Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM (WMI) Providers for Windows with HP System Insight Manager, 4th edition

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Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM (WMI)

Providers for Windows with HP System Insight Manager

Integration note, 4

edition

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Utilizing HP WBEM Providers for Windows ............................................................................................ 2

Security .............................................................................................................................................. 3

HP WBEM Providers deployment and SNMP agent removal ..................................................................... 3

Integration with HP SIM ........................................................................................................................ 3

Identification.................................................................................................................................... 4

Systems page .................................................................................................................................. 4

WBEM indications ........................................................................................................................... 5

Disk thresholds ................................................................................................................................. 8

Status polling ................................................................................................................................... 8

WBEM Provider deployment and configuration.................................................................................... 9

Hardware and software inventory .................................................................................................... 12

Property pages .............................................................................................................................. 13

Scenarios using HP WBEM Providers ................................................................................................... 14

Disabling Embedded Agent Management in ProLiant Gen8 servers ...................................................... 14

Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM .......................................................................................... 15

HP SIM WMI Mapper service ...................................................................................................... 15

WMI Mapper configuration ......................................................................................................... 15

WMI Mapper installation preparation ........................................................................................... 15

WMI Mapper installation complete ............................................................................................... 16

Using HP SIM to install and configure HP WBEM Providers on a managed node ................................... 18

Configure and identify existing HP WBEM Providers through HP SIM ................................................... 20

Setting configurable disk thresholds in HP SIM ................................................................................... 24

Identifying issues with hardware components .................................................................................... 25

HP SIM indication support for HP WBEM Providers ............................................................................ 27

Indications in the HP SIM user interface ......................................................................................... 28

Troubleshooting WBEM Indications in HP SIM ............................................................................... 28

Confirming WBEM as a management protocol .................................................................................. 29

For more information .......................................................................................................................... 30

Summary of content (30 pages)

