the licenses can be used.6Back Returns to the Add License page.7Add Licenses Now Adds the keys to the database.As

License unlicensed systems (optional) page1System license status Displays the status of system licenses, such as Not licensed, or assignedduration lic

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24 Storage integration using SMI-SAbout storage systemsStorage systems are SAN-attached Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts(

IMPORTANT: To discover an XP P9500 array, you can either discover it with a CVAE server ordiscover it with embedded SMI-S. Do not use both methods of

— Disk details— Servers being serviced by this systemIntroduction to SMI-S for HP SIMThe Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a Stor

SMI-S implementationSMI-S is implemented with the following components:• CIM server (called a CIMOM), that monitors WBEM requests (CIM operations over

For Command View SDMProcedure 24-1 Configuring SNMP trap destination on Windows NT 4.0 on the Command Viewserver1. Select Start→Settings→Control Panel

Loading the HSV MIB on the CMS for EVAProcedure 24-4 Loading the HSV MIB on the CMS for EVA1. On a Windows operating system, go to a command prompt.2.

Procedure 24-6 Viewing storage system collections1. In the System and Event Collections panel, expand Systems, Shared, Systems by Type,and Storage Sys

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Viewing storage array capacityHP SIM enables you to view capacity details for either a single storage array or all arrays.Viewing storage capacity for

25 Managing MSCS clustersCluster Monitor is a core component of HP SIM, and adds the ability to monitor and managemulti-node clusters. Cluster Monitor

Cluster fieldsTable 25-1 Cluster fieldsDescriptionNameName or alias for the clusterNameStatus of the cluster: Normal (the cluster condition is functio

Resource fieldsTable 25-4 Resource fieldsDescriptionNamePhysical or logical entity that is capable of being owned by a node, broughtonline and taken o

the Major threshold value. It remains in the Major range until it falls to or below the Major resetvalue. The Minor and Major reset thresholds behave

Disk polling rateThe Disk polling rate determines how often Cluster Monitor checks the free disk space as reportedby the appropriate Insight Managemen

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26 HP SIM Audit logHP SIM logs all tasks performed by all HP SIM users on all systems. The information is stored inthe Audit Log file on the CMS. Seve

Example Audit Log: User "partner" runs tool "ls" on cup11.hp.com from cup12.hp.com from CMS cup12.hp.com 104611: 2008-04-24 11

27 HP Version Control and HP SIMAbout the Version Control AgentThe HP VCA is an Insight Management Agent installed on a system that enables you to vie

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About the Version Control Repository ManagerHP VCRM is an Insight Management Agent that manages a directory of HP software and firmwarecomponents. You

For maximum manageability and flexibility across operating system platforms, each repository youcreate must conform to the following conditions:• It m

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28 Compiling and customizing MIBsHP SIM; provides the capability of managing systems through SNMP and by receiving incomingSNMP trap events. HP SIM sh

for MIBs, as a best practice HP strongly recommends you place all MIBs in the <BASE>\mibsdirectory. Usage for mcompile is as follows:mcompile [-

In this example, TRAP-TYPE and sysName are readily resolved as in the example above.hpSwitchBladeType2-Mgmt is resolved by mcompile checking HP-SWITCH

The initial command to register the file uses the .cfg extension, but all subsequent commandsrefer to the file by its .mib extension.IMPORTANT: mxmib

your circumstances. The HP SIM SNMP Trap Settings page provides a GUI to change theCATEGORY after MIB compilation. The predefined categories in HP SIM

This keyword has a number of HP SIM specific commands. These commands are parsed andexecuted when a paging or e-mail Automatic Action on Event rule is

User Action: If the physical drive status is failed(3) or predictiveFailure(4), replace the drive.Event Time: 01/09/2003 15:46: PMEvent Notice ID, E

1 About this documentUser GuideHP Systems Insight Manager provides this user guide to help you understand management features.HP SIM User Guide layout

• The Category field is used to logically group similar events for display purposes in HP SIM.These groups are shown when you create event lists and w

A Important NotesSystem and object names must be uniqueSystem and object names must be unique in HP SIM.For example, the name of a Virtual Connect Dom

Insight Remote Support Advanced compatibilityIMPORTANT:If a version prior to A.05.40 of Insight Remote Support Advanced is installed, you must update

mxglobalsettings -s "ANNOTATION_BANNER_HTML=- alwayson.company.com" mxglobalsettings -s "ANNOTATION_BROWSER_TITLE_TEXT=- alwayson.compa

chmod +x sysmgmt.bin ./sysmgmt.bin --keep --confirm (and type y to extract the archive and n to execute ./mxbundle.server.postinstall)Thi

individual nPars. Alternatively, when viewing nPars within a complex under a system collection,the number of nPars associated with a complex is equal

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B TroubleshootingAuthenticationSSH key authentication is not configured when a system is discovered for the first time.SSH configuration for Linux and

within 10 to 100 milliseconds, which is nearly instantaneous. Requests that involve databasequeries or secondary network communication might take a fe

1. On the CMS, open the Control Panel, and select Network Connections→Local AreaConnection Settings→Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)→Properties→Advanced.2.

