Technical data

NOTE:
• The OSM Event Viewer uses a pop-up logon dialog box. If you do not find an initial logon
dialog box on the screen, or hidden behind other windows, check the settings for the Internet
Explorer menu item Tools -> Pop-up Blocker.
• SSL encryption interacts with the URL you enter in the Internet Explorer address bar. With
T0682 H02 ADD or later SPRs, or if the OSMCONF file contains UseSSL = On, the OSM
Event Viewer uses the https protocol. If you enter http:// at the beginning of the URL, the
event viewer server will attempt to redirect Internet Explorer to use https:// instead.
Sometimes the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration and zone security settings
interfere with this redirection, so that the screen remains blank. To correct this issue, change
the OSM Event Viewer URL prefix to https://. This issue does not currently affect the OSM
Service Connection.
• SSL encryption requires server certificates for SSL. If your site has not installed site-specific SSL
certificates, the default OSM certificates are used. The default OSM certificates are self-signed,
so that Internet Explorer displays a warning in the initial web page for the OSM Event Viewer
and in following displays in the address bar at the top of the Internet Explorer display. This
behavior is expected. You can click on Certificate Error on the right side of the address bar
to get a link to view the SSL certificate and verify that it is an OSM certificate. OSM is not a
Trusted Root Authority. The default OSM certificates provide encryption, but not with the full
level of security expected after installing your own site-specific SSL certificates. The OSM
Service Connection is able to suppress these warnings for the default OSM certificates, but
this is not possible for the OSM Event Viewer.
OSM System Inventory Tool
The OSM System Inventory Tool is a standalone application used to create a hardware or firmware
inventory file of one or more NonStop systems running OSM. The resulting file can be saved in
.csv (or comma delimited) format for use in Microsoft Excel or Apache OpenOffice (which is
available in OSM Console Tools T0634 ABD and later).
The OSM System Inventory tool is available as part of OSM Console Tools, T0634AAL or later.
Starting with T0634AAM (H06.08), the OSM System Inventory Tool can also be configured to
create an inventory file of certain numeric sensor data (attribute values reported by OSM).
During installation, if not already installed, the version of Java Runtime Environment required by
the inventory tool will automatically be installed on the console.
Launching and Logging On
From the Start menu, select All Programs > HP OSM > OSM System Inventory Tool.
To create an inventory file, select one or more systems from the System List (as shown in Figure 20),
enter a valid user name and password, and click Get Inventory.
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