HP Insight Management WBEM Providers on Integrity Servers User's Guide HP Part Number: 5992-4513 Published: September 2008 Edition: 1
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Table of Contents About This Document.........................................................................................................7 Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................7 HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................7 1 Introduction.........................................................................
List of Figures 7-1 4 Insight Providers Architecture......................................................................................................
List of Tables 7-1 7-2 7-3 9-1 DMTF profiles included in the data model...................................................................................22 SMI-S profiles, subprofiles and packages included in the data model.........................................23 HP profile extensions included in the data model........................................................................23 Supported operating systems.............................................................................................
List of Examples 8-1 8-2 8-3 8-4 8-5 8-6 8-7 8-8 6 Displaying computer operational status information...................................................................28 Displaying the system firmware version......................................................................................28 Displaying computer system chassis model name, serial number, and asset tag........................28 Listing system memory modules and their capacities............................................................
About This Document This guide is intended for individuals who are familiar with the configuration and operation of Microsoft® Windows®, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, and Web-Based Enterprise Management Providers. Because of the risk of data loss, only individuals experienced with using this software should implement the procedures in this guide.
1 Introduction This document applies to the HP Insight Management Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Providers for Windows Server® 2003 SP2 and Windows Server® 2008 on Integrity servers, version 6.1.0.0 (Insight Providers). This release of the Insight Providers supports Integrity servers running Windows Server® 2003 SP2 and Windows Server® 2008. For information regarding supported servers, options, and operating system versions, see Chapter 9 (page 33).
2 Installing the HP Insight Providers The Insight Providers—server, storage, network and software inventory—are packaged as one Smart Component, cp008945.exe. This enables you to install, uninstall, and version-control the Insight Providers as a single entity. Installing the Insight Providers Smart Component To install the Insight Providers Smart Component: 1. 2. Perform the following tasks: Log in as an administrator on the target server. a.
SNMP Agents compatibility The Insight Providers are compatible with SNMP-based HP Insight Management Agents for Windows® Version 6.1.0.0. They can be installed and used on an Integrity server simultaneously. The Insight Providers do not have dependencies on the HP Insight Management Agents and can be installed on Integrity servers that do not have SNMP agents installed.
3 Uninstalling SNMP-Based HP Insight Management Agents This section provides instructions for uninstalling the SNMP-based HP Insight Management Agents. Uninstalling HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server To uninstall HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server: 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the Windows® Add or Remove Programs interface (Windows Server 2003) or the Windows® Programs and Features interface (Windows Server 2008). Select HP Insight Management Agents.
4 Using the System Management Homepage with the Insight Providers The System Management Homepage (SMH) now allows data collected from the Insight Providers or SNMP agents. After the Insight Providers are installed, SMH defaults to WBEM. To change this setting: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Log into the SMH and click Settings→Select SMH Data Source→Select. Choose the radio button for WBEM or SNMP. Click Select. Wait 5 seconds for the configuration change to take effect. Log into the Home page again to view the change.
5 Security Security is a major concern and one of the primary reasons to switch 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 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) providers.
3. Invoke the EnableRWMI.
6 Microsoft Windows Server™ 2008 Firewall configuration This section describes a configuration method for enabling direct remote WMI access on a server running the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Firewall. These configuration steps were derived from testing on RC1 of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and so might not apply to the latest version of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Firewall. There are many methods to establish remote communication with WMI.
3. Select the rule, and click Action→Enable Rule. This rule and an equivalent rule appear in the “Network Discovery” and the “File and Printer Sharing” firewall rule groups, respectively. If the Windows Firewall has either of these already enabled, this latter command will not affect a change, and only first command is necessary.
7 Insight Providers architecture Figure 7-1 shows an overview of Insight Provider components. The figure is color-coded to distinguish between Microsoft-provided components, HP components, and Integrity WMI components. Figure 7-1 Insight Providers Architecture HP SIM Property pages Data collection Identification Indications Status polling WMI Proxy Custom Scripting (VBS, Powershell, etc.
— — 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 — Gb Ethernet — NIC teaming • Storage providers — Storage controller information and indications — Ultra3 and Ultra320 SCSI — SmartArray 5x and 6x
Table 7-1 DMTF profiles included in the data model (continued) Profile Name Version Link DSP1036 – IP Interface Profile 1.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP1036.pdf DSP1052 – Computer System Profile 1.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP1052.pdf Table 7-2 lists the set of SMI-S profiles, subprofiles, and packages included in the data model implemented by this version of the Insight Providers.
Table 7-3 HP profile extensions included in the data model (continued) Profile Name Version File Name P00111 – HP Memory Physical Asset 1.0 Profile P00111_-_HP_Memory_Physical_Asset_Profile.pdf P00113 – HP Consolidated Status Profile 1.0 P00113_-_HP_Consolidated_Status_Profile.pdf P00114 – HP Base Server Physical Asset Profile 1.0 P00114_-_HP_Base_Server_Physical_Asset_Profile.pdf P00115 – HP Fan Physical Asset Profile 1.0 P00115_-_HP_Fan_Physical_Asset_Profile.
Additional documentation In addition to this User Guide, the following Insight Provider documentation is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpwbem: • Profiles—A separate document exists for each HP profile extension. • Provider Data Sheet, HP Insight Management WBEM Provider Data Sheet for Integrity Servers.pdf—This document describes indication details, and class implementations not defined in a MOF or profile. • SNMP Instrumentation Migration Guide—SNMP Instrumentation Migration Guide.
8 Scripting examples This section provides examples for accessing data exposed by the Insight Providers using scripting. Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition examples You can write scripts to obtain data from the Insight Providers using Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or any other scripting language that supports Microsoft ActiveX. This section shows examples for accessing Insight Provider data using VBScript code.
Example 8-1 Displaying computer 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.Caption For Each objStatusDescription in objComputerSystem.StatusDescriptions WScript.
Example 8-4 Listing 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.Capacity Wscript.
Example 8-7 Clearing the record log strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colCommonRecordLog = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HPQ_CommonRecordLog") Wscript.Echo “Clearing the record log…” For Each objCommonRecordLog in colCommonRecordLog objCommonRecordLog.ClearLog() Next Example 8-8 Receiving an alert indication strComputer = ".
• • WMI Command-line (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394531.aspx) Windows PowerShell (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb905330.
9 Support information Operating system support Table 9-1 lists the operating systems supported by version 6.1.0.0 of the Insight Providers. For information about the operating system versions supported by each server platform, see the Windows Server Operating System Support on HP Servers website at http://h10018.www1.hp.com/ wwsolutions/windows/index-all.html.
10 Technical support HP contact information For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller: In the United States, see the HP US service locator webpage at: http://www.hp.com/service_locator In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide (in English) webpage at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html For HP technical support: In the United States, for contact options see the Contact HP United States webpage at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.