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Solution: You might have Windows XP SP2 or later installed. Windows XP SP2 disables adminshare. You must enable admin share by using the command net s

If you delete a credential (system credential, global credential, or one configured with a discoverytask) while discovery or identification is running

Solution: If data collection runs for an unusually long time you might want to stop or delete thetask, and wait 5 to 10 minutes after the cancellation

updating the database in HP SIM 5.1 or later correctly inserts the license view for SuSE 10.Therefore, the view is present when database creation is c

It has been observed that data collection can take 3 hours and 37 minutes on an XP24000 arraythat has ~3200 lives, 40n network ports, and ~150 disks.-

If the partition has a vPar already created and been discovered by HP SIM but the IP address usedby the vPar has been moved to a stand-alone server, H

3. In the Name field, enter a name for the new toolbox.4. In the Description field, enter a description for the new toolbox.5. Select Toolbox is enabl

To associate the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module with the HP BladeSystem enclosure it isinserted in, you must update the HP Insight Management Ag

3. Under Base System the following additional libraries must be selected:• Compatibility libraries• Under Hardware Monitoring Utilities, the following

NOTE: This applies to both x86 and x86_64 if the user elects to install the XWindows support.NOTE: These must be the 32-bit version even under x86_64

2 Product overviewHP SIM features• Automatic discovery Automatically discovers and identifies systems attached to the network.Use discovery filters to

• For Linux, ensure that the target server can be contacted through SSH and that the scpcommand is available to securely send files to the target serv

[FAILED] ERROR: See log - /var/pegasus/vmware/install_queue/1.log• When running HP SIM discovery, the following information appears:Running WBEM ru

HP SIM requires the DBA Role privilege for the user during HP SIM installation or upgrade only.However you can select to revoke the DBA Role privilege

Managed EnvironmentWhen you set the Ignite server on the Managed Environment page and then access the pageagain, you cannot change and save the addres

NOTE: This fix only applies to HP SIM instances which are managing a large number of servers(maximum 5000) using WMI.Add the following script to the M

Privilege elevationWhen “DISPLAY_LAST_LOGIN” = 1 in HP-UX, even non-interactive logins, such as used bysudo, emit the Last login string. This extraneo

Sign-inUser is not able to sign-in to HP SIM when HP SIM is installed on RHEL6.1 64-bit operating system.For HP SIM to work on RHEL6.1 64-bit operatin

Solution: If the HP Version Control Agent is present on these target systems, then the Install Softwareand Firmware tool can be used to distribute age

UniqueIdentifier in SIM03020100-0504-0706-0809-101112131415Virtual identifiersA new feature of virtual connect is to enable server profiles to have vi

Virtual machinesHP Insight Management WBEM Providers and SNMP agents must not be installed on a virtualmachine guest operating system. Installing the

© Copyright 2010, 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Legal NoticesConfidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for posses

Status infoThe following status icons are used in the status list columns to show status on different aspects ofthe managed systems. For example, the

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C Protocols used by HP SIMHP SIM uses many different management protocol standards. This capability enables HP SIM toprovide management support for a

commonly used default. However, you can specify any community string needed for your securityrequirements.NOTE: Community strings on the managed syste

NOTE: HP SIM can be configured to use TCP as a ping, instead of ICMP, from the GlobalProtocol Settings page.Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDA

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standardSystem identification, Inventory andeventsSNMP is widely used for managementbut the widely imp

Configuring protocol settings in HP SIMYou can use HP SIM to set protocol settings for all systems, for a group of systems, or for anindividual system

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D Data CollectionAfter HP SIM collects data initially during the identification process, you can schedule a DataCollection task to specify systems and

Bi-weekly data collectionThe Bi-Weekly Data Collection task runs the Overwrite existing data set (for detailed analysis)option on all systems in the s

E Default system tasksPolling tasks track the health status of systems in associated collections. Hardware status pollingmust occur periodically to de

events on any system collection, such as Security Events on All Servers or Security Events on MyFinancialServers.Conversely, you can choose a system c

