HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

HP OpenView Performance Agent overview
The HP OpenView Performance Agent logs and collects data and, then, sends alarms about that data when
necessary. The agent is installed on each system you plan to monitor.
With its powerful end-to-end application response measurement capabilities, the Performance Agent is the
core enabling technology in any service management strategy.
HP OpenView Performance Agent must be downloaded and installed from the HP website.
See http://www.managementsoftware.hp.com/products/ovperf/index.html for more information and access
to documentation.
HP Insight Power Manager overview
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HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance overview
The HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance is a centralized, appliance-based monitoring and
management solution for the storage area network (SAN). Connected directly to the fabric, it performs
management functions outside the data path and without involving host computers, allowing data transfers
to proceed independently between computers and storage systems.
The Storage Management Appliance optimizes SAN availability and performance while streamlining
manageability by enabling policy-based automation of repetitive storage management tasks. It provides an
intuitive, web-based interface and storage management aggregation point, enabling you to organize,
configure, visualize, monitor, and provision storage from anywhere, anytime. The Storage Management
Appliance includes HSG Element Manager and provides support for HP OpenView Storage Operations
Manager. This combined solution delivers easy-to-use tools for centralized management of Enterprise Virtual
Array and Enterprise Modular Array (EMA)/Modular Array (MA) arrays on the SAN, as well as the foundation
for comprehensive enterprise storage resource management across multivendor platforms in the network
storage infrastructure.
The Storage Management Appliance supports a variety of additional value-added storage management
applications from HP, as well as popular virus protection, backup, system management, and UPS software
products. Tje Storage Management Appliance provides the following features:
• Unobtrusive, centralized appliance for storage management
The HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance provides an unobtrusive, centralized point for
managing and monitoring the SAN and other networked storage systems. Designed to connect directly
to the SAN fabric, the Storage Management Appliance performs management functions without involving
host computers.
• SAN availability and performance optimization
Strategically located out of the SAN data path, the Storage Management Appliance enables data
transfers to proceed independently between computers and storage systems whether it is operating.
The Storage Management Appliance optimizes SAN availability and performance while streamlining
SAN manageability.
• Web-based interface for storage management
Included with the Storage Management Appliance, HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance
software provides a web-based aggregation and entry point for centralized storage management. This
intuitive interface enables you to organize, visualize, configure, and monitor storage from a single
navigation point on the SAN. The Storage Management Appliance software provides a launch site for
a variety of value-added HP storage management applications and provides navigation links to directly
manage storage components on the SAN.
• HSG Element Manager
This easy-to-use, graphical storage configuration and monitoring tool centralizes storage management
across network and multivendor platforms. Included with the HP OpenView Storage Management
488 Partner applications