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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................5 Overview................................................................................................................................5 Windows Management Instrumentation.......................................................................................5 2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components................................................6 Intelligent Provisioning (IP).......
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1 Introduction Overview This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 on ProLiant servers, version 9.1 (Insight Providers). For details regarding supported servers, options, and operating system, see the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 9.1.0 Hardware Support Matrix document. Many management products have been built on SNMP, a common network management technology.
2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components Intelligent Provisioning (IP) Intelligent Provisioning is a single-server deployment tool embedded in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Intelligent Provisioning simplifies HP ProLiant server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to deploy HP ProLiant servers.
. Enter a valid and an existing Windows User Account Name in the textbox. Default value is Administrator. After Account name is saved, the component is set to Configured as shown in the following figure and HP SUM proceeds with deployment. To install and configure HP WBEM Providers from HP SPP package on ProLiant servers.
3 Uninstalling the HP WBEM Provider Components from Proliant Servers Introduction This section provides instructions for uninstalling the HP WBEM Providers components that are installed on Proliant servers. Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single local Proliant Server To uninstall HP Insight Management Agents on a single local server: 1. Choose the following option: • 2. 3.
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Product") For Each objSoftware in colSoftware If objSoftware.Name=SW Then objSoftware.
4 Using the SMH with the Insight Providers Change Data Source The SMH now enables data collected from the Insight Providers. 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.
Data collection The SMH enables data collected from the Insight Providers. After the Insight Providers are installed, SMH defaults to WBEM. To change this setting: 1. Log into the SMH, and click Settings > Select SMH Data Source > Select. 2. Click the WBEM or SNMP radio button. 3. Click Select.
5 Security Security concerns Users can increase security by switching from SNMP Agent-based server management to Insight Provider-based server management. The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows® use Windows-based 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.
1. From HP SIM, select Configure > Configure or Repair Agents. If the targets are selected, the Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears. 2. Click Next. The Step 2: Enter credentials page appears. 3. The credentials you specify on this page are for a privileged account on the target system. In addition, the credentials must work for all selected target systems. HP recommends using domain administrator credentials. HP SIM only saves these credentials to run a scheduled task later. a.
The Task Results page appears and displays the following information. • Status — Displays the details for each target system in a task instance. • Exit Code — Represents the success or failure of an executable program, but does not indicate if all attempts were successful. If the return value is zero or positive, the executable ran successfully. If the return value is negative value, the executable failed. • Target Name — Displays the name and IP address of the target.
6 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.
Similar rules can be created that are more restrictive but that enable remote WMI access in specific circumstances (such as restricting which users, computers, and network addresses can remotely access), depending on your setup. There can be additional configuration and connection requirements on the client-side depending on the client operating system and firewall used. For more information, see Connecting to WMI Remotely Starting with Vista® (http:// msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa822854.aspx).
7 Insight Providers architecture Architecture overview The following architecture diagram gives an overview of Insight Provider components. The diagram distinguishes between Microsoft®-provided components, HP components, and ProLiant WMI components. Product illustration 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.
• ◦ Tape information ◦ Host Discovered Resources (HDR) information (OS volumes) Other providers ◦ c-Class blade enclosure provider — Enclosure information for c-Class blades ◦ Management processor provider — Management processor information ◦ Software inventory providerInstalled — HP software information ◦ Indications to event log providerInsight — Provider indications that are logged to the Windows® system event log ◦ BIOS Provider — Specific BIOS current settings.
Profile name Version Link DSP1040 Platform Watchdog Profile 1.0.0 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) DSP1075 PCI Device Profile 1.0.0 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/ published_documents/DSP1075_1.0.0.
Profile name Version File name P00106 HP CPU Profile 1.0.0 P00106_-_HP_CPU_Profile.pdf P00107 HP CPU Consolidated Status 1.0.0 Profile P00107_-_HP_CPU_Consolidated_Status_Profile.pdf P00108 HP CPU Physical Asset Profile 1.0.0 P00108_-_HP_CPU_Physical_Asset_Profile.pdf P00109 HP Record Log Profile 1.1.0 P00109_-_HP_Record_Log_Profile.pdf P00110 HP Memory Profile 1.0.0 P00110_-_HP_Memory_Profile.pdf P00111 HP Memory Physical Asset Profile 1.0.0 P00111_-_HP_Memory_Physical_Asset_Profile.
For Each objOperationalStatus in objComputerSystem.OperationalStatus WScript.Echo "Operational status: " & objOperationalStatus Next Next The following VBScript code is used to display system firmware version: strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & strNamespace) Set colSystemROMFirmware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from HP_SystemROMFirmware") For Each objSystemROMFirmware in colSystemROMFirmware WScript.
This VBScript code is used to list fans and operational status information: strComputer = "." strNamespace = "\root\hpq" 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.
HP SIM 6.3 and later support the Insight Providers. For information on configuring HP SIM for use with the Insight Providers, see Chapters 4 and 12 of the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Technical Reference Guide. Any client application or script that support WMI and SMASH can also be used to access data and events from the Insight Providers. The Microsoft MSDN website provides information on building WMI clients such as Visual Basic scripts or C++ and C# applications.
8 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.
9 Troubleshooting Insight Provider and HP WBEM Tools Accessing Insight Providers from a client tool or Insight Provider tools This section describes problem you may encounter while accessing Insight providers from a client tool or any other provider tools.
NOTE: Any client tool facing issues in accessing Insight providers due to user name and namespace security privileges, follow the steps 1 through 5 to resolve the issue.
10 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see the following website: http://www.hp.com/services/insight Registration for this service takes place following online redemption of the license certificate.
Websites HP Insight Management WBEM Provider documents are available at the following location: http://www.hp.com/go/wbem/docs Typographic conventions This document uses the following typographical conventions: Book title The title of a book. On the web, this can be a hyperlink to the book itself. Command A command name or command phrase, for example ls -a. Computer output Information displayed by the computer.
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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 SAS serial attached SCSI SATA serial ATA SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware SMH System Management Homepage SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification
Index Change Data Source, 10 Threshold settings, 10 A access rights, setting user Configuring Insight Provider Security using the Windows Command Line, 14 Implementation, 12 accessing data and events, 22 AMS Data collection, 11 Introduction, 8 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
U uninstalling the AMS Introduction, 8 Scripting commands for HP Insight Management Agents 7.
