Extracting Resource Allocation Data for Chargeback in a HP Virtual Server Environment for HP Integrity Servers

CLI: mxnode and mxreport commands

For complex physical servers, the output from the mxnode command contains both the asset tag and

serial number. In the following example, the –ld flag is used with the mxnode command to obtain

this information for a node that is known to be a complex:

CMS # cat ./cmplxsn.sh

mxnode -ld $1 | \

grep -E "CreatorSerialNumber|^Asset"

CMS #

This command produces the following output:

CMS # ./cmplxsn.sh va00-cplx_USE4452HL6

CreatorSerialNumber: USE4452HL6

Asset number: 0000

CMS #

For noncomplex physical servers, the mxnode command output does not contain serial number

information, so another tool is required. Use the mxreport command to get the serial numbers for

this type of system. The mxreport utility creates reports based on data in the HP SIM database. You

can run any of several predefined reports, or you can use additional, user-defined reports. The

following mxreport command uses the -l –x flags to list all available reports:

CMS # mxreport –l –x

Inventory - Servers

Inventory - Clients

Installed Controllers - Servers

Installed Controllers - Clients

Operating System Information - Servers

Operating System Information - Clients

CPU - Servers

CPU - Clients

Physical Disk Drives - Servers

Logical Disk Drives – Servers

…

CMS #

The “Inventory – Servers” report displays serial numbers and asset tags for noncomplex servers. The

following example shows its use with two noncomplex servers:

CMS # mxreport -n -S va01sv,va02cm -e "Inventory - Servers" -x CSV

Inventory - Servers

Associated systems: va01sv,va02cm

Report date and time: Monday, October 1, 2007 4:05:10 PM EDT

Inventory

"System Name","Product Type","Product Model","Serial Number","Asset

Tag","Memory Size (KB)","Operating System Name","Operating System

Vendor","Location","System Owner"