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

Overview4
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If you do not install a CIM Extension on a UNIX host, the management server cannot obtain
information from the host. On a Microsoft Windows host without a CIM Extension, the management
server can only find information that is gathered from Windows Management Instrumentation. The
CIM Extension is required to obtain information from the host bus adapter and manage applications
on the Microsoft Windows host. Without the CIM Extension, the management server can determine
if Oracle and Microsoft Exchange are on the host, but it cannot obtain further information about the
applications.
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If you install the CIM Extension on the management server, the Database Admin Utility returns the
following error and does not run correctly: [isAppIQCIMOMAlive] - false
About this Product
This product can simplify your complex environment and lower your cost of management with
CIM-based integrated storage management. The management software integrates the management
of applications, servers, storage networks and storage subsystems in a single, easy to implement
and intuitive solution.
The management software integrates the various components in the storage infrastructure into a
CIM/WBEM/SMI-S standards based database so you can eliminate any vendor dependencies and
view and manage your infrastructure as a whole.
By giving your administrators a single, integrated console to manage tactical activities such as
provisioning storage, managing real time events, installing new applications, and migrating servers
and storage, as well as strategic activities such as forecasting, planning and cost analysis, the
management software's integrated storage management lowers your cost of acquiring and
managing a heterogeneous storage environment.
Storage Management Terms
• CIM - A common data model of an implementation-neutral schema for describing overall
management information in a network/enterprise environment.
• Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) - An initiative based on a set of management
and Internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of enterprise computing
environments.
See the glossary in the management server User Guide or in the management server help system for
additional definitions.
Key Benefits
• More efficient use of existing assets
• Increased application availability and performance
• Quicker deployment of storage infrastructure and business applications
• Protection of customer flexibility and investments with a standards-based interface
Key Features
• End-to-end visibility of business applications - Provides an interface for you to monitor your
business applications, including their associated infrastructure and interdependencies.