HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

To manually set up managed systems on HP-UX and Linux, see Setting up remote HP-UX systems
from an HP-UX CMS and Setting up remote Linux systems from a Linux CMS
WBEM
WBEM is one of the newest management protocols. This protocol leverages the industry-standard
CIM as defined by the DMTF. HP SIM can communicate to systems directly using the WBEM
protocol or to the Windows WMI systems using the WMI Mapper Proxy. HP SIM uses WBEM to
communicate with storage system SMI-S WBEM providers. HP has been leading this effort through
its association with the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). WBEM is an initiative supported
by HP, Microsoft, Intel, BMC, Cisco, and 120 other platform, operating system, and application
software suppliers.
When WBEM is enabled, the management console can obtain information from any system that
supports WBEM. For WBEM to work, you must provide the correct user name and password for
the given system. WBEM enables a larger set of server and storage manageability data to be
collected and displayed on the System Page and in reports. The presence of WBEM enables the
Properties pages and enables WBEM indications (events) to be displayed in event collections.
Without HTTPS enabled, HP SIM does not discover any web-based features on a system. Support
for non-HP systems has been expanded beginning with HP SIM 6.0.
NOTE: HP SIM supports WBEM over HTTPS to ensure user supplied WBEM name and password
pairs are protected.
NOTE: OpenWBEM is not supported.
• WBEM
This industry initiative provides management of systems, networks, users, and applications
across multiple vendor environments. WBEM simplifies system management, providing better
access to software and hardware data that is readable by WBEM client applications.
For HP-UX, WBEM is included in the operating system install. For Linux Itanium Processor
Family (IPF), if WBEM is not installed, it must be manually installed. Go to the HP Software
Depot (http://www.software.hp.com/) to download. The WBEM download from the
openPegasus website does not include the hardware specific data for HP SIM to manage
Linux x86 systems.
NOTE: WMI is the implementation of WBEM from Microsoft.
NOTE: The WBEM providers cannot be installed on Linux or HP-UX systems.
NOTE: A CIMOM acts as the interface for communication between WBEM providers and
management applications such as HP SIM.
The CMS must have the correct credentials to authenticate to WBEM and WMI. There are
two ways to authenticate client certificates:
◦ Basic authentication to WBEM Services or WMI using user name and password.
◦ Using the CMS certificate for authentication is available only for HP-UX WBEM Services
2.05 or greater, which supports client certificate authentication. Use the Configure or
Repair Agents Use an Systems Insight Manager WBEM certificate (good for 10 years)
rather than username/password to manage the system option to deploy a WBEM
certificate to the managed system and is valid only for HP-UX systems.
• WMI
An API in the Windows operating system that enables you to manage and control systems in
a network.
The WMI Mapper Proxy is a configuration setting for WMI. The WMI Mapper receives client
CIM/XML WBEM requests and converts the requests to WMI requests. The WMI results are
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