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

Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts128
IMPORTANT: Perform Get Details/Discovery Data Collection for your inputs to take effect. See
”Step 3 - Discovering Applications” on page 129.
Deleting Sybase Information
If you do not want the management server to monitor a Sybase instance, you can remove its
information, as described in the following steps:
1. Do one of the following:
• Discovery from HP SE - Select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery >
Setup. Then, click the Applications tab.
• Discovery from HP SIM - Select Options > Protocol Settings > Storage Essentials >
System Application Discovery Settings. To select a target, you must have at least one
element designated as a server, workstation or desktop. If you see the message, “No
Targets Currently Selected,” change your element from unknown to either a server,
workstation or desktop. Refer to the documentation for HP Systems Insight Manager. Select
a target, and then, click Run Now.
2. In the Database Information table, click the button, corresponding to the Sybase instance
you do not want the management server to monitor.
3. Perform Get Details/Discovery Data Collection to make the management server aware of your
changes.
Monitoring Microsoft Exchange
To monitor Microsoft Exchange, you must make the management server aware of domain controller
access. After information for controller access has been added, discover Microsoft
Exchange(Discovery from HP SE only) map the topology and perform Get Details or Discovery
Data Collection. To save time, delay these steps until you have added the configurations for your
other applications and hosts.
To monitor Microsoft Exchange, you must:
• Add information for Microsoft Exchange Domain Controller Access
• Discover the application.
Adding Microsoft Exchange Domain Controller Access
To obtain information about your Microsoft Exchange servers, you must provide the user name and
password for at least a primary domain controller, in addition to a DNS name, as described in the
following steps.
IMPORTANT: The hosts should recognize the management server by name, as a reverse look-up is
required by operating system security as well as Microsoft Exchange.
To provide information about the Microsoft Exchange servers:
1. Do one of the following: