HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Guide For Microsort® Windows Server® 2003 and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Part Number 481592-007 June 2010 (Seventh Edition)
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Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5 Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Windows Management Instrumentation ........................................................................................................ 5 Installing the HP Insight Providers .....................
WMIC example ............................................................................................................................ 32 Scripting references ................................................................................................................................. 32 Support information .................................................................................................................... 33 Operating system support ...................................................
Introduction Overview This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008 on ProLiant servers, version 2.6.0 (Insight Providers). This release of the Insight Providers supports ProLiant servers running Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008. For details regarding supported servers, options, and operating system versions, see "Support information (on page 33)".
Installing the HP Insight Providers Insight Providers Smart Components HP Insight Providers include server, storage, and network providers as well as WMI-based SMH. These providers are all packaged in a single Smart Component, which is included with the Windows® PSP. This feature enables you to install, uninstall, and update the Insight Providers as a single entity. For Insight Providers 2.6.0, two Smart Components are available for supporting Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008: • The cp012200.
3. Log in as an administrator on the target server. 4. To begin the installation, run setup.exe or HPSUM.exe. This action initiates the HP Smart Update Manager graphical interface and opens the Source Selection Screen. Click Start Inventory. The Inventory Progress Screen appears while the HP Smart Update Manager builds the inventory. After the inventory process is complete, the Select Installation Hosts screen appears. 5. Select the local or remote host for installation, and then click Next.
2. Verify that the target server has a supported operating system installed. See "Operating system support (on page 33)." 3. Begin the normal HP SmartStart installation using the CD for SmartStart 8.00 or later. For detailed installation instructions, see the HP SmartStart documentation. 4. At the Server Deployment - Management Instrumentation screen, select HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows (WMI-based providers).
NOTE: The Configure or Repair Agents tool can update multiple target systems, each of which might have different results. The log results indicate whether the attempt to configure or repair the target system was successful. 9. Configure the target system with the following options: o Configure WBEM / WMI. o Use an HP SIM WBEM certificate. o Configure a non-administrative account for HP SIM to access WMI data. o Configure SNMP. o Configure secure shell (SSH) access.
IMPORTANT: You must install PSP 8.50 (or later) before or with Insight Providers 2.6.0. For ProLiant 100 Series G6 servers, you must install the Easy Set-up CD components. To install the Insight Providers Smart Component: 1. Verify that the target servers are on the supported hardware list. See "Hardware support (on page 34)." 2. Verify that the target server has a supported operating system installed. See "Operating system support (on page 33)." 3. Log in as an administrator on the target server. 4.
— Partial Write — Provider Write — Enable Account — Remote Enable — Read Security — Edit Security SNMP agent compatibility The Insight Providers are compatible with the SNMP-based HP Insight Management Agents for Windows®. They can both be installed and used on a ProLiant server simultaneously. The Insight Providers do not have dependencies on the HP Insight Management Agents and can be installed on ProLiant servers that do not have SNMP agents installed.
Uninstalling SNMP-Based HP Insight Management Agents Introduction This section provides instructions for uninstalling the SNMP-based HP Insight Management Agents. Uninstalling HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server To uninstall HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server: 1. Choose one of the following options: o For Windows Server® 2003, open the Windows® Add or Remove Programs interface. o For Windows Server® 2008, open the Windows® Programs and Features interface. 2.
4. Choose one of the following options: o For Windows Server® 2003, click Remove. o For Windows Server® 2008, right-click, and select Uninstall. 5. At the prompt, to confirm the removal of HP Insight Management Agents from the system, click Yes. 6. If the HP System Management Homepage is active in a browser window, close and reopen it to verify that it reflects the change.
If OpenSSH is not installed, install it on the target servers: a. From the HP SIM menu, select Deploy > Deploy Drivers, Firmware, and Agents. b. Select Install OPENSSH. c. 5. Follow the instructions to install OpenSSH on the target servers.
Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.70 or later To uninstall HP Insight Management Agents, run the following Microsoft® Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code from a Windows® command prompt on a target system: strComputer = "." SW = "HP Insight Management Agents" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colSoftware = objWMIService.
Using the SMH with the Insight Providers Change Data Source The SMH now enables data collected from the Insight Providers or SNMP agents. After the Insight Providers are installed, SMH defaults to WBEM as the data source. To change this setting: 1. Log in to the SMH, and then click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. 2. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. 3. Click Select. 4. Log out of the SMH. 5. Log back in to the SMH.
