User`s guide

ADM User’s Guide
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Solaris and HP-UX
SolarisandHP‐UXsystemsdonotincludebuilt‐inSNMPagents.YoucandownloadandinstallNet‐SNMP
fromhttp://net‐snmp.sourceforge.netandconfigureitasinLinux.
BEA WebLogic Agent
TheBEAWebLogicapplicationservercomeswithitsownSNMPagentthatisbuiltintoitsinstallation.
To enable the BEA WebLogic application
1IntheWebLogicmanagementconsole,
selectServices>SNMP.
2 SelectEnabled.
3Restarttheapplicationserver.
WMI
WindowsManagementInstrumentation(WMI)isaproprietaryMicrosofttechnologyformodeling,querying,
andmanagingtheconfigurationofWindowshosts.WMIfollowsapublicmodelingandmanagement
standardknownasCommonInformationModel(CIM),aswellasanotherrelatedstandardcalledWeb‐Based
EnterpriseManagement(WBEM).
TheWMIsoftwarecomponentisbuilt
intoallServereditionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystemsincethe
Windows2000Server.ItmightormightnotbeinstalledbydefaultaspartofWindowsXP,butitiseasily
installedthereasanadd‐on.
WMIismodularandextendable:commoninformationaboutthehostisobtainedwith
thebasicbuilt‐inWMI
module.AdditionalcomponentscalledWMIprovidersisinstalledtomodelandqueryindetailthe
configurationofservicessuchasIISServer,ActiveDirectory,BizTalkserver,andsoon.
TheWMIcomponentinWindowsisbasedonMicrosoftComponentObjectModel(COM)technology,andis
queried
bothlocallyandremotely.RemotequeriesarethroughRPCaccesstotheWMIcomponent,usingthe
remoteaccessflavoroftheCOMtechnologyknownasDistributedComponentObjectModel(DCOM).
Detail Discovery with WMI
ADMcanperformDetailDiscoveryusingtheWMIprotocol.WhencreatingaWMIDetailDiscoverypolicy,
youneedtospecifyausername,password,anddomainname.TheseareusedbytheWMIcomponentto
authenticateandauthorizeaccesstothehostinformation.
WMIdiscoveryisusedfordiscoveringmachinesthat
runthefollowingoperatingsystems:Windows2000
Server,WindowsServer2003,Windows2008,andWindowsXPSP2.
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OTEIfthereisanotherSNMPagentrunningonthesamemachine,suchasthenativeagentoftheoperating
system,itisrecommendedtochangetheportusedbytheWebLogicagent.Inthesamelocationinthe
managementconsole,settheporttothedesiredport.
NOTEWhenusinganondomainusertoperformWMIdiscovery,specify“WORKGROUP”inthedomain
field.
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MPORTANTThefollowingstepsarenewtoADM6.0andlaterversionsasitdiscoversmoreinformation
comparedto5.3.IfyouhavealreadysetupyourserversforWMIdiscoveryusingADM5.3,youneedto
performtheadditionalstepslistedunder“SettingExecutePermissionsforUsedExecutables”onpage 43.
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MPORTANTThepermissionsrequiredtocompletethesameWMIoperationsmightvarybetweendifferent
versionsofWindowsanddifferentServicePacksinstalled.SomewindowsversionssuchasWindows2003
ServerwithSP2requireanaccountwithlocaladministratorpermissionsinordertosuccessfullycompleteall
queriesperformedbyADM.