HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts202
To obtain details:
1. Do the following:
• Discovery from HP SE - Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery >
Details
• Discovery from HP SIM - Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run
Discovery Data Collection.
2. Verify the File SRM option is selected. The File SRM option appears for hosts that have the CIM
Extension and an operating system that supports File System Viewer.
3. Verify the Include backup details option is selected if you want to monitor and manage
backup applications in Backup Manager.
4. Verify the Include infrastructure details option is selected. This option is required to manage
and monitor your elements not related to the backup infrastructure.
5. Click the Get Details button.
When the software completes getting all elements details, it displays GETTING ALL DETAILS
COMPLETED on the View Logs page.
For additional information, see ”Step 1 - Discover Switches” on page 45 for information on how to
automate the gathering of all element details. If you run into problems with discovery, see
”Troubleshooting” on page 247.
Step 2 - Setting Up Discovery for Applications
Keep in mind the following when discovering applications:
• Make a list of the applications you want to monitor. Configure your applications first as
described in this section and then run discovery.
• You should have already installed a CIM Extension on the hosts that have the applications you
want to discover. After you installed the CIM Extension, you should have already discovered the
host. See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and Master Backup Servers” on page 193.
You can configure the management server to monitor hosts and applications, such as Oracle,
Microsoft Exchange server, and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, in addition to Microsoft SQL
servers and file servers. If you want to obtain detailed information about the host and its
applications, you must install a CIM Extension on the host, as described in the previous chapters.
The following is an overview of what you need to do. It is assumed you have already discovered the
hosts running your applications. See ”Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and Master Backup Servers”
on page 193.
Then, set up the configurations for your applications on the management server. Some applications
may require you to provide additional discovery information about the application. Finally, perform
discovery and then obtain Get Details/Discovery Data Collection. Get Details and Discovery Data
Collection takes some time. Perform this step when the network is not busy. More details about the
steps mentioned above are provided later.
See the following topics for more information:
• ”Monitoring Oracle” on page 202