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Systems Insight Manager 7.2 User GuideHP Part Number: 601823-007Published: March 2013Edition: Edition 2

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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

Web agent and be configured to trust by certificate to validate the digital signature. SSL canoptionally authenticate the system to HP SIM, using the

higher. In the case of fresh install scenarios, the HP SIM certificate will be a 2,048-bit self-signedcertificate.HP SIM SSO certificateFor Single Sig

Enabling or disabling certificate revocation checkHP SIM enables you to disable certificate revocation check for both server and client certificates.D

Warning or errorIf the certificate revocation check cannot be performed successfully, then HP SIM logs that as awarning, but it does not cease the con

The SSH keys of the trusted systems do not expire. These keys can be removed manually from thetrust store.PasswordsPasswords configured on the HP SIM

For WMI, the default Windows server install requires a local administrator account. However, thiscan be configured to allow access from any specific a

Browser sessionBy default, HP SIM does not time-out a user session while the browser is displaying the HP SIMbanner. This is known as monitor mode, an

IMPORTANT: If creating operating system accounts exclusively for HP SIM accounts, give usersthe most limited set of operating system privileges requir

Installing a certificate on a server with Microsoft Management Consold (MMC)To use SSL encryption, you must install a certificate on the server where

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2. Certificate requirement:For SQL Server to load an SSL certificate, the certificate must meet the following conditions:a. The certificate must be in

a. hp.Database.ssl=authenticateb. hp.Database.username=usernamec. hp.Database.password=password4. Append the following value at the end of the value s

NOTE: On a Windows system, the operating system account must have administrator-level accesson the CMS for all of the commands to work properly.How to

• The CMS requires a user name and password to access WMI data on Windows systems. Bydefault, a domain administrator account can be used for this, but

IMPORTANT: When using the Trust by certificate option, the HP SIM SSL certificate must beredistributed if a new SSL certificate is generated for HP SI

5. For SSH, turn on the option to accept SSH connections only from specified systems. SelectOptions→Security→Trusted Systems, click SSH Host Keys, and

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

Enable secure communicationHP SIM ensures that the user certificate contained in the smart card is trusted by a valid and knownCertificate Authority (

Administrators can still be able to access all CLIs (such as mxuser, mxnode, and so on) when HPSIM runs on two-factor authentication mode.Smart cards

22 HP SIM quiesceHP SIM Quiesce is an independent entity which performs the operation of pausing and resumingthe operations of HP SIM. It helps to all

Related documents...235Documentation and

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

Collecting contract and warranty dataThe following tasks are used to collect contract and warranty data:• Initial contract and warranty collection.Thi

• End DateThe end date of an active contract. If no end date is available, this field is blank.• Contract StatusThe possible values are:◦ A: Active◦ F

• ExtensionThe number of days that this warranty has been extended.• Wty: HP HW Maintenance Onsite SupportThe warranty start and end date is listed fo

Monitoring contract and warranty statusContract and warranty status is shown by the following status types:Table 9 Contract and Warranty statusDescrip

24 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 11 License types (continued)DescriptionLicense TypeOffers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time and aspecific number of seats. The li

Table 12 License types reported by management processor products (continued)DescriptionLicense Typethe product to run. Demo keys can authorize use for

2Key. The license keys received from the target systems. Each key retrieved from a system ison a separate line. Some products have more than one licen

Part I Introduction

Assigning and Unassigning licensesHP SIM enables you to assign and Un assign product licenses for plug-ins, if applicable for thatplug-in, and to assi

Add License page1Select the complete key string and press Ctrl + C to copy it.Position the cursor in any of the five fields forming the input box and

Assigning or Applying Licenses page1System NameThe name of the system where the task was executed.2Serial NumberA number the licensing product chooses

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

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

• Receive storage system events and associate them with the system that generated the event(through Command View) running on a system, or from a tape

◦ Firmware version◦ Controller characteristics• RAID detailsRAID type◦◦ RAID configuration• SAN and NASNetwork addresses◦◦ Manufacturer◦ Model• IS and

