Integrating HP OpenView Operations, HP SIM 5.x and Insight Management Agents (418413-002, February 2007)

Figure 7 HP SIM Events Forwarded to OVOU
Event Clearing/Acknowlegement
Bi-directional event clearing/acknowledgement between the OVO server and the HP SIM server can
be configured. Each direction (OVO -> HP SIM, HP SIM -> OVO) is a separate mechanism and both
must be configured for bi-directional acknowledgement/clearing.
To clear HP SIM events when OVO messages are acknowledged, the HP SIM Integration Clear Events
template (OVOU) or the Event Acknowledging policies (OVOW) must be deployed to the OVO
server, and the Event Listener process must be running on the HP SIM node.
Acknowledging OVO messages when HP SIM events are cleared is accomplished via a combination
of event collection and task similar to the event forwarding mechanism. An event collection selecting
the cleared HP SIM events triggers the Event Listener process to cause the OVO message to be
acknowledged.
Tools/Applications
There are many tools/applications provided with the HP SIM Integration for OVO. In general, the
tools/applications fall into these categories: HP SIM Integration configuration, HP SIM management
server or IM Agent configuration, start/stop/status process, launch web interface. Some examples
are:
HP SIM Integration configuration:
Fwd Important Events – configures the default HP SIM query and task for forwarding HP SIM
important events to OVO.
HP SIM management server or IM Agent configuration:
Add Nodes to HP SIM – adds node to HP SIM for HP SIM discovery.
Configure SNMP Trap Destination – configures SNMP trap destination on the IM Agent node.
Start/stop/status process:
Start HP SIM Service – starts the HP SIM service on the node.
Stop Server Agent – stops the IM Agent Server service on the node.
Status Version Control Agent – returns the status of the IM Agent Version Control service on the node.
Launch web interface:
Launch HP SIM Console – Launches the HP SIM web interface.
Launch SysMgmt Homepage – Launches the System Management Homepage for this node.
Policies/Templates
The HP SIM Integration for OVO policies/templates fall into these categories: service discovery,
service monitoring, HP SIM event clearing, IM Agent SNMP traps
For a complete list of HP SIM Integration tools/applications and policies/templates, please refer to the
HP OpenView Operations Integration for HP Systems Insight Manager Administrator’s Reference for
the OVO version of interest.