A.05.70 HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Managed Systems Configuration Guide (October 2011, 5900-1726)

Managed Systems Configuration Guide
Chapter 12: HP-UX Server Configuration
Required Software Version Required
Go to the following HP Software Depot location for the latest version:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/try.do?productNumber=SysFaultMgmt
More About WBEM and SFM with Insight Remote
Support
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an industry initiative to standardize management
information across different platforms. System Fault Management (SFM) is the HP-UX fault management
solution that implements WBEM standards. SFM integrates with other manageability applications like HP
SIM, HP SMH, and any other WBEM-based clients such as WEBES. SFM requires that HP-UX have
WBEM Services for HP-UX and other software installed.
Events in WBEM are called indications. Before an indication can be reported to a client system (for
example, the CMS), the client system must first subscribe to the event. An event subscription tells the
managed system’s Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) the CMS is interested in
receiving indications from that managed system. When the CIMOM receives an indication from an
indication provider, it sends the indication to those clients that previously subscribed to receive them.
WEBES on the CMS subscribes to those indications. Once the subscription is completed, indications are
delivered to WEBES on the CMS as they occur. The following diagram provides a simplified overview of
the event (indication) subscription and delivery process.
More information about SFM and providers can be found in the OE/AR Depot Information for HP-UX
WBEM Providers, available at http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-
helpfiles/OEARInformation.pdf.
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