Manual

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................6
Introduction..............................................................................................................................6
Product operation.....................................................................................................................7
2 Using the HP ProLiant Server Management Pack.............................................8
Overriding the HP ProLiant Server Management setting for the SNMP and WMI management protocol
preferences..............................................................................................................................8
Changing the protocol on a single server................................................................................8
Changing the protocol on all servers......................................................................................9
Monitoring HP ProLiant servers.................................................................................................10
Overriding monitor properties..............................................................................................10
Using HP ProLiant servers predefined tasks.................................................................................12
Launching the HP System Management Homepage task..........................................................13
Launching the HP Systems Insight Manager task.....................................................................13
Creating a custom HP Systems Insight Manager task...............................................................14
Launching the Remote Desktop and Computer Management tasks............................................17
Launching the HP ProLiant Integrated Management Log tasks...................................................17
Launching the HP Integrated Lights-Out task...........................................................................19
Starting failed services using HP ProLiant Management Tasks...................................................20
Analyzing HP alerts................................................................................................................21
Using diagnostic scripts...........................................................................................................22
Manually initiating diagnostic scripts....................................................................................23
Disabling diagnostic scripts.................................................................................................23
Discovering servers and clients.................................................................................................25
Enabling discovery of virtual cluster nodes............................................................................25
Changing the discovery frequency for servers........................................................................25
Disabling discovery of HP ProLiant servers.............................................................................26
Enabling discovery of client systems.....................................................................................26
Adding customized information................................................................................................27
Using the HP Custom Data Manager....................................................................................27
Adding custom information to HP management packs.............................................................30
Configuring a Run As profile....................................................................................................30
3 More about the HP ProLiant Server Management Pack...................................34
HP ProLiant Server Management Pack elements..........................................................................34
Management agents and WBEM providers...........................................................................34
HP Insight Management Agents......................................................................................34
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers........................................................................34
WMI management and planning..............................................................................................35
Views....................................................................................................................................35
Active Alerts view...............................................................................................................37
Group Diagram view..........................................................................................................38
Group State view...............................................................................................................39
Health Collection State view................................................................................................39
HP Management Servers view.............................................................................................40
HP Systems Insight Manager view........................................................................................40
Task Status view.................................................................................................................40
Windows Computers view...................................................................................................41
Windows Server State view.................................................................................................42
Health Explorer.............................................................................................................43
Failed Component as "State Property" when using HP ProLiant Servers SNMP Management
Pack.......................................................................................................................43
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