NOTE: If you discover more than 500 systems, HP suggests you change the interval tosomething greater than 5 minutes (for example, 10 minutes for every

In some installations there might be high volumes of events. If so, consider using this task and eventcollections as models and creating an event coll

Status pollingPolling tasks track system health status for systems in the system list. They provide a simple meansof assessing system health in the ev

F Host file extensionsHosts files are used during discovery to manually add multiple systems to the HP SIM database.Hosts files typically contain IP a

# Sorted by: IP address# Date: 28-Mar-00 2:29:31 PM# Author: administratorThe system EngProliant uses all current defaults. There are no additional co

Default valuesIf a parameter is missing in the hosts file, the default is applied. The following lists the parametersthat can be used in hosts files:T

Discovery page under the Configure general settings section. Enter the following statement:$Hosts_filename where Hosts_filename is the name of the hos

G System Type Manager rulesSystem Type Manager enables you to extend HP SIM's SNMP-based discovery so that it is ableto identify new types of sys

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H Custom tool definition filesCustom tool definition files are XML files that describe how HP SIM should run tasks based on aprogram, script, or UTL a

Automatically signing inYou can sign in to HP SIM using the same account with which you are logged in on your desktop,bypassing the HP SIM sign-in pag

Table H-2 MSA-specific attributesDescriptionSyntax1AttributeSpecifies an MSA command, theparameters for the command, and anexecution node on which the

Table H-3 WLA-specific attributes (continued)DescriptionSyntax1AttributeAn optional parameterized string thatprovides a way for web-launchapplications

Table H-5 Global attribute parametersDescriptionParameterJob ID for the task being executed%tName of the user running this task%uName of the user this

Table H-7 Multiple selected target parameters (not supported for Custom Command Tools)DescriptionParameterRepeated pattern (only repeats if a current

Table H-9 Defined name valuesDescriptionNames values32 character stringproduct-name24 character numberProduct-versionInsert a separator line in the me

Table H-11 Web-launch toolsDescriptionNames valuesString.Indicatesnot to loadthe tool'sURL into aworkspace;instead,load theURL into thespecifiedf

The OSRevision and Protocol Support node attributes have values that are interpreted as versionnumbers. A version number is a series of non-negative d

Table H-13 Environment Variables (continued)DescriptionNames valuesBased on the count of IP addresses, %d is an integer thatshows the actual IP addres

Table H-14 New Command Line Tool parameter entry guidelines (continued)Entry guidelinesParameter string assignmentData entry required?Parameter fieldI

I Out-of-the-box MIB support in HP SIMThe following table represents the key MIBs that ship with HP SIM. Those MIBs that are marked aspreloaded are re

Firefox must be configured with a list of sites (for example, the CMS) where automatic sign-in canbe performed, and should be restricted to local intr

Table I-1 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXcisco productscisco-port-security-mib.mibXcisco productscisco-process.mibXcis

Table I-1 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXSAN Appliancecpqsanapp.mibXcpqsanevent.mib SAN ApplianceXHP Proliant Storagec

Table I-1 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXSWCChs_agent.mibXLSF productlsf001.mibXMSA2000 Array(HPMSA)msa2000traps.mibXH

Table I-1 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXTandem's Subsystem Control Facility(SCF)zsmp.mibXTandem SNMP Trap Multip

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J Support and other resourcesRelated documentsDocumentation and supportFor support, software updates, and additional information on HP SIM and other p

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GlossaryAadministrativerights userA user who is authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including the CMS. This typeof user has been give

cluster A parallel or distributed computing system made up of many discrete systems that form a single,unified computing resource. Clusters vary in th

event Information sent to certain users that something in the managed environment has changed. Eventsare generated from SNMP traps. HP SIM receives a

alarm is received, the panel expands to show the alarm. You can enlarge the panel by clickingthe Open in new window icon ( ) to display a separate lar

Systems InsightManager databaseThe database that stores vital information about HP SIM, including users, systems, and toolboxes.Version ControlAgentAn

Monitor ToolstoolboxA default toolbox that contains tools that display the state of managed systems but not tools thatchange the state of managed syst

evaluation licenses or register your product. See the server deployment documentation for networkenvironment setup, prerequisites for the deployment s

server or an nPartition divided into virtual partitions can be an SRD for its virtual partitioncompartments. Similarly, a server, an nPartition, or a

of systems include servers, workstations, desktops, portables, routers, switches, hubs, andgateways.system group A group of systems based on a system

threshold A preset limit that produces an event when the limit is reached or exceeded.tool An application, command, or script that can be executed by

