HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts248
connected through a switch and storage system. When you Get Details/Discovery Data
Collection for Discovery Group 1, you also obtain details from the switch and storage system.
• If the management server unable to obtain information from a UNIX host during Get
Details/Discovery Data Collection as a result of a CIM Extension hanging, the management
server places the access point where the CIM Extension is located in quarantine. The
management server then moves onto getting details for the next element in the Get
Details/Discovery Data Collection table. These UNIX hosts appear as missing until they are
removed from quarantine. See ”Removing an Element from Quarantine” on page 146 for
information on how to remove an element from quarantine.
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 Include backup details option is selected if you want to monitor and manage
backup applications in Backup Manager.
3. Verify the Include infrastructure details option is selected. This option is required to manage
and monitor your elements not related to the backup infrastructure.
4. 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 72 for information on how to
automate the gathering of all element details. If you run into problems with discovery, see
”Troubleshooting” on page 305.
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 239.
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 239.