HP ProLiant ML310e Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy
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- HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 1
Provider deployment and SNMP agent removal 4 Integration with HP SIM ...4 Identification...4 Systems page ...4 WBEM HP Insight Management WBEM Providers through HP SIM 18 Setting configurable disk thresholds in SIM 20 Identifying issues with hardware components 21 SIM Indication support for HP - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 2
a valid account credential. • More transparent; WMI service instead of agents. The Insight Providers run within the ProLiant Support Packs (PSPs). In addition, users can configure HP Systems Insight Manager (HP HP SIM 5.2 and the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows are fully integrated - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 3
manually Power Memory light Integrated Management Log). The Integrated Management log, previously a static page, allows the user to sort by any of the columns (for example, by severity). • The Server Configurable Properties page (Tasks tab > Server specific HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Guide - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 4
date. Integration with HP SIM HP SIM 5.2 and the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows are fully integrated for identification, inventory, reporting, event monitoring, disk thresholding, and status polling. HP SIM provides many capabilities: • A mechanism to identify a Windows server that - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 5
a real-time status for hardware components that are experiencing problems). Figures 2 and 3 provide an example of how WBEM indications are activated and deactivated. Figure 2 depicts an example of how these indications are reported using the HP SIM interface. Each indication or event in the Events - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 6
Figure 2. Subscribing for WBEM indications using the HP SIM user interface 6 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 7
Figure 3. Subscribing for WBEM indications using the HP SIM CLI, and a list of existing subscriptions Figure 4 displays a WBEM indication report. Figure 4. WBEM indication report 7 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 8
will receive indications (if subscribed) when the thresholds are exceeded. Note Disk and processor thresholds cannot be received in HP SIM 5.2 This feature will be functional in HP SIM 5.3. Figure 5 shows the window that allows users to set thresholds. Figure 5. Disk threshold configuration screen 8 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 9
red" refers to the process of following a toplevel status value down through various levels of status to the offending instance of hardware. HP SIM Status Polling collects an overall status value from Insight Providers for Windows every five minutes. This polling task contacts all discovered managed - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 10
tool, found under the Configure menu, allows a user to push the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers to the managed node as well as automatically privileges to perform various WBEM operations for Windows servers. Figures 7 and 8 show the deployment windows. Figure 7. Installing Providers on a - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 11
Figure 8. Installing Providers on a Windows server - configure or repair settings Hardware and software inventory HP SIM provides a comprehensive inventory of hardware and software on the managed node, including reports for specific platforms. The user may select from a variety of inventory items to - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 12
Figure 9. Configuring inventory reports Figure 10. Default Inventory Report for Windows Server running HP Insight WBEM Providers for Windows 12 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 13
Property pages HP SIM Property pages (Figure 11) display overall server characteristics, status information, and configuration/inventory data. The Property page data, read and reported in real time, is exclusively WBEM data. Figure 11. Property page examples 13 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 14
. The WMI Mapper is required for HP SIM to manage Windows computers, including ProLiant servers running the Insight Providers for Windows. The WMI Mapper service runs separately from the HP SIM service. WMI Mapper configuration HP SIM supports two different configurations for the WMI Mapper - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 15
Figure 12. Mapper service Figure 13 shows the screen in HP SIM used to configure the Mapper. Figure 13. WMI Mapper Proxy configuration 15 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 16
on a managed node 1. Make sure the WMI Mapper is configured in HP SIM. For more information, see Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. 2. Identify ProLiant servers through HP SIM. See the HP SIM Technical Reference Guide for detailed information on how to discover managed nodes: http://h18013.www1 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 17
4. Install the Insight Providers for Windows on one or more managed nodes. Figure 15 shows the window in which Providers and agents should be installed. Figure 15. Configure or Repair Agents - Install Providers and Agents window 5. Configure a non-Administrator user. 6. Subscribe to WBEM events. 7. - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 18
Protocol Settings, and then populate the WBEM credentials table. 4. Discover ProLiant Windows servers that have the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers installed. 5. Once discovered, the ProLiant Windows servers display in the HP SIM All Systems list. 6. Access the System page and confirm that - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 19
Figure 17. System Protocol Settings link 8. Enter the WBEM credentials. Figure 18 shows the system protocol settings window. Figure 18. System Protocol Settings window 9. Re-identify the ProLiant Windows server at Options- > Identify Systems. 19 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 20
SIM. For more information, see Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. 2. Access SMH through HP SIM using the Health Status link on the Systems page (Figure 19). Figure 19. System Status window 3. Click Tasks. 4. Select Server Configuration. 5. In left panel, select Threshold Information. 6. Set the - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 21
of the ProLiant manage node. The WMI Mapper must be configured in HP SIM. For more information, see Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. The the user to find the components that have potential problems. The following example illustrates a Major status in HP SIM. Figure 21 shows the location of the - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 22
Figure 21. Health Status link 22 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 23
Figure 22 shows the System Management Homepage. Figure 22. System Management Homepage (SMH) - Major status component 23 - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 24
SIM Indication support for HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 1. Make sure the WMI Mapper is configured in HP SIM. For more information, see Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. 2. Create a subscription in the user interface by clicking Options > Events > Subscribe to WBEM Events. The user does - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 25
to get more details. Figure 24. Indications in the Events tab Troubleshooting WBEM Indications in HP SIM If a subscription fails: 1. Make sure WBEM is a 3. Make sure the WMI Mapper has both services created and running. If no indications display in HP SIM: 1. Select Options-> Events-> Event Filter - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 26
Insight Providers for Windows test event tool. 4. Make sure the WMI Mapper Indication Service is running. 5. Try to list the known subscriptions: - Mxwbemsub -l -n Systems page (the page that contains an overview of the selected server). 2. In the Product Description table there is an entry called - HP ProLiant ML310e | Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM Providers with HP Sy - Page 27
to the resources listed below. Resource description ProLiant Server Support Matrix website HP software and drivers Access to WMI Namespaces Connecting to WMI on a Remote Computer PSP website HP Systems Insight Manager Web address http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/ index-all.html http
Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM
Providers with HP System Insight Manager
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Abstract
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Overview
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Updates to the System Management Homepage (SMH)
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Security
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Insight Provider deployment and SNMP agent removal
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Integration with HP SIM
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Identification
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Systems page
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WBEM indications
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Disk thresholds
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Status polling
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WBEM Provider deployment and configuration
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Hardware and software inventory
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Property pages
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Scenarios using HP Insight WBEM Providers
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Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM
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Using HP SIM to install and configure HP Insight Management WBEM Providers on a managed node
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Configure and identify existing HP Insight Management WBEM Providers through HP SIM
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Setting configurable disk thresholds in SIM
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Identifying issues with hardware components
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SIM Indication support for HP Insight Management WBEM Providers
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Confirming WBEM is identified as a management protocol
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For more information
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Call to action
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