Microsoft Operations Manager Integration Pack Guide (2007), v5.5

Introduction
HP delivers new management packs that complement and extend Operations Manager 2007,
integrating alert processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management for HP
ProLiant and Integrity servers.
Designed specifically for Operations Manager 2007, the HP Server Management Packs provide
predefined discoveries, views, monitors, event processing rules, and tasks which enable administrators
to proactively streamline IT operations and ensure increased systems availability by monitoring
Microsoft® Windows® environments and HP server hardware platforms through a common Operations
Manager console.
The HP Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 automatically discover and group HP
ProLiant and Integrity servers by hardware platform type. Default discoveries and monitors highlight the
state of HP hardware and management software components and present a consolidated view of
system status. Predefined event processing rules build on the functionality of the HP Insight
Management Agents to display Windows® Event Log entries for HP server hardware as alerts in the
Operations Manager 2007 Console, including real-time and prefailure event definitions.
For advanced hardware lifecycle management and remote administration of HP ProLiant and Integrity
servers, the HP Server Management Packs for Operations Manager include tasks that launch HP
Systems Insight Manager for group systems administration, the HP System Management Homepage for
single system health and configuration monitoring, and advanced remote server administration through
the HP Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor when installed.
Features
The HP Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 support the following new features:
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Integration with Operations Manager 2007 (HP's Management Pack with Operations Manager
2007)
New capability for User Defined Custom Data
New Icons for Operations Manager Console Diagram View
Streamlined Base Hardware event rules in the HP Integrity Management Pack for Operations
Manager 2007
Streamlined procedure for HP Server Management Packs for Operations Manager installation
Improved management of events by eliminating multiple alerts in Rules
Fully scripted installation that imports management pack data into the Operations Manager 2007
database automatically
Automatic discovery and grouping of HP ProLiant and Integrity servers by server family and
platform type
State monitoring for HP hardware subsystems and management software components
Predefined rules to process and clearly display Windows® Event Log entries for HP server
hardware alerts in the Operations Manager Console
Policies to clearly present consolidated views of key HP server attributes for rapid system analysis,
which include CPU type, total memory, available hard drive storage, firmware revisions, and the
version of installed Insight Management Agents
HP servers clearly represented in the Diagram View
Console Tasks to launch HP SIM, the HP System Management Homepage and HP Integrated
Lights-Out Management Processors from the Operations Manager Console
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