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

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HP Management Packs is a set of unrelated management packs. After the installation of HP Server
Management Packs, the Operations Manager transfers the primary HP management packs to each
computer system under the Operations Manager Agent. HP Management Packs perform an initial
discovery to verify the system is supported by a server with the HP management software. If the
discovery succeeds, the appropriate additional management packs are transferred to the HP servers.
These management packs then run a detailed discovery process that enables state monitoring and
event processing.
After the server is properly discovered, HP server information can be seen on the Operations Manager
console. HP server grouping is performed on the Operations Manager Server. The discovered inventory
data and monitored state are reflected on the state and diagram views.
This process does not take place for "agentless" servers under Operations Manager. Agentless servers
are monitored by an Operation Management Agent run on Operations Manager Server. This agent
performs management pack operation on the target server remotely which causes higher network traffic
and process power consumption on Operation Manager Server. HP recommends keeping the number
of agentless servers in your Operations Manager environment to a minimum.
How HP Server Management Packs operate
The following identifies some of the major elements of the HP Server Management Packs for
Operations Manager 2007 and the underlying elements used to collect data and process hardware
events and state changes.
The HP server discovery rules and scripts use Insight Management Agents, system BIOS data,
and information from WMI to identify HP ProLiant and Integrity servers and collate individual
system configuration attributes.
HP state monitoring rules use data from Insight Management Agents MIB files to monitor the
condition of HP ProLiant and Integrity server hardware and to populate the State views in the
Operations Manager 2007 Console. HP state monitoring rules also monitor the availability of key
HP management software and services, such as Insight Management Agents.
The HP event processing rules rely on Insight Management Agents and data written to the
Windows® Event Log to identify and process HP hardware events.
When an HP Insight Management Agent generates an event, a corresponding entry is written to
the Windows® Event log, which is the primary event data source used by Operations Manager
2007. If the HP event in the Windows® Event Log has an associated event processing rule defined
by an HP Management Pack, an Operations Manager alert is generated and written to the
appropriate view in the Operations Manager Console.
HP alerts in Operations Manager include clear event details and knowledge base data designed to
enable rapid analysis of real-time and prefailure conditions. Certain hardware events reported to
the Windows® Event Log can also generate additional events that indicate a change in hardware
state.
See "Using the software (on page 34)" for information on the components provided with the HP Server
Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007.
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