HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 69
1. Select Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in
the Disk Space tree.
2. Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.
3. Copy the following command. How you copy the text depends on your Web browser. If you
are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, select the text and then right-click the
selected text. Then, select Copy.
#cimom.hds.exclude=61038,61037
4. Return to the Advanced page.
5. Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties field. How you paste the text depends on
your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the
field and select Paste.
6. Make sure the property is not commented out by removing the hash (#) symbol in front of the
property. Add the serial numbers corresponding to the HDS storage systems you want to
exclude form discovery. Separate additional serial numbers with a comma, as shown by the
following example:
cimom.hds.exclude=61038,61037
where 61038 and 61037 are serial numbers for HDS storage systems.
7. When you are done, click Save.
8. Restart the service for the management server for your changes to take effect.
While AppStorManager is restarting, users are not able to access the management server. The
AppStorManager service must be running for the management server to monitor elements.
Discovering HP StorageWorks EVA or MSA Arrays
To discover HP StorageWorks EVA or MSA arrays, you must enter the following information for the
instance of the HP CIMOM used to manage the storage system:
• user name and password used for accessing the HP CIMOM
• IP address of the server containing the HP CIMOM
The following should be installed on a server before you discover an HP EVA or MSA storage
system:
• HP Storage Management Appliance software
• HP OpenView Storage Operations Manager
• HP StorageWorks Command View EVA or MSA
• HP StorageWorks SMI-S EVA or MSA.
To determine provisioning support for HP StorageWorks Arrays, see Table 51 on page 349 and
Table 52 on page 350.
Discovery from HP SIM
To discover HP EVA or MSA storage systems, provide the following information in HP Insight
Manager: