HP Systems Insight Manager 7.1 Database Tables

1 HP SIM database tables
HP SIM uses a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, MSDE r Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Express Edition (Windows Install), or PostgreSQL SQL 7.4.x (HP-UX or Linux install) database to
store collected event and system data. The database can be on the same system as the management
application or on a different system that has network access to the database server. However,
configuration of HP SIM database tables cannot be performed on a remote system. HP SIM uses
the JDBC and the ODBC on Windows systems to communicate with the database.
During installation, the necessary database systems and transaction log systems are created before
creating and populating the database.
CAUTION: Only the HP SIM application should add or delete from these tables. Any other
modifications to these tables cause cache coherency problems for the application.
The database contains:
• Events
• Discovered systems
• System status
• User preferences
• Detailed system information
• Language text (English only)
IMPORTANT: Back up the database on a regular basis and monitor the size of the database to
expand it as necessary.
Reports can be created in Microsoft Access, Excel, Crystal Reports, or any standard reporting tool
that can access the database. The database schema is published to make creating the reports
easier.
Predefined views
Several predefined views are shipped with HP SIM. These views can be used to search the database
for different information such as data collection information, event data and license data.
Notices_view. This view can be used to list events in the system along with their descriptions. It
does not contain the specifics of an event, but it can be useful for some simple reports. It returns
the system name, event severity, cleared status, received time, cleared time and event description.
View_deviceAssociations. This view is used in building searches, mainly used internally.
licenseCounts. This view is used to show license count data in the license report.
deviceTypesEnum. This view links the devices_table productType field with an (English) string
representing the system type.
deviceSubTypesEnum. This view links the nodeSubTypesEnum table enumOrd field with an (English)
string representing the system subtype.
NOTE: The database and views are not deleted when you uninstall HP SIM.
Database tables
The following sections provide the contents of the database. The tables describe the information
collected by HP SIM and the database table structures that store the information.
10 HP SIM database tables