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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................4 Overview................................................................................................................................4 Windows Management Instrumentation.......................................................................................4 2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components from Intelligent Provisioning (IP) 1.10 Software.....................................
1 Introduction Overview This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 on ProLiant servers, version 9.1 (Insight Providers). For details regarding supported servers, options, and operating system, see the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 9.1.0 Hardware Support Matrix document. Many management products have been built on SNMP, a common network management technology.
2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components from Intelligent Provisioning (IP) 1.10 Software Installing the HP Service Pack Proliant (SPP) Package on Proliant Servers from IP 1.10 Software The HP SPP package includes individual Management software smart components and firmware smart components. This package is available only on web for download.
3 Uninstalling the HP WBEM Provider Components from Proliant Servers Introduction This section provides instructions for uninstalling the HP WBEM Providers components that are installed on Proliant servers. Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single local Proliant Server To uninstall HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server: 1. Choose the following option: • 2. 3.
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Product") For Each objSoftware in colSoftware If objSoftware.Name=SW Then objSoftware.
4 Using the SMH with the Insight Providers Change Data Source The SMH now enables data collected from the Insight Providers. After the Insight Providers are installed, SMH defaults to WBEM as the data source. To change this setting: 1. Log in to the SMH, and then click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. 2. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. 3. Click Select. 4. Log out of the SMH. 5. Log back in to the SMH.
Data collection The SMH enables data collected from the Insight Providers. After the Insight Providers are installed, SMH defaults to WBEM. To change this setting: 1. Log into the SMH, and click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. 2. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. 3. Click Select.
5 Security Security concerns Users can increase security by switching from SNMP Agent-based server management to Insight Provider-based server management. The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows® use Windows-based authentication for local and remote access to server management data. Implementation The Insight Providers for Windows® are implemented as a set of WMI providers. The access control is in the form of standard Windows® account level access restrictions.
1. From HP SIM, select Configure > Configure or Repair Agents. If the targets are selected, the Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears. 2. Click Next. The Step 2: Enter credentials page appears. 3. The credentials you specify on this page are for a privileged account on the target system. In addition, the credentials must work for all selected target systems. HP recommends using domain administrator credentials. HP SIM only saves these credentials to run a scheduled task later. a.
The Task Results page appears and displays the following information. • Status — Displays the details for each target system in a task instance. • Exit Code — Represents the success or failure of an executable program, but does not indicate if all attempts were successful. If the return value is zero or positive, the executable ran successfully. If the return value is negative value, the executable failed. • Target Name — Displays the name and IP address of the target.
6 Windows Server® 2008 Firewall configuration Firewall configuration introduction This section describes a configuration method for enabling direct remote WMI access on a server running the Windows Server® 2008 Firewall. There are many methods to establish remote communication with WMI. Locally privileged programs can establish communication with WMI locally and serve up a private or standardized remote management interface.
Similar rules can be created that are more restrictive but that enable remote WMI access in specific circumstances (such as restricting which users, computers, and network addresses can remotely access), depending on your setup. There can be additional configuration and connection requirements on the client-side depending on the client operating system and firewall used. For more information, see Connecting to WMI Remotely Starting with Vista® (http:// msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa822854.aspx).
7 Insight Providers architecture Architecture overview The following architecture diagram gives an overview of Insight Provider components. The diagram distinguishes between Microsoft®-provided components, HP components, and ProLiant WMI components. The Insight Providers extend the industry-standard CIM data model to support information that is specific to ProLiant platforms. The Insight Providers collect data from sources such as drivers and system firmware to populate the data model.
• • • ◦ Computer system information, including physical location, unit ID visual indicator, IML, system ROM, and aggregate computer system status (rollup of connected components and devices) ◦ Computer system indications, including ASR reboot, POST error, and thermal reboot Network providers ◦ Network controller information and indications ◦ 10/100 Mb Ethernet ◦ 1 Gb Ethernet ◦ 10 Gb Ethernet ◦ NIC teaming ◦ IPv6 support Storage providers ◦ Storage controller information and indication
Profile name Version Link DSP1011 Physical Asset Profile 1.0.2 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1011_1.0.2.pdf) DSP1013 Fan Profile 1.0.1 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1013_1.0.1.pdf) DSP1014 Ethernet Port Profile (specialized) 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1014_1.0.0.pdf) DSP1015 Power Supply Profile 1.1.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1015_1.1.0.pdf) DSP1022 CPU Profile 1.0.0 http://www.