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Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM (WMI) Providers for Windows with HP System Insight Manager Integration note, 4th edition Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Utilizing HP WBEM Providers for Windows ............................................................................................ 2 Security .......................................................................................
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Introduction HP Insight Management WBEM Providers utilize the Distributed Management Task Force’s (DMTF) Web-based Enterprise Management standard for managing server hardware, operating systems, and applications. HP Insight Management WBEM Providers simplify integration with existing management tools and processes. HP WBEM Providers give you an integrated set of standards-based management tools built on top of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
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Security Switching from SNMP-based server management to server management based on WBEM Providers can help increase system security. If attackers can intercept SNMP packets, they can get the data carried by SNMP, including system hardware information. Since you can encrypt WBEM, it is less vulnerable to attacks based on network snooping. HP WBEM Providers use Windows-based authentication for local and remote access to server management data.
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• An on-demand WBEM inventory of hardware and status • Remote Deployment of HP WBEM Providers and configuration of the providers • Starting with HP SIM 7.0, embedded agents along with HP Agentless Management (HP AMS) provide the default management software option installed on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers from HP Service Pack for ProLiant. This component collects information from the operating system and provides host-specific data to the HP iLO firmware. Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 support HP AMS.
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Figure 1 provides an example of how the HP SIM Systems page integrates with HP WBEM Providers. Figure 1: The HP SIM Systems page integrates with the HP WBEM Providers. WBEM indications HP SIM can subscribe to and receive WBEM indications, and then report the indications received. WBEM indications are asynchronous alerts that provide HP SIM users a real-time status for hardware components experiencing problems. Figures 2 and 3 show how to activate WBEM indications.
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Figure 2: How to subscribe to WBEM indications using the HP SIM user interface.
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Figure 3: How to subscribe to WBEM indications using the HP SIM CLI. Figure 4 displays a WBEM indication report. Figure 4: HP SIM lets you view WBEM indication reports.
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Disk thresholds You can set WBEM-based disk thresholds and processor thresholds from within the SMH. HP SIM receives indications (if subscribed) when the system exceeds thresholds. You can also set thresholds in HP SIM by going to Configure > Disk Thresholds > Set Disk Thresholds. NOTE HP SIM versions prior to 5.3 cannot receive disk and processor thresholds via WBEM indications. You can also set thresholds in HP SIM by going to Configure > Disk Thresholds > Set Disk Thresholds.
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Figure 6: HP SIM lets you follow a status to offending hardware. WBEM Provider deployment and configuration HP SIM provides a convenient deployment tool for HP WBEM Providers. The HP SIM Configure or Repair Agents (CRA) tool lets you push the HP WBEM Providers to the managed node and automatically subscribe to them. You can also trigger a test indication to confirm that the WBEM subscription was successful.
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Figure 7: How to access Manage Communications. Figure 8: How to begin deployment and configuration. Figure 9 shows the window you can use to install providers and agents. Figure 10 shows the WBEM configuration window.
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Figure 9: Step 2 of the CRA tool lets you install HP WBEM Providers on a Windows server. Figure 10: Step 3 of the CRA tool lets you configure HP WBEM Providers on a Windows server.
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Hardware and software inventory HP SIM provides a comprehensive inventory of hardware and software on the managed node, including reports for specific platforms. You may select from a variety of inventory items to create custom reports in several different output formats. Figure 11 shows the window to configure custom reports. Figure 11: HP SIM lets you configure managed node hardware and software inventory reports.
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Figure 12: HP SIM provides a Default Inventory Report for Windows Server running HP WBEM Providers for Windows. Property pages HP SIM Property pages (Figure 13) display overall server characteristics (1), status information (2), and configuration and inventory data (3). Read and reported in real time, the Property page data is exclusive to WBEM.
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Figure 13: HP SIM lets you view server information on the Property pages. Scenarios using HP WBEM Providers Disabling Embedded Agent Management in ProLiant Gen8 servers To use HP WBEM Providers on ProLiant Gen8 servers, you must disable Embedded Agent Management. 1. Log in to iLO4 on a ProLiant Gen8 server. 2. On the menu on the left side of the screen, expand Administration, and then select Management. 3. Under Configure SNMP, select SNMP Pass-thru. 4. Click Apply.
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Figure 14 shows the iLO4 Management page. Figure 14: Disable Embedded Agent Management in iLO4. Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM You must configure the WMI Mapper service to run with HP SIM. HP SIM WMI Mapper service HP SIM supports industry-standard protocols such as WBEM. WMI Mapper 2.4 gives you a two-way translation from WMI (a DCOM-based interface) to a standardized WBEM interface (CIM XML/HTTP (2)).
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• Move the mapper to a secondary Windows server to remove some network traffic and processing from the server that hosts HP SIM CMS. • Install the mapper on a separate Windows server if you are installing HP SIM on a Linux or HPUX server. • If installing the HP SIM CMS on Linux or HPUX, the mapper will not run since it is a Windows service. From Linux, an administrator can discover a Windows system with the mapper service running.
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Figure 15: The WMI Mapper requires installation of the Mapper services. Figure 16 shows the screen in HP SIM used to configure the Mapper. Figure 16: Use the WMI Mapper Proxy window to configure the Mapper.
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Using HP SIM to install and configure HP WBEM Providers on a managed node 1. Make sure to configure the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. For more information, see the earlier chapter “Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM”. 2. Identify ProLiant servers through HP SIM. See the HP SIM Technical Reference Guide for detailed information on how to discover managed nodes. Find it at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html 3.
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Figure 18: Step 3 of the CRA tool lets you configure various items. 5. Sign into the target using either stored credentials, or type in new credentials (see Figure 19). The credentials used must be from a member of the Administrative Group. Figure 19: Sign into the target using the Enter credentials window.
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Configure and identify existing HP WBEM Providers through HP SIM 1. Configure the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. For more information, see the earlier chapter “Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM.” 2. Configure the correct WBEM credentials in HP SIM. 3. Click Options > Protocol Settings > Global Protocol Settings, and then populate the WBEM credentials table. 4. Discover ProLiant Windows servers with the HP WBEM Providers installed. 5.
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7. If WBEM does not show up as a protocol, supply the credentials under Options > Security > System Credentials. Note that when supplying credentials, the automatic identification task runs. Figure 21 shows the Global Protocol settings path and page. Figure 21: The Global Credentials window lets you configure global log in credentials.
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Figure 22 shows the System Credentials path and page. Figure 22: The System Credentials window lets you configure system log in credentials.
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8. Enter the WBEM credentials. Figure 23 shows the System Protocol Settings window. Figure 23: Use the System Protocol Settings window to enter WBEM credentials.
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Setting configurable disk thresholds in HP SIM 1. Configure the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. For more information, see the earlier chapter “Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM”. 2. Access the SMH through HP SIM using the System Management Homepage link on the Systems page (Figure 24). Figure 24: You can access the SMH from the System Status page. 3. Click Tasks. 4. Select Server Configuration. 5. In left panel, select Threshold Information. 6. Set the Processor (1) and Disk (2) thresholds (Figure 25).
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Figure 25: The System Thresholds window lets you configure processor and disk thresholds. Identifying issues with hardware components Using HP WBEM Providers, HP SIM provides a way to identify hardware components with potential problems. This ‘follow-the-red’ strategy employs a consolidated status available in the providers and displays the overall status of the ProLiant manage node on the Systems page. To use this feature, you must configure the WMI Mapper in HP SIM.
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Figure 26: View health status in the System Status window. Figure 27 shows the System Management Homepage as viewed when clicking through from the Major status in HP SIM. Figure 27: Access the SMH from the Major status in HP SIM.
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HP SIM indication support for HP WBEM Providers You can configure HP SIM to subscribe to WBEM events. 1. Configure the WMI Mapper in HP SIM. For more information, see the earlier chapter “Configuring the WMI Mapper in HP SIM”. 2. Create a subscription in the user interface by clicking Options > Events > Subscribe to WBEM Events. You do not have to provide any arguments, because HP SIM can generate the necessary arguments. Figure 28 shows the subscription creation page.
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Indications in the HP SIM user interface 1. The System Page Events tab displays Indications in All Events or on a per system basis (as shown in Figure 29 2. Open an event to get more details (shown at the bottom of Figure 7). Figure 29: You can view indications in the Events tab. Troubleshooting WBEM Indications in HP SIM Follow these steps if a subscription fails: 1. Make sure WBEM is a discovered protocol on the managed node (Systems Page > Product Description table > Management Protocols). 2.
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If no indications display in HP SIM, follow these steps: 1. Select Options > Events > Event Filter Settings. 2. Select Accept unregistered events as highlighted in Figure 30. Figure 30: Use the Event Filter Settings window to accept unregistered events. 3. Use HP WBEM Providers test event tool to generate events. 4. Make sure the WMI Mapper Indication Service is running. 5.
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For more information Visit the URLs listed below if you need additional information. Resource description Web address ProLiant Server Support Matrix website http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/inde x-all.html Access to WMI Namespaces http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa822575.aspx Connecting to WMI on a Remote Computer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389290.aspx HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) http://www.hp.com/go/spp HP Systems Insight Manager http://www.hp.