Integration for Tivoli

Integrating HP asset information with Tivoli Inventory 55
Integrating HP asset information with Tivoli
Inventory
Overview
The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli includes a task and predefined database schemas that enable detailed
hardware data for HP ProLiant servers to be collected, displayed and queried by the inventory tools delivered
with Tivoli Configuration Manager.
The HP Inventory Collection task is designed to run the HP Inventory Collector (Collect.exe) on user-selected
nodes and then save the output of each system to a local .MIF file on the target systems. The resultant .MIF file
can be imported into other applications such as Tivoli Inventory.
NOTE: The HP Inventory Collector is supported only on Microsoft® Windows® operating
systems.
This chapter provides information on the HP Inventory Collection task and demonstrates how to configure a
more comprehensive, automated hardware inventory data collection process of HP ProLiant hardware into
Tivoli Inventory. For those Tivoli environments in which hardware inventory management is of extra
importance, this data can be used to produce detailed reports of HP hardware using the Tivoli Inventory
Query Facility and build additional Tivoli Subscription and Software Distribution lists.
You can accomplish this level of integration by performing the following steps:
1. Add HP specific tables to the existing Tivoli Inventory Database
2. Add HP specific views to the existing Tivoli Inventory Database
3. Create an HP query library and HP queries
4. Customize an inventory profile to run the HP Inventory Collector (Collect.exe) to gather and save HP
inventory data in an .MIF file
HP Inventory Collector requirements
The information provided in this chapter is for system administrators who use the HP Insight Management
Agents and HP Systems Insight Manager to manage the operation and asset management of HP systems
within the TME.
Before implementing this solution, you must be familiar with the configuration and operation of the Tivoli
Management Framework, Tivoli Inventory (part of the Tivoli Configuration Manager), HP Systems Insight
Manager, HP Insight Management Agents, and all associated documentation.
Before you can configure any part of the solution, the following Tivoli software must be installed:
• Tivoli Management Framework 3.7.1 or later
• Tivoli Inventory 4.2 or later