WBEMWBEM is a set of management and Internet standard technologies developed to unify themanagement of enterprise computing environments. WBEM include

HP SIM displays storage systems as follows:• Internal drivesThese systems must appear in the Properties pages and the inventory database as components

Configuring the SNMP trap destination on Windows 2000Procedure 32 Configuring the SNMP trap destination on Windows 20001. Select Start→Settings→Contro

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

3. Select (4) to import the management server's certificate into the CVAE provider's truststore forevent indications. Enter the following:•

Viewing storage system collectionsHP SIM enables you to view storage system information for collections and individual storagesystems.Procedure 36 Vie

• Storage Ports—All Storage HostsLists port information for all storage host HBAs.• Storage Ports—All Storage SwitchesLists port information for all s

26 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 13 Cluster fieldsDescriptionNameStatus of the cluster: Normal (the cluster condition is functioning normally, everynode condition

Resource fieldsTable 16 Resource fieldsDescriptionNamePhysical or logical entity that is capable of being owned by a node, broughtonline and taken off

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

27 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

104611: 2008-04-24 11:17:45 PDT,JOB,PROGRESS,START,JOB,44641_cup12.hp.com,VERBOSE,partner,,, Running Tool:ls Expanded Command Line:ls Targets: cu

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

28 HP Version Control and HP SIMAbout the Version Control AgentThe HP VCA is an Insight Management Agents installed on a system that enables you to vi

About the Version Control Repository ManagerHP VCRM is an HP Insight Management Agents that manages a directory of HP software andfirmware components.

About software repositoriesUpdating ProLiant Support Packs and components using HP VCRM from a single or multiplerepositories saves time and is key to

NOTE: When software/firmware for a component is not available in the baseline, then it willbe shown blank. If junk or blank values are found to be lis

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

directory by default so any MIB that you intend to register should be copied to the <BASE>\mibsdirectory. While mcompile does provide some capab

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

--#CATEGORYThis provides a categorization of the trap for ease of viewing and use in forming HP SIM lists. Youcan use predefined categories or, if non

• SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL• Tandem EMS Events• TruCluster Events• Unassigned• Unisys Configuration Agent Events• UNKNOWN• WYSE Events• ZESA• ZHRM--#MS

Basic conceptsDiscovery and identificationHP SIM can automatically discover and identify systems attached to the network using informationfrom managem

--#SEVERITY CRITICAL--#TIMEINDEX 99--#MSG_FORMATTER "$V1V#Computer: # $V3V#Drive Status: # $V9V#Serial Number: #"::= 3029The e-mail or pager

Fields can be modified as follows:• The Description field is the long description stating the nature of the trap. The Description fieldis used on the

30 Proxy authenticatorHP SIM supports user authentication against the underlying operating system as well as LightWeight Directory Access Protocol (LD

HP SIM allows HTTP as well as HTTPS connections with the authenticator, HP highly recommendsyou provide support only through certificate-based authent

CommentsDefaultvalueOverride-able ViaURL parameterMandatory InSecuritySettings.propsPropertySerialNumber(S/N)HP recommendsyou ensure thisURL is not re

CommentsDefaultvalueOverride-able ViaURL parameterMandatory InSecuritySettings.propsPropertySerialNumber(S/N)authenticatorconnection forauthentication

Configuring trust check in HP SIM for Proxy authenticator serverPerform the following to enable trust check with the Proxy authenticator:Procedure 42

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

Database firewall settingsWhen using MSDE (or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition), Microsoft SQL, or Oracledatabase server located on a remote

To view the EULA, use a text editor to open the eula_license.xml file, and search forthird-party software .HP addresses security bulletins for the sof

generated and e-mailed on a scheduled basis. The type of data collected depends on themanagement software (SNMP agents or WBEM/WMI providers) that is

This creates a temporary directory. For example, makeself-32350-20091024210345, is wherethe HP SIM RPMs will be located. You can use the rpm --checksi

Configure or Repair AgentsConfigure or Repair Agents tasks that combine Critical, Unknown, and Unmanaged targetedsystems appear to hang at 0% but will

B TroubleshootingAdobeHP recommends you use Adobe 11.Agentless Management ServiceHP Agentless Management Service may exhibit slow performance on SLES

in Onboard Administrator is refreshed. The time taken could be lesser than this at times, but 60seconds is a conservative time interval which could be

Solution: Enable Play Animations in Web Pages in Internet Explorer. To access this, selectTools→Internet Options→Advanced, and then select Play Animat

1. In Internet Explorer, select Tools→Internet Options→Connections→LAN Settings and thenselect Use a proxy server for your LAN.2. Click Advanced.3. Ad

-------------------------------------------------------------The Remote Registry service is not started by default on the workstations like windows7 a

-------------------------------------------------------------HP ProLiant BL e-Class blade servers or the HP bc1000 blade PC container view is empty bu

When the number of objects to be collected on any given storage array exceeds 1000, it is possiblethat data collection will fail for the array with a

3. If you are unable to restart the proxy or if the Pegasus WMI Mapper was uninstalled, deleteit from the CMS WMI Mapper Proxy settings found in the O

Signing in and using the graphical user interfaceHP SIM provides a browser-based GUI. Supported browsers include:• For Windows:Microsoft Internet Expl

To discover an XP P9500 array, you can either discover it with a CVAE server or discover it withembedded SMI-S. Do not use both methods of discovery t

-------------------------------------------------------------If you:• Configure an HP Serviceguard package as an HP virtual machine which is hosted by

iLOIf after discovery runs, you can see the CMS, but not the iLO associated with it, check the following:• Be sure both the IP of the CMS and the iLO

Solution: Verify if the name of the local host resolves to a fully qualified name through DNS. Thecommand needs the FQDN name to work properly.-------

-------------------------------------------------------------While restoring the Onboard Administrator configuration, initially the following message

Insight Control virtual machine managementvirt fails to update the change in VM name when performed from Virtual Connect. It is observedthat when a VM

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

• Ensure WMI is enabled and running on all Windows target servers.• For Linux, ensure the SSH port is not blocked.• In some rare cases, external stora

To get basic hardware data, such as model, serial number, and UUID, from non-HP x86 serversrunning VMware ESX Server or Linux, you must configure the

Solution: Uncheck Simple File Sharing by navigating to Tools→Folder Options→View or set thesecurity policy Network access: Sharing and security model

Configuring the CMS• HP SIM must be running on a Windows CMS that is a member of a Windows domain. Thebrowsing system must be a member of the same dom

c. Grant the following Object Privilege to all tables and views:• INSERT• UPDATE• DELETE• SELECTd. Grant CREATE SESSION privilege for database user.e.

2. Run mxtool -mf <tool XML> -x force' where <tool XML> for each TDef is as follows:iux_tools.xmlswm-msa-tools.xmlswm-ssa-tools-up.xm

MX_JOB_KEEP_RUN_NOW_HOURS=8Recommended value is 8 for greater than 1500 systemsAfter the MX.PROPERTIES file has been modified, restart the HP SIM serv

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

When HP SIM is upgraded, you must clear the Firefox browser cache to avoid issues with thetarget selection wizard. Perform the following procedure to

UpgradeAfter upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 with any intermediate patches, sometimes, you cannot run EnhancedReports due to irresponsive buttons.Workaround:1

for any given hardware platform, if not some serious issues, such as loss of software licenses willoccur.When setting up an environment for virtual id

VMwareThe name of the temperature sensors might be incorrect. This is a known issue in the VMWareprovider and will be addressed in a future release of

If you have created subscriptions on a Windows managed system and then elect to change theWMI Mapper proxy or install a WMI Mapper on the managed syst

© Copyright 2010, 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Legal NoticesConfidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for posses

about:config in the Firefox address bar. From the list of Preference Names, selectnetwork.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris and either double-click or right

