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

HP SIM Event Integration
Event Forwarding
When the event forwarding configuration steps are completed, HP SIM events are forwarded to the
OVO server via the OVO agent (opcmsg) so that the messages reach OVO in a reliable manner
using the HP SIM Integration features. Customize queries to select the HP SIM events to be
forwarded, or configure the default event forwarding using the HP SIM Integration tool/application to
make configuration simpler. The HP SIM Integration contains tools/applications to configure the HP
SIM event forwarding flavor of choice (custom or default).
Which events can be forwarded? Any collection of events which can be created using HP SIM’s
flexible event collection customization features. The default event collection created by the HP SIM
Integration tool/application selects all events of severity “Critical” and “Major”.
How are the events forwarded? The HP SIM Integration Event Listener process must be started on the
HP SIM node. An HP SIM event collection defines which events are forwarded. An HP SIM task is
created which uses the HP SIM Action on Events feature to forward events in the specified collection
to the Event Listener process. The Event Listener process translates the HP SIM event into an opcmsg
call. The OVO agent sends this message to the OVO server in a manner which ensures reliable
delivery. See
Figure 6 Event flow diagram for a depiction of the flow of events from HP SIM to the
OVO message database.
OVO Server
WMI Policy
(OVO/W)
OV Message
StateChangeEvent
Trigger clear event
on HPSIM CMS
OVO Agent
IM Agent services
Monitor template
and SNMP trap
Interceptor policies
OVO Agent
OVO Policies
Event Listener
(HTTP Server)
AOE WBEM
Indications
HP SIM CMS
OVO Tools
(using HPSIM CLI)
Create events
query/task for
AOE WBEM
Indications
Event to OVO
using “opcmsg”
OVO Server HP SIM CMS node
Legend
OVO
HP SIM / IM Agents / IM7
HP SIM
Integration
HPSIM to OVO
OVO to HPSIM
IM Agent node
Scheduled Task
Policy
Clear Events on
HPSIM
(Using HPSIM API)
Trigger clear
event on HPSIM
OVO/W Service
Auto-Discovery
Policy
Topology
(XML)
HPSIMInt_Ack
MEI (OVO/U)
OVO/U
DB
Figure 6 Event flow diagram