HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers (487616-001, February 2008)

problem,
a higher level of database logging was manually turned on overnight and accidentally left
on.
The
system
administrator clicks
Remediate
to change the set
tings back to those established in the
Software Policy for the application.
Figure
6
:
HP Server Automation Compliance Dashboard
As a final step, the system administrator looks at the PMP performance graph to verify that the CP
U is
returning to expected levels.
Example 2: Solving a
cooling problem
In this example, a system administrator receives a page generated by HP SIM
that
is used for routine
monitoring in the data
center
and discovers that several
server
blades in a particu
lar enclosure have
exceeded a predefined temperature threshold.
One
server
blade is running a performance sensitive,
mission
-
critical Oracle RAC database.
The administrator uses
VCEM
to rapidly assign a predefined
profile, containing one of the additional
database instances, to an available
server
blade in another
enclosure.
Before putting the server into production, the administrator uses the Server Automation
Compliance Dashboard to quickly verify that the configuration is in compliance with current opera
ting
system, application
,
and security policies.
Now that the performance and redundancy of the
database cluster
is
assured, the administrator proceeds to investigate the underlying problem.
BladeSystem
visualization
When
HP SIM sends
a pager alert,
the a
dministrator
uses HP SIM to investigate
an alert on several
server
blades within a particular enclosure.
The administrator discovers a
n ambient temperature
threshold is being exceeded.
The BladeSystem Integrated Manager view (
Figure
7
) within HP SIM
gives additional information about
server
blades within the enclosure.
Not only is there a photo
-
realistic view of the front and back of the enclosure, showing each component overlaid by health
status icons, but addition
al information on the same page about power and cooling
is provided
.
To
display a popup window with additional information about the component, m
ouse
-
over a component
within the picture.
The
Events
tab shows the set of events that have not been cleared for
the
components of this enclosure.