
Contents
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5
About this guide........................................................................................................................................ 5
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Features................................................................................................................................................... 5
Benefits.................................................................................................................................................... 6
Operations Manager 2007 platform support ................................................................................................ 6
Product architecture................................................................................................................................... 7
HP ProLiant Server Management Packs elements............................................................................................ 8
WMI management and planning................................................................................................................. 9
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 10
Installation overview ................................................................................................................................ 10
Preinstallation checklist............................................................................................................................. 11
Installing the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 (x86 or x64 editions)......... 12
After installing the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 ................................ 18
Uninstalling the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007.................................... 19
Overriding HP ProLiant Server Management setting for SNMP and WMI management preference..................... 23
Configuring a single server............................................................................................................. 23
Configuring all servers ................................................................................................................... 25
Using the software ...................................................................................................................... 28
Using the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 ............................................ 28
Classes .................................................................................................................................................. 28
HP Servers Core Library classes....................................................................................................... 30
HP ProLiant Servers Base classes ..................................................................................................... 32
HP ProLiant Servers SNMP classes ................................................................................................... 35
HP ProLiant Servers WMI classes..................................................................................................... 36
Views .................................................................................................................................................... 37
Active Alerts view.......................................................................................................................... 37
Computers view ............................................................................................................................ 40
Group State view .......................................................................................................................... 41
Health Collection State view ........................................................................................................... 42
HP Management Servers view......................................................................................................... 42
Server Diagram view ..................................................................................................................... 43
Server State view........................................................................................................................... 45
Task Status view............................................................................................................................ 53
WMI view .................................................................................................................................... 53
Discovering HP servers............................................................................................................................. 53
HP core management pack discovery rule......................................................................................... 53
HP ProLiant base management pack discovery rules........................................................................... 54
HP ProLiant SNMP management pack discovery rules ........................................................................ 56
HP ProLiant WMI management pack discovery rules .......................................................................... 57
HP ProLiant servers discoveries........................................................................................................ 57
Event processing rules.............................................................................................................................. 57
Tasks for HP ProLiant servers..................................................................................................................... 60
HP Custom Data Manager.............................................................................................................. 61
HP System Management Homepage task.......................................................................................... 66
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