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HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager 2007 User Guide

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  HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager 2007 User Guide > Chapter 4 Using the software   

Discovering HP servers

The HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 include many discovery rules in different management packs.

HP core management pack discovery rule

The HP servers core library management pack (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.Library) in HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 contains the following discovery rule:

  • HP Computer Discovery (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.HPComputerGroupDiscovery)--This rule discovers HP servers and classifies them under the HP servers group.

HP ProLiant base management pack discovery rules

The HP ProLiant servers base management pack (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant) in the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 contains the following discovery rules:

  • HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantServerDiscoveryRule)—Discovers an HP ProLiant server with these properties:

    • Network Name

    • Manufacturer

    • Model

    • Serial Number

    • System Firmware

    • System Type

    • Physical Memory

    • Total Disk

    • HP Management Version

    • Monitoring Source

    • Insight Lights-Out IP address (The IP address is not visible in the Server Detail View, it is displayed in the Diagram View after the task is launched.)

      Only physical node servers are discovered by this rule. Virtual cluster nodes and non server client nodes are not discovered by default. The virtual cluster nodes can be viewed by overriding parameter DiscoverVirtualClusterNode, setting it to True.

  • HP ProLiant Client Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantClientDiscoveryRule)—

    Discovers systems running non-server Windows (e.g. ProLiant Workstation Blades).This discovery is disabled by default. To view the client systems running non-server windows enable this discovery.

  • HP ProLiant Systems Insight Manager Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantSystemsInsightManagerDiscoveryRule)—

    Discovers HP Systems Insight Manager on an HP ProLiant server.

  • HP ProLiant Systems Insight Manager x64 Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantSystemsInsightManagerX64DiscoveryRule)--

    Discovers HP Systems Insight Manager on an x64 HP ProLiant server.

  • HP Servers Group to ProLiant Servers Group Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPServersGroupProLiantServersGroupMembershipRule)--

    Instantiates HP ProLiant Servers group under HP Servers group.

  • HP ProLiant Server Group to ML Servers Group Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantServersGroupMLServersGroupMembershipRule)--

    Instantiates HP ProLiant ML Servers group under HP ProLiant Servers group

  • HP ProLiant Servers Group to DL Servers Group Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantServersGroupDLServersGroupMembershipRule)--

    Instantiates HP ProLiant DL Servers group under HP ProLiant Servers group

  • HP ProLiant Servers Group to BL Servers Group Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantServersGroupBLServersGroupMembershipRule)--

    Instantiates HP ProLiant BL Servers group under HP ProLiant Servers group

  • HP ProLiant Servers Group to HP ProLiant Other Model Servers Group Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantServersGroupXXServersGroupMembershipRule)—

    Discovers and classifies an HP ProLiant server (not BL, ML nor DL) under HP ProLiant Servers group

  • HP ProLiant ML Servers Group to HP ProLiant ML Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantMLServersGroupHPProLiantMLMembershipRule)—

    Discovers and classifies an HP ProLiant ML server under HP ProLiant ML Servers group

  • HP ProLiant DL Servers Group to HP ProLiant DL Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantDLServersGroupHPProLiantDLMembershipRule)—

    Discovers and classifies an HP ProLiant DL server under HP ProLiant DL Servers group

  • HP ProLiant BL Servers Group to HP ProLiant BL Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantBLServersGroupHPProLiantBLMembershipRule)—

    Discovers and classifies an HP ProLiant BL server under HP ProLiant BL Servers group

  • HP ProLiant Other Servers Group to HP ProLiant Other Membership Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.HPProLiantXXServersGroupHPProLiantXXMembershipRule)—

    Discovers and classifies an HP ProLiant Other server under HP ProLiant Other Servers group

The HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule and the HP ProLiant Systems Insight Manager Discovery Rule run every 60 minutes by default. To change the discovery frequency, complete the following procedure:

  1. Open the Authoring panel.

  2. Select Management Pack Objects>Object Discoveries. A list of Object Discoveries appears.

  3. Select HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule or HP ProLiant Systems Insight Manager Discovery Rule.

  4. In the Actions panel, select Overrides>Override the Object Discovery>For all objects of type: Windows Computer.

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  5. The Override Properties window appears.

    For the HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule, the "IntervalSeconds" parameter can be modified to adjust the discovery frequency (in seconds).

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    For the HP ProLiant Systems Insight Manager Discovery Rule, the "Frequency in seconds" parameter can be modified to adjust the discovery frequency (in seconds).

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To disable discovery, the same previous steps can be taken. Instead of selecting Override the Object Discovery, select Disable Object Discovery.

The parameter “DiscoverVirtualClusterNode” is set to false by default in HP ProLiant Server Discover Rule, therefore, only physical nodes are displayed on the console. To view the virtual cluster nodes this parameter should be set to true. To modify this parameter, complete the following procedure:

  1. Open the Authoring panel.

  2. Select Management Pack Objects>Object Discoveries. A list of Object Discoveries appears.

  3. Select HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule. Override the object discovery for all servers.

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  4. To view virtual cluster nodes, override the parameter “DiscoverVirtualClusterNode” to True.

By default the client systems are not displayed because the client discovery rule is disabled by default. Enable this rule to discover clients. Complete the following steps:

  1. Open the Authoring panel.

  2. Select Management Pack Objects>Object Discoveries. A list of Object Discoveries appears.

  3. Select and right-click HP ProLiant Server Discovery Rule and override the parameter enabled to true.

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HP ProLiant SNMP management pack discovery rules

The HP ProLiant Servers SNMP management pack (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.Proliant.SNMP) in the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 contain the following discovery rule:

  • HP ProLiant SNMP Health Collection Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.SNMP.ProLiantSNMPHealthDiscoveryRule)—Instantiates Health Collection classes associated with HP ProLiant servers (This discovery rule runs every 60 minutes by default).

HP ProLiant WMI management pack discovery rules

The HP ProLiant Servers WMI management pack (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.Proliant.WMI) contains the following discovery rule:

  • HP ProLiant WMI Health Collection Discovery Rule (ID=HewlettPackard.Servers.ProLiant.WMI.ProLiantWMIHealthDiscoveryRule)—Instantiates Health Collection classes associated with HP ProLiant servers. This discovery rule runs every 60 minutes by default.

HP ProLiant servers discoveries

The discovery rules in the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 help to discover and automatically classify HP ProLiant servers into their appropriate group and Health Collection classes.

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