HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

12 Tools that extend management
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides you with the following powerful management tools :
• Cluster Monitor Use to monitor and manage multi-system Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) clusters
• Command Line Tools Use as part of a Distributed Task Facility (DTF). Available in HP SIM to run on
single-system aware (SSA) systems
• Custom Tools Use to create and manage custom tools that run on the Central Management Server
(CMS) and on target systems. These tools can reference environment variables set by the tool to access
system or event information
• Device Ping Use to ping one or more systems
• Disk Thresholds Use to define the Normal, Minor, and Major ranges for disk utilization on monitored
nodes and to set and remove disk thresholds
• DMI Access Used to set the HP SIM CMS as the event target on selected HP-UX systems where Desktop
Management Interface (DMI) is installed
• HP Server Migration Pack - Universal Edition (SMP Universal) Use to extend the functionality of the
HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (Virtual Machine Management Pack) to
provide integrated physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-virtual (V2V), and virtual-to-physical (V2P) migrations
• Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install Use to install software on managed systems
• Licensing Use to manage license keys from HP SIM, including key distribution, reconciliation, and
reporting across Windows platforms
• Management processor tools Use after management processors are discovered to manage the
following: system power, system locator, new user, modify user, delete user, LAN access, Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) settings, Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) control, firmware update, and
deploying Secure Shell (SSH) public keys
• Management Information Base (MIB) tools Use to compile, edit, register, unregister, and view MIBs.
• OpenSSH Install Use from the CMS to install the OpenSSH service onto target Windows systems.
Then, run the mxagentconfig command to complete the configuration.
• HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) Use to watch and analyze in real-time the performance of
a monitored server in real-time and to view recorded data sessions from the PMP repository
• Process Resource Manager (PRM) tools Use to provide system resources where the business needs
them.
• Property Pages Provide to users so they can view the Property pages on a Web-Based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) system. Also use to access WBEM properties, such as those that help describe
the target system on the network, help determine the status of the system, and that provide an inventory
of the target system.
• Replicate Agent Settings Use to enable HP SIM to retrieve and edit Web Agent configuration settings
from a source system and distribute that configuration remotely to target systems through Web Agents.
• Serviceguard Clusters Use to provide a mechanism to view cluster information by running HP
Serviceguard Manager.
• SNMP Access Use to set the HP SIM CMS as the trap target on selected HP-UX systems.
• System Management Homepage Use to view the status of management software and utilities on the
system.
• System Page Use to view information related to a specific system, including general information of
the system, system status, and URLs that are related to the system.
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