• HP_DiskThresholdIndication (to get only the Disk indications) • HP_ThresholdIndication • CIM_ThresholdIndication • CIM_AlertIndication • CIM_ProcessIndication • CIM_Indication If the server is being managed by HP SIM, the threshold values can be captured and pushed to other HP SIM-managed servers through the replicate agent settings functionality. Data collection The SMH enables data collected from the Insight Providers or SNMP agents.
Security Security concerns Users can increase security by switching from SNMP Agent-based server management to Insight Providerbased server management. The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows® use Windowsbased authentication for local and remote access to server management data. Implementation The Insight Providers for Windows® are implemented as a set of WMI providers. The access control is in the form of standard Windows® account level access restrictions.
Configuring Insight Provider Security for a User Account using HP SIM Configure and Repair Agents NOTE: When you must configure a non-administrator account on an x64 target server, verify that the system is identified to HP SIM as a server and that it has the system subtype. For more information, see the HP SIM help file. The following procedure provides access rights to allow a standard user account to view most management information.
c. In the Password (Verify) field, re-enter the password. d. If the user account is a domain account, enter the Windows domain in the Domain field. If configuring a nonadministrative user is successful, these credentials are saved as the System Protocol settings for WBEM access in HP SIM. 9. Choose one of the following options: o Click Run Now. o Click Schedule, and then set up a schedule to run this task at a later time. The Task Results page appears and displays the following information. 10.
Windows Server® 2008 Firewall configuration Firewall configuration introduction This section describes a configuration method for enabling direct remote WMI access on a server running the Windows Server® 2008 Firewall. There are many methods to establish remote communication with WMI. Locally privileged programs can establish communication with WMI locally and serve up a private or standardized remote management interface.
This command updates a portion of a rule group (a single rule). It can also be done in the user interface, using the following procedure: 1. Click Administrative Tools > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security > Inbound Rules. 2. Enable the Network Discovery (NB-Name-In) rules. 3. Select the rule, and then click Action > Enable Rule. This rule and its equivalent rule appear in the Network Discovery and the File and Printer Sharing firewall rule groups, respectively.
Insight Providers architecture Architecture overview The following architecture diagram gives an overview of Insight Provider components. The diagram is color-coded to distinguish between Microsoft®-provided components, HP components, and ProLiant WMI components. The Insight Providers extend the industry-standard CIM data model to support information that is specific to ProLiant platforms. The Insight Providers collect data from sources such as drivers and system firmware to populate the data model.
• • • o Computer system information, including physical location, unit ID visual indicator, IML, system ROM, and aggregate computer system status (rollup of connected components and devices) o Computer system indications, including ASR reboot, POST error, and thermal reboot Network providers o Network controller information and indications o 10/100 Mb Ethernet o 1 Gb Ethernet o 10 Gb Ethernet o NIC teaming o IPv6 support Storage providers o Storage controller information and indications
Profile name Version Link DSP1011—Physical Asset Profile 1.0.2 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1011_1.0.2.pdf (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1011_1.0.2.pdf) DSP1013—Fan Profile 1.0.1 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1013_1.0.1.pdf (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1013_1.0.1.pdf) DSP1014—Ethernet Port Profile (specialized) 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1014_1.0.0.pdf (http://www.
Profile name Version Link (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1040_1.0.0.pdf) DSP1052—Computer System Profile 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1052_1.0.0.pdf (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1052_1.0.0.pdf) DSP1075—PCI Device Profile 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1075_1.0.0.pdf (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents /DSP1075_1.0.0.
Profile name Version File name P00101—HP Management Processor Lite Profile 2.0.1 P00101_-_HP_Mgmt_Proc_Lite_Profile.pdf P00102—HP Fan Profile 1.3.0 P00102_-_HP_Fan_Profile.pdf P00103—HP Power Supply Profile 1.3.1 P00103_-_HP_Power_Supply_Profile.pdf P00104—HP Sensor Profile 1.2.0 P00104_-_HP_Sensors_Profile.pdf P00105—HP Base Server Profile 1.5.0 P00105_-_HP_Base_Server_Profile.pdf P00106—HP CPU Profile 1.0.0 P00106_-_HP_CPU_Profile.pdf P00107—HP CPU Consolidated Status Profile 1.0.
