HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Guide HP Part Number: Part Number 481592-401 Published: November 2011 (Tenth Edition)
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................7 Overview................................................................................................................................7 Windows Management Instrumentation.......................................................................................7 2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components from Intelligent Provisioning (IP) 1.0 Software.............................
9 Troubleshooting Insight Provider and HP WBEM Tools...................................31 Accessing Insight Providers from a client tool or Insight Provider tools.............................................31 10 Technical support....................................................................................33 Reference documentation.........................................................................................................33 HP contact information.........................................
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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 9.0 (Insight Providers). For details regarding supported servers, options, and operating system, see the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 9.0.0 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) 1.0 Software Installing the HP Service Pack Proliant (SPP) Package on Proliant Servers from IP 1.0 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 WBEM Provider components on a single local server: 1. Choose the following option: • For Windows Server® 2008, open the Windows® Programs and Features interface. 2.
& "{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. 2. 3. 4. 5. Log in to the SMH, and then click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. Click Select. Log out of the SMH. 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. 2. 3. 14 Log into the SMH, and click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. 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 indications — Ultra3 and Ult
Profile name Version Link DSP1023 Software Inventory Profile 1.0.1 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1023_1.0.1.pdf) DSP1026 System Memory Profile 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1026_1.0.0.pdf) DSP1027 Power State Management Profile 1.0.1 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1027_1.0.1.pdf) DSP1029 OS Status Profile 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1029_1.0.0.pdf) DSP1033 Profile Registration 1.0.
The following table lists the set of HP profile extensions included in the data model implemented by this version of the Insight Providers. Profile name Version File name P00100 HP Profile Registration Profile 1.0.0 P00100_-_HP_Profile_Registration Profile.pdf P00101 HP Management Processor Lite Profile 2.1.0 P00101_-_HP_Mgmt_Proc_Lite_Profile.pdf P00102 HP Fan Profile 1.3.0 P00102_-_HP_Fan_Profile.pdf P00103 HP Power Supply Profile 1.3.1 P00103_-_HP_Power_Supply_Profile.
The following are example codes for accessing Insight Provider data using VBScript code. This VBScript code is used to display computer system operational status information: strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colComputerSystem = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_WinComputerSystem") For Each objComputerSystem in colComputerSystem WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objComputerSystem.
strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colProcessor = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_Processor") For Each objProcessor in colProcessor WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objProcessor.Caption WScript.Echo "Description: " & objProcessor.Description WScript.Echo "Current clock speed (MHz): " & objProcessor.CurrentClockSpeed WScript.Echo "Number of enabled cores: " & objProcessor.NumberOfEnabledCores Wscript.
Insight Providers usage Access data and events from the Insight Providers using the SMH supplied in the SPP, HP SIM, other client applications, or scripts that supports WMI and SMASH. The SMH provides a web interface for accessing management data locally or remotely. SMH support for the Insight Providers is composed of two components • • The SMH for Windows® Smart Component that is included with the SPP for Windows®. This is the SMH framework.
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.
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, 17 Implementation, 15 accessing data and events, 27 AMS Data collection, 14 Introduction, 11 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
T technical support HP contact information, 33 Technical support, 33 thresholds, configuring, 13 U uninstalling the AMS Introduction, 11 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