Profile/Subprofile name Version Parallel SCSI (SPI) Initiator Ports Profile 1.2.0 Software Subprofile 1.3.0 FC HBA Profile 1.2.0 Host Discovered Resources Profile 1.2.0 Media Access Device Profile 1.3.0 SAS Target Port Subprofile 1.2.0 SPI Target Port Subprofile 1.2.0 The following table lists the set of HP profile extensions included in the data model implemented by this version of the Insight Providers. 18 Profile name Version File name P00100 HP Profile Registration Profile 1.0.
Profile name Version File name P00123 HP SCSI HBA Profile 1.0.1 P00123_-_HP_SCSI_HBA_Profile.pdf P00124 HP Location Profile 1.1.0 P00124_-_HP_Location_Profile.pdf P00125 HP Blade System Lite Profile 2.1.0 P00125_-_HP_Blade_System_Lite_Profile.pdf P00129 HP Standalone Tape Drive Profile 1.0.0 P00129_-_HP_Standalone_Tape_Drive_profile.pdf P00130 HP Host Attached SATA Profile 1.0.0 P00130_-_HP_Host_Attached_SATA_profile.
WScript.Echo "Asset tag: " & objComputerSystemChassis.UserTracking Next This VBScript code is used to list system memory modules and their capacities: strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colMemoryModule = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_MemoryModule") For Each objMemoryModule in colMemoryModule WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objMemoryModule.Caption WScript.Echo "Capacity (bytes): " & objMemoryModule.
objCommonRecordLog.ClearLog() Next This VBScript code is used to receive an alert indication: strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set objIndication = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery("SELECT * FROM HP_AlertIndication") Wscript.Echo "Waiting for alert indication..." Set objReceivedIndication = objIndication.NextEvent WScript.Echo "Provider Name = " & objReceivedIndication.ProviderName WScript.
• MOFs—When the Insight Providers are installed, the MOF files are copied to the HP_Base, Server, Storage, and Network folders in the C:\Program Files\HPWBEM\MOF directory. MOF files are text files that contain definitions of classes and object instances using the MOF language. The CIM data model is represented in MOF files, as are HP ProLiant-specific extensions.
8 Scripting Scripting examples This section provides examples for accessing data exposed by the Insight Providers using scripting. WMIC example You can also write scripts to obtain data from the Insight Providers using WMIC and Microsoft® Windows® PowerShell.
9 Troubleshooting Insight Provider and HP WBEM Tools Accessing Insight Providers from a client tool or Insight Provider tools This section describes problem you may encounter while accessing Insight providers from a client tool or any other provider tools.
NOTE: Any client tool facing issues in accessing Insight providers due to user name and namespace security privileges, follow the steps 1 through 5 to resolve the issue.
10 Technical support Reference documentation For more information about SPPs, see the SPP website (http://www.hp.com/servers/SPP). To download the latest SPPs, see the software and drivers download page (http://www.hp.com/ servers/swdrivers). For general information on management products, see the ProLiant Essentials website (http:// www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials). For information about operating systems supported by ProLiant servers, see the operating system support matrices (http://www.hp.
Acronyms and abbreviations API application program interface ASR Automatic Server Recovery CIM common information model DMTF Distributed Management Task Force HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager IML Integrated Management Log MOF managed object format MSDN Microsoft® Developer Network POST Power-On Self Test SAS serial attached SCSI SATA serial ATA SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware SMH System Management Homepage SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification
Index A N access rights, setting user Configuring Insight Provider Security using the Windows Command Line, 12 Implementation, 10 accessing data and events, 21 AMS Data collection, 9 Introduction, 6 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
T technical support HP contact information, 26 Technical support, 26 thresholds, configuring, 8 U uninstalling the AMS Introduction, 6 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
