HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2006 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Serviceguard WBEM Providers
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HP Serviceguard WBEM Providers
HP Serviceguard WBEM Providers, referred to as SGProvider, will provide current
Serviceguard cluster configuration, membership, and status information to Common
Information Model (CIM) clients using HP WBEM Services on HP-UX platforms. The
SGProvider instruments the HP_SGCluster, HP_SGNode, HP_SGParticipatingCS,
HP_SGNodeIdentity, and HP_SGClusterSoftware classes. These classes are sub-classes
from the standard CIM classes defined by Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Summary of Change
The SGProvider is new with the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
Impact
The SGProvider protects unauthorized users from obtaining Serviceguard specific
information by using the Access Control Policy in Serviceguard A.11.17.00 and later
versions. The SGProvider will extract the username from the CIM request and verify
with Serviceguard that the user is authorized to retrieve cluster-related information.
Only root users and users who are configured with “monitor access” and greater in
Serviceguard’s Access Control Policy will be allowed to obtain specific Serviceguard
information from the SGProvider. This is only true for HP_SGCluster, HP_SGNode,
HP_SGParticipatingCS, and HP_SGNodeIdentity classes.
However, the SGProvider will allow both non-root and root users to access Serviceguard
product information with the HP_SGClusterSoftware class, without requiring “monitor
access” within Serviceguard’s Access Control Policy.
Compatibility
The current implementation is for HP-UX only.
The SGProvider requires HP WBEM Services 2.00.07 and HP-UX 11i v2 or later
versions.
This provider is not supported if you run Serviceguard on any non-HP platform.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
The SGProvider product data sheet can be found at
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/9928-0-0-225-121.html.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.