C HP SIM Dynamic PortsThere are three main processes in HP SIM:• mxdomainmgr• mxdtf• mxinventoryThese processes communicate with each other using Secu

Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and AboveTo comply with Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) recommendations, Microsoft increase

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

From a standards perspective, Microsoft SNMP supports only SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. Microsoftdoesn’t support SNMPv3 and has no plans to support it. Since t

NOTE: HP SIM does not receive traps from the application using port 162 unless the applicationis configured to forward traps to the port assigned to H

Remote Method Invocation (RMI)Java RMI is used within the CMS only for inter-process communication.Remote Wake-UpRemote Wake-Up refers to the ability

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standardsome routers block ICMP messages soHP SIM provides an alternative pingusing TCP.System identif

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standardMapper on a managed system in thesecure network. This mapper allowsstandard CIM-XML requests t

E 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

1. Banner areaThe banner provides a link to the Home page, a link to Sign Out of HP SIM, and displays theuser that is currently signed in. Click the m

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

NOTE: If you discover more than 500 systems, HP suggests you change the interval tosomething greater than 10 minutes (for example, 15 minutes for ever

Old Noisy EventsIncludes events that are transient and happen frequently, but do not generally indicate hardwarefailures. For example, link up, link d

Version Status Polling for Systems no Longer DisabledThis task runs the software version tool when a system changes from a disabled state to an enable

G 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

Table 24 Hosts file default parameters (continued)DescriptionValueKeywordRead only (Default)PublicSNMP_MON<Community String >No default<Commu

H 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

I 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

Part II Setting up HP SIM

Table 26 MSA-specific attributesDescriptionSyntax1AttributeSpecifies an MSA command, theparameters for the command, and anexecution node on which the

Table 27 WLA-specific attributes (continued)DescriptionSyntax1AttributeAn optional parameterized string thatprovides a way for web-launch<target-fo

Table 29 Global attribute parametersDescriptionParameterJob ID for the task being executed%tName of the user running this task%uName of the user this

Table 31 Multiple selected target parameters (not supported for Custom Command Tools)DescriptionParameterRepeated pattern (only repeats if a current s

Table 33 Defined name valuesDescriptionNames values32 character stringproduct-name24 character numberProduct-versionInsert a separator line in the men

Tool Filtering attributesCommon filtering values available to use for TDEFs.Table 36 Tool filtering attributesDescriptionFilter nameAcceptable values

In addition to these "automatic" EV's, user-defined environment variables may be set as part ofscripting in the TDEFs.Table 37 Environm

Table 37 Environment Variables (continued)DescriptionNames valuesPath variable received from the operating system (receivedin context of the windows s

Table 38 New Command Line Tool parameter entry guidelines (continued)Entry guidelinesParameter string assignmentData entry required?Parameter fieldcom

J 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

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

Table 39 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXcisco productscisco-port-security-mib.mibXcisco productscisco-process.mibXcisc

Table 39 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXSAN Appliancecpqsanapp.mibXcpqsanevent.mib SAN ApplianceXHP Proliant Storagecp

Table 39 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXSWCChs_agent.mibXLSF productlsf001.mibXMSA2000 Array(HPMSA)msa2000traps.mibXHP

Table 39 MIBs supported in HP SIM (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXTandem's Subsystem Control Facility(SCF)zsmp.mibXTandem SNMP Trap Multipl

K Support and other resourcesInformation to collect before contacting HPBe sure to have the following information available before you contact HP:• So

• If the question is related to HP Insight Remote Support (HP Insight RS), then HP SIM will besupported as it pertains in Insight RS with a Hardware W

HP SIM documentationFor more information regarding HP SIM, see the HP HP SIM Information library at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs fo

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

2. Select Install Agentless Management Service (AMS) on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers runningWindows, Linux, or ESX to send all host operating system-speci

to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadthof system management with plug-ins for HP storage, power

managementprotocolA set of protocols, such as WBEM, HTTP, or SNMP, used to establish communication withdiscovered systems.Minor status Status informat

