A.05.80 HP Management Platform Synchronization Installation and Reference Manual (July 2012, 5900-0894)

OVO Collection Extensions

4-2 Managing OVO Monitored Devices on the

CMS

To allow the automatic generation of incidents in HP, essential information is required for each

managed system including:

○ The exact product and serial numbers

○ The contacts associated with the specific managed system(s)

○ Warranty or contract status (entitlement) of a device.

The management of this information can be done in alternate ways depending on your preferences

which are described below.

There are three ways to manage monitored devices on the CMS.

○ HP SIM

HP SIM can detect and configure many devices automatically and also allows the manual

configuration.

NOTE: MPS will only get device information from WEBES (see below), it never reads information

directly from HP SIM.

For details refer to section 4-2-1 Managing OVO monitored devices by HP SIM.

○ WEBES v5.3 or above.

In MPS iob_custom.properties file , set iob_customer.entitlement_source=WEBES. MPS

will read device information from WEBES

For details refer to section 4-2-2 Managing MPS devices monitored by WEBES.

4-2-1 Managing OVO monitored devices by HP SIM

NOTE: HP SIM is limited in the detection of devices not built by HP. On the CMS there is an

alternative way to collect the needed information to monitor such devices – the device database in

the Open Service Event Manager (OSEM). This can be done through a GUI (see section 4-2-2

Managing MPS devices monitored by OSEM) or through a volume data load for larger number of

devices (see section 4-2-2-4 Installing the Volume Data Load and section 4-2-2-5 Using the

Volume Data Load of the Managed System Web Page.

Devices should be monitored through OVO in HP SIM when the detection for these devices is

available in HP SIM and when the number of devices is not too high.

1. In CMS, connect to HP SIM administration web page: https://localhost:50000/

2. Login it with administrator account

3. Click Systems->Shared->Systems by Type->All Systems, the page similar to the below is

shown: