Technical data

1 Introduction to OSM
The NonStop Open System Management (OSM) suite of products are the required system
management tools for all NonStop NS-series servers and NonStop BladeSystems; TSM is not
supported on H-series or J-series.
Primary Goals
• Provide a system management tool suite to support Integrity NonStop NS-series servers and
NonStop BladeSystems.
• Replace TSM on S-series as well, providing an architecture to improve scalability and
performance and overcome other limitations of TSM.
• Provide an open, standards-based interface for HP NonStop Kernel operating system hardware
object access and monitoring.
• Serve as the basis for integration to other HP organizations and products such as “HP Systems
Insight Manager (SIM)”, “HP Insight Remote Support Advanced”, NonStop Essentials products,
and HP OpenView.
Major Benefits
• Smaller client, faster installation (most components reside on the server)
• Online upgrades for client and providers
• Better persistence because OSM runs as a process pair
• Faster, more accurate status and alarm updates for resource objects
• DMTF/CIM* interface to make OSM more open and adaptable (to facilitate application and
provider add-ons)
* Common Information Model (CIM) is a standards-based, data architecture model developed
by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Current Release Highlights
For H06.28/J06.17, OSM Service Connection version T0682 H02 ADH and OSM Low-Level Link
version T0633 G07 ABT were released to add support for HP Integrity NonStop NS2300 servers
and NS2400 series servers. Those versions, or later, are required to manage those NonStop system
types.
Support for NonStop Essentials Products
OSM supports these NonStop Essentials products, which are HP SIM plug-ins:
• NonStop Cluster Essentials – an integrated cluster management solution for heterogeneous
clusters, it supports clusters consisting of all NonStop servers as well as rack-mount or
BladeSystem ProLiant servers running Red Hat Linux. OSM is a vital component because while
NonStop Cluster Essentials allows high-level monitoring of your NonStop servers along with
other HP servers in the HP SIM interface, OSM provides the system status to HP SIM and is
used by the operator for more detailed monitoring and servicing of the NonStop servers as
needed. For more information, see the NonStop Cluster Essentials Installation and Quick Start
Guide.
• NonStop I/O Essentials – virtualizes the configuration and control of all CIP (Cluster I/O
Protocols) tasks by providing a graphical user interface alternative to the command line
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