The server deployment is installed separately from HP SIM. It requires a license for each servermanaged. You must register your server deployment prod

and other components with other server blades. Server blades tend to be more cost-efficient,faster to deploy, and easier to adapt to growth and change

storage systems SAN-attached Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channelhost bus adapters).subnet On TCP/IP netw

system search Logical grouping of systems into a collection based on information in the HP SIM database. Aftera search is defined, you can display the

user A network user with a valid login on the CMS that has been added to HP SIM.user accounts Accounts used to sign-in to HP SIM. These accounts assoc

IndexAabout, 151, 152default polling tasks, 210searches, 49storage solutions (SNMP), 134, 137version control agent, 150accessingautomatic event handli

communicatingwith systems, 35communicationerrors, 173community strings, 52complexdeleting, 175discovering, 175System Page, 175Configure or Repair Agen

XP P9500, 179discovery filtersaccessing, 40disabling, 40editing, 40discovery taskscreating, 38deleting, 38disabling, 38editing, 38enabling, 38general

11. Configure the target systems by selecting one of the following options:• Configure WBEM / WMI. This section enables you to configure the target Li

HP Insight Control power management24-hour graph, 183incompatible server, 183license, 183temperature graph, 183HP Insight Control virtual machine mana

PA-RISC, 182management protocols, 23managingautomatic event handling tasks, 57cluster collections, 54CMS communications, 42custom tools, 79, 219discov

storage array capacity, 142storage systems, 141views, 64reports, 64data collection, 16inventory, 16storage systems, 141requirementsGUI, 18resourcesclu

storage systems, 141viewing, 134viewing array capacity, 142WBEM event indications, 140subscribingWBEM indication events, 140support, 235systemstatus,

custom tools, 219Windowsmanaged systems, 23Windows 2000, 195Windows 2008, 175Windows 2008 64-bit, 196Windows VistaConfigure or Repair Agents, 175User

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 page appears.If the Management HTTP Server is installed on targ

ContentsI Introduction...131 About this document...

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

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 5 Installing and configuring SSH on a Linux system1. Verify that SSH is installed on the managed system:rpm -q

6. If the HP Server Management Drivers and Agents daemons are installed on your system, startthem:/etc/init.d/hpasm start34 Setting up managed systems

4 CredentialsIn HP SIM, credentials are used to enable the CMS to communicate with managed systems, throughWBEM/WMI, WS-MAN, SSH, SNMP, and SNMPv3. Ho

15.43.212.150 15.3.110.117 15.3.105.51 15.3.110.113 --> <nodelist> <node n

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

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

4. Physical ServersThis discovery task is for discovery of physical servers (blade servers and standalone servers).The management processors for these

Discovery filters...40Discovery of Gen8

• Enable or disable a discovery taskSelect a task and click Disable to disable the schedule of an enabled task. If a task is disabled,the button chang

matches the current filter. If discovery filters are disabled, automatic discovery discovers systemsaccording to the General Settings for All Discover

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

Sending test traps and indicationsTo verify that SNMP traps and WBEM indications can be sent, send test traps and indications.You can send test traps

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

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

Part III HP SIM basic features

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

New Enhanced reports...67Editing Enhanced reports...

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

• Property pagesThe Property page Status tab displays WBEM properties that help determine the status of thetarget system, such as determining memory s

Table 3 Health status types (continued)DescriptionStatus typeStatus iconThe system has a potential problem or is in a state that might becomea problem

WBEM operational status typesHP SIM reports WBEM operational status for storage and server elements, such as storage switchports and filled memory slo

shared cluster collections from the cluster collection view. Users can manage their own privatecollections, as well as:• Save collectionsClick Save As

After setting the Ignore status on the components, the change will not be reflected until after thenext status polling task runs.Example of setting sy

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

• Status Change Event SettingsEnables you to control if a status change event is generated when health status changes. Toaccess, select Options→Events

13. Select Send e-mail.a. In the To address field, enter the e-mail address to which you want the notification sent(multiple addresses can be added so

