Integrating HP Insight Management WBEM (WMI) Providers for Windows with HP System Insight Manager, 4th edition
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Introduction
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers utilize the Distributed Management Task Force’s (DMTF)
Web-based Enterprise Management standard for managing server hardware, operating systems, and
applications. HP Insight Management WBEM Providers simplify integration with existing management
tools and processes. HP WBEM Providers give you an integrated set of standards-based management
tools built on top of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is the Microsoft
implementation of Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM), a set of industry-standard
technologies for accessing system information in a distributed management environment.
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers deliver in-depth hardware management, inventory data,
system state, and event notifications for ProLiant and Integrity servers. You can manage our HP
ProLiant Gen8 servers with HP WBEM Providers or with the HP iLO Management Engine that comes
with all ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is a key building block of the HP
Insight Management portfolio providing essential lifecycle management for HP Servers.
This paper provides IT professionals implementing HP SIM information about moving from Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows.
Utilizing HP WBEM Providers for Windows
When using HP WBEM Providers, you must decide how to incorporate its management capabilities.
You can access the management infrastructure provided by HP WBEM Providers using the System
Management Homepage (SMH), which is in the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (HP SPP). You can also
configure HP SIM version 7.0 and later to leverage HP WBEM Providers infrastructure. Many client
applications are available for WMI that let you work with the HP WBEM Providers. You can also
easily write scripts for fully customized management. For more information, see the following web
sites:
• Using WMI: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393964.aspx
• Scripting access to WMI: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393256.aspx
• Further information: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390436.aspx
Windows Server 2008 default configuration does not give you direct remote WMI access. For
instructions about activating remote WMI access by using built-in firewall commands, read the “HP
Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 User
Guide.” Find it at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/wbem/documentation.html.