WWBEM Services HP WBEM Services for HP-UX is an HP product that uses WBEM and DMTF standards to manageHP-UX system resources.Web-BasedEnterpriseManage

IndexAabout, 160default polling tasks, 209searches, 61storage solutions (SNMP), 143, 146version control agent, 159accessingautomatic event handling, 6

communicationerrors, 177community strings, 64complexdeleting, 179discovering, 179System Page, 179Configure or Repair Agents, 19Windows Vista, 179Confi

disabling, 47editing, 47discovery taskscreating, 45deleting, 45disabling, 45editing, 45enabling, 45general settings, 45running, 45stopping, 45disk cap

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temperature graph, 186HP Insight Control virtual machine management, 183HP Insight Dynamics, 183HP Insight Remote Support, 191HP Insight Remote Suppor

hosts files, 45licenses, 133SSH keys, 19Matrix infrastructure orchestrationdiscovering, 186McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystemassociating with en

rulesSNMP, 217System Type Manager, 217runningcustom tools, 97discovery task, 45events task, 74Ssavingcollections, 74schedulingclear events task, 74cus

examples, 67set for multiple systems, 68system resource, 154system status, 196system status panel, 23system tabprotocols, 203system table view page, 6

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3 Setting up managed systemsSetting up managed systems involves installing the required Management Agents software andconfiguring the supported protoc

Table of ContentsI Introduction...131 About this document.

3. Select Install Linux PSP or ESX Agents to install Linux PSP and ESX Agents which are acollection of SNMP agents used by HP SIM to gather informatio

NOTE: The Step 3: Configure or Repair Settings page changes to show the configurationoptions available with the installed plug-ins.11. Configure the t

NOTE: If you configure only HP-UX systems with default SNMP installations, youdo not need to set this option. HP-UX enables read by default (get-commu

NOTE: For this option to work, the user name and password provided in Step 4:Enter credentials must be an administrative level account. For Linux or H

NOTE: Do not set this option if you have Insight Management Agents 7.2 or laterinstalled.NOTE: If the remote system is running HP-UX, this option is n

14. Click Run Now or click Schedule to run this task at a later time. The Task Results pageappears.If the Management HTTP Server is installed on targe

Setting up HP-UX servers to be managed by HP SIMProcedure 3-5 Setting up HP-UX managed systems1. Understand the basic managed system software for HP-U

Manually setting up an HP-UX managed systemAlthough chapters 4-7 explain how to finish configuring managed systems from the HP SIM GUI,this section de

2. Verify that SysFaultMgmt provider is installed.Depending on the System Fault Manager configuration, run the following:cimprovider –lm SFMProviderMo

Installing and configuring SSHProcedure 3-8 Installing and configuring SSH on a Linux system1. Verify that SSH is installed on the managed system:rpm

5 WMI Mapper Proxy ...436 Discovery...

6. If the HP Server Management Drivers and Agents daemons are installed on your system, startthem:/etc/init.d/hpasm start40 Setting up managed systems

4 CredentialsIn HP SIM, credentials are used to enable the CMS to communicate with managed systems, throughWBEM, WS-MAN, SSH, and SNMP. However, the S

<nodelist> <node name="system1"> <credential protocol="wbem" username="root"

5 WMI Mapper ProxyWindows systems use a variation on the WBEM management protocol called WMI. For HP SIMto communicate with Windows systems, the WBEM

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6 DiscoveryDiscovery is the process of finding systems in the management domain so that they can be managedfrom the CMS by HP SIM. HP SIM can automati

NOTE: If discovery tasks are run out of order, errors are likely. Typical errors due to runningdiscovery tasks in an improper order include:• Associat

This set will be saved as the working credentials for that system. You can configure more than oneset of credentials for each discovery task, but it i

2. Discover the Virtual Center first to which the ESXi 5.0 Host is registered.Make sure Virtual Center credentials are properly entered for the Virtua

7 Manage CommunicationsUse the Manage Communications feature to troubleshoot communication problems between theCMS and targeted systems. For each fail

Example of setting system properties for multiple systems...6813 Event management...

of HP SIM to test that events appear in HP SIM in the Event list or All Event User Interfacefor the selected system..You can also send test WBEM indic

8 Automatic event handlingAutomatic event handling enables you to define an action that HP SIM performs when an event isreceived. Users who want to ac

Example automatic event handling tasksHP SIM ships with three example automatic event handling tasks that are disabled by default.When the Automatic E

9 Users and AuthorizationsHP SIM enables you to configure authorizations for specific users or user groups. Authorizationsgive the user access to view

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10 Managed environmentThe Managed Environment feature enables you to select the operating systems that you will manage.There are four options: Windows

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Table of Contents11 Basic and advanced searches...61Basic search...

Creating custom tools through the HP SIM CLI...102Creating a custom SSA tool...

Managing with tasks...81Viewing results...

11 Basic and advanced searchesBasic searchThe Search feature enables you to quickly retrieve details about a system using its name or commonsystem att

ViewWhen you click View, the results of the search appear below the search frame. This functionalityenables you to preview the results of the search b

12 Monitoring systemsViewing system collectionsIn HP SIM monitoring systems involves HP SIM polling Insight Management Advisor or firmwareon the manag

status. Computer system status is determined by information collected live through the WBEMprotocol and the information provided by the WMI provider.Y

Table 12-1 Health status types (continued)DescriptionStatus typeStatus iconThe system is suspended, which enables a system to be excludedfrom status p

and in the status details that appear when you mouseover the health status column on the SystemPage. The following statuses are available:Table 12-3 W

NOTE: Clusters that contain cluster members cannot be deleted. To delete a cluster with itscluster members, select the All Systems collection in the S

by HP SIM as a unique database record with the first field of each section representing the record'sheader.The System Site Information section us

13 Event managementEvents are typically sent to the CMS from agents running on the managed systems. However, someevents are generated directly from th

Password warnings...120Browser session...

Example - Creating a paging task based on e-mail notificationYou can set up a notification task to forward an e-mail to a cell phone (for example, Sho

16. Click Next. The Review summary page appears.17. Click Finish to create the new task.Examples of e-mail pagesAutomatic Event Handling enables you t

Subject: System A: Storage System side panel is removed (Ver. 3): PagerSMS Format E-mail testingSystem A, Storage System side panel is removed (Ver.

5. In the third selection box (value selection), the available values for a given criteria orcomparison combination are given. Select Critical.6. (Opt

e. In the Encoding field, select from the following formats:• Western European (ISO-8859-1)• Unicode (UTF-8)• Japanese (ISO-2022-JP)• Japanese (Shift_

17. In the Name field, enter a name for the system collection, such as Delete Cleared ServerEvents_system.18. To create and schedule the task, select

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14 Reporting in HP SIMStandard reportsStandard reports are shipped with HP SIM. The reports are based on common user scenarios anddo not need any addi

NOTE: You must be signed in to HP SIM with administrative rights or operator rights to copyreport configurations. If you are not signed in with admini

Table 14-2 Reports by Product buttonsDescriptionNameCreates a new report.NewEdits a selected report. Only enabled for usercreated/defined reports unde

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• X-axis The X-axis is available for a bar or line chart.• Y-axis The Y-axis is available for a bar or line chart.The Include Table option allows the

15 HP SIM toolsTarget selectionTargets are systems that a tool acts upon. Targets can be single systems, collections, or groups ofsystems that are cho

Task information is available by selecting one of the following:• Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks• Tasks & Logs→View Task ResultsHP SIM

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Table of Contents16 Collections in HP SIM...89Collections in HP SIM...

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)...117Secure Task Execution (STE) and

Overview...130System Information.

25 Managing MSCS clusters...151MSCS status...

16 Collections in HP SIMCollections in HP SIMSystems and events are grouped into collections based on information from the HP SIM database.After a col

Viewing the audit log...157Example audit log...

• Run a system search and save the search criteria as the attributes defining a collection.Saving a collection from the Advanced Search pageFor more i

Because collections by attribute use a database query, collections that are complex take moresystem resources every time they are accessed. Keeping co

set properties on members of these collections. Setting properties on systems that might not be partof the collection in the future would be of very l

There are two instances of SystemC in the view of the hierarchy because CollectionC is thesame throughout the application. Any place that CollectionC

a certain collection, and that collection is made not visible, then the task will not run onthat collection. You can change the visibility setting at

but they can also be displayed as icons or a tree. Collections by members default to a treeview, but they can also be displayed as icons or a table. S

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17 HP SIM custom toolsGeneral conceptsCustom tools are tools that can be created by the user to run on the CMS or on target systems. Forexample:• Remo

Table 17-1 Tool typesDescriptionNameAn SSA tool executes on a selected target and is onlyaware of the target system environment. In executing anSSA to

• 5, Critical• 100, InformationalNOTICEQUERYNAME. The collection name based on how the notice was generated. This valuecan say one of the following:•