Profile name Version File name P00130—HP Host Attached SATA Profile 1.0.0 P00130_-_HP_Host_Attached_SATA_profile.pdf Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition examples You can write scripts to obtain data from the Insight Providers using Microsoft® Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or any other scripting language that supports Microsoft® ActiveX. The following are example codes for accessing Insight Provider data using VBScript code.
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colComputerSystemChassis = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_ComputerSystemChassis") For Each objComputerSystemChassis in colComputerSystemChassis WScript.Echo "Model: " & objComputerSystemChassis.Model WScript.Echo "Serial number: " & objComputerSystemChassis.SerialNumber WScript.Echo "Asset tag: " & objComputerSystemChassis.
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colFan = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_WinFan") For Each objFan in colFan WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objFan.Caption WScript.Echo "Description: " & objFan.Description For Each objStatusDescription in objFan.StatusDescriptions WScript.Echo "Status description: " & objStatusDescription Next For Each objOperationalStatus in objFan.OperationalStatus WScript.Echo "Operational status: " & objOperationalStatus Next WScript.
Insight Providers usage Access data and events from the Insight Providers using the SMH supplied in the PSP, HP SIM, other client applications, or scripts that supports WMI and SMASH. The SMH provides a web interface for accessing management data locally or remotely. SMH support for the Insight Providers is composed of two components • The SMH for Windows® Smart Component that is included with the ProLiant Support Packs for Windows®. This is the SMH framework.
Scripting Scripting examples This section provides examples for accessing data exposed by the Insight Providers using scripting. WMIC example You can also write scripts to obtain data from the Insight Providers using WMIC and Microsoft® Windows® PowerShell.
Support information Operating system support The operating systems in the following table are supported by version 2.6.0 of the Insight Providers. For details about the operating system versions supported by each server platform, see the Windows Server® Operating System Support on the HP Servers website (http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/index-all.html).
Operating System Comments Windows Unified Data Storage Server® 2003 x64 Editions — Windows Unified Data Storage Server® 2003 R2 x64 Editions — Windows® Web Server 2008 — Windows Server® 2008 Standard 32-bit Edition — Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise 32bit Edition — Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter 32Bit Edition — Windows Server® 2008 Standard Edition — Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Edition — Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter — Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 — Windows® Small Busi
• System Management Controller driver • Lights-Out interface driver PSPs are available from the SmartStart CDs and the HP software and drivers website (http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html). NOTE: Installing the PSP also installs the SNMP-based HP Insight Management Agents. If you do not want SNMP agents installed, uninstall them after installing the PSP.
Technical support Reference documentation For more information about PSPs, see the PSP website (http://www.hp.com/servers/psp). To download the latest PSPs, see the software and drivers download page (http://www.hp.com/servers/swdrivers). For general information on management products, see the ProLiant Essentials website (http://www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials). For information about operating systems supported by ProLiant servers, see the operating system support matrices (http://www.hp.
Acronyms and abbreviations API application program interface ASR Automatic Server Recovery CIM common information model DMTF Distributed Management Task Force HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager IML Integrated Management Log MOF managed object format MSDN Microsoft® Developer Network POST Power-On Self Test PSP ProLiant Support Pack SAS serial attached SCSI SATA serial ATA Acronyms and abbreviations 37
SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware SMH System Management Homepage SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management WMI Windows Management Instrumentation WMIC Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line Acronyms and abbreviations 38
Index A O access rights, setting user 10, 18, 19, 20 accessing data and events 30 architecture 23 authorized reseller 36 auto-refresh setting 16 operating systems supported 33 overview, WBEM Providers 5 B bundles, WMI support 5 C compatibility 5, 11 D data models 24 documentation 31, 36 drivers 34 F firewall 21 firewall settings, configuring 18, 21 H hardware supported 34 HP SIM 8 I Insight Providers, installation 6, 7, 8, 9 Insight Providers, integration with HP SIM 8, 23 Insight Providers, removi
System Management source 16 System Management settings 16 System Management System Management Refresh 16 Homepage, changing data Homepage, creating threshold Homepage, data collection 17 Homepage, enabling Auto- T technical support 36 thresholds, configuring 16 U uninstalling 12, 13 uninstalling the SNMP Agents uninstalling the SNMP Agents, servers 13 uninstalling the SNMP Agents, uninstalling the SNMP Agents, server 12 user access 10, 18, 19, 20 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 multiple remote single local server 12
