Re: Using HP SIM in the Data Center to monitor old HP Servers across WAN with...
yes, they are domain joined. All of the VMware ESXi servers are all running on HP Blades BL 460, 465c G7 & 8 on c7000 enclosure. I do not have HP servers running Linux physically,
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If the ESX is 5.x then the agents use WBEM older ESX versions use SNMP. I see you have Enclosures. When building a new SIM setup be sure to add the Onboard Admins first. This discovery finds all...
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Thanks Andrew,Yes I'm running esxi 5.1. As for the OA access and the VC modules, is there any risk of outage when doing the scanning with HP SIM ?
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Hello again, No a scan should never give you any problems, Onboard Admins are read by accessing XML webpage on the Onboard Admins. Virtual Connects, ILO, switches ILO's need additional SNMP config on...
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I've generally found it easier to use SNMP only for Windows (regardless of OS version or server model) and WBEM for ESXi (since it's required). Unless you require a secure method for the...
View ArticleRe: Trouble setting up HPSIM 7.4
The credentials used will depend on the protocol you wish to use for your Windows servers. There is a section in the SIM user guide that explains all the OS requirements to get things discovered...
View ArticleRe: ILO Agentless Gen9 and server discovery