Integration for Tivoli

Product overview 9
• Includes integrated tasks to launch HP SIM, HP System Management Homepage, HP Lights-Out
management, and the HP Storage Management Appliance from the Tivoli Desktop and the TEC
• Provides support to receive SNMP/HTTP events and WBEM/WMI indications that are forwarded from
HP SIM as SNMP events
• Provides support to receive HP Virtual Connect events as defined in the MIB file FCMGMT-MIB
• Offers predefined tasks and database schemas for Microsoft® SQL and Oracle® that enable HP
ProLiant hardware asset data to be collected, stored, queried, and displayed by Tivoli Configuration
Manager inventory tools
• Includes comprehensive documentation
Changes in revision 5.1
• Tivoli Class Definition Statement Files (.CDS), .OID, and BAROC class definitions updated to support HP
Insight Management Agents 8.70 for ProLiant servers
• Expanded rules for Tivoli event servers with automated correlation that you can be customized to meet
individual requirements
Availability
Obtain the HP Insight Integration for Tivoli by registering and downloading it from the HP Management
Integration Solutions website (http://www.hp.com/servers/integration) or HP Insight Manager for Tivoli
website
(https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPIITIVOLI).
Preinstallation requirements
Before installing the HP Insight Integration for Tivoli, be sure that you have read and understood the
installation information provided in this chapter. You must also meet these additional installation
requirements:
• To access the complete functionality provided with Insight Integration, the target Tivoli environment must
be fully configured and operational before installation.
• The Tivoli Framework/Desktop and the TEC are the only required Tivoli components.
• Tivoli Configuration Manager is required to utilize the HP inventory collection tasks.
• Verify that the correct levels of the Tivoli Framework, the TEC, and related patches have been installed.
See Tivoli Enterprise support and requirements (on page 13) for a listing of the Tivoli software
requirements.
• The Tivoli software versions and patches installed on Gateway and Managed Node devices must match
those installed on the associated TMR server.
• SNMP services must be installed and configured on all HP managed systems.
• A Tivoli administrator login is needed to perform many of the features provided with Insight Integration.
For information on administrator login and access rights, see the Tivoli Framework User's Guide.