Changing the HP SIM and HP Insight Control database credentials...97Changing the database authorizations for Matrix

User Action: Replace the storage system side panel.Status: sidePanelRemovedExample of a Pager/SMS pageFrom: Doe, JohnSent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5

Where quanit1 is the system name.Example - Creating a task to send an e-mail when a system reaches acritical stateThe following instructions set up an

d. In the Message Format field, select from the following formats based on the encodingpreference of the recipient:• Standard. This default message fo

10. Click OK to save the collection.11. Then select systems from the Search dropdown list.12. From the first selection box (criteria selection), selec

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

Format for generated report:◦ HTML (Recommended for viewing)Enables viewing an existing report in HTML format.◦ XMLEnables viewing an existing report

The reporting engine main page contains the Reports by Product table that displays the productsregistered with HP SIM along with the available reports

New Enhanced reportsA report configuration is a customer-defined set of preferences that pulls specified criteria from thedatabase tables and places i

If you click OK, the report is deleted and the product and report page is refreshed to show thecorrect status of the reports.68 Reporting in HP SIM

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

Configuring SSL for SQL Server...109Configuration of client to enable tru

• Delete a task• Stop an executing task• Track task statusTask information is available by selecting one of the following:• Tasks & Logs→View All

Part IV HP SIM advanced features

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

• 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

On the Customize Collections page, some collections show their contents and others do not. Forexample, in the above image, All Systems, HP BladeSystem

If CollectionB is copied to CollectionF, the hierarchy would look like the following:The new instance of CollectionB receives a new name, but its cont

◦ The All Systems and All Events collections cannot be deleted.◦ After a collection is deleted, it cannot be recovered.• Set PropertiesCollections hav

In the System and Event Collections panel, where the status is displayed, the status will"bubble up" to the higher levels of the hierarchy (

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

25 Storage integration using SMI-S...134About storage systems...

Table 8 Tool types (continued)DescriptionNameCMS uses SSH to send one or more files to the targetsystem, which then executes the tool. An example of a

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

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

You can substitute any number of selected targets by using the repeat block construct, %( ... %).Anything inside the repeat block delimiters is repeat

View tool definitionUse to display the XML code for the tool. This tool is not enabled if you select more than one tool.Run Now/ScheduleUse to run the

NOTE: Your text editor must be able create a text-only file with no embedded formatting.4. Following the leading XML version and tool-list tags, type

8. Type the following attribute element code, which states where the tool will be located in theHP SIM menu.9. To finish the TDEF, enter the final too

Example Web launch toolA web launch tool launches an application requiring a URL. The example below launches theapplication WebJetAdmin for a device s

For more information about specific MSA tool requirements and attributes, see “MSA-specificattributes” (page 219).Example Enabling Remote Desktop tool

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

Example audit log...148Log content...

Modifying a TDEFModifying a TDEF allows users to customize the XML to align with their business. Each TDEF includedcan be modified to fit with each cu

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

4. Configure the remote CMS.The main CMSs SSL certificate is exported to the secondary CMS, and the secondary CMSis configured to trust the main CMS.

19 CMS Reconfigure ToolThe CMS Reconfigure Tool feature provides a set of commands that enable you to quickly makecommon reconfiguration changes to HP

When this command is run, and the new password is typed and confirmed, all services are stopped.The password entered is then updated on services that

3. Open the Windows command prompt and navigate to ..\Program Files\HP\Operations Orchestration\Central\tools .4. Execute change-db-props.bat to chang

NOTE: If the SQL database associated with the CMS is installed locally (on the same server),and you have changed the host name and/or IP address, you

used to logon to the database associated with Insight Management software must be changed,then this command must be used.Dependencies• CMS is installe

NOTE: If HP Capacity Advisor Data Service is not running after executing dbauth, you mustupdate the hosts file under Windows\System32\drivers\etc and

Procedure 23 Changing the database associated with the CMS1. Open a command prompt on the CMS and navigate to the install directory of HP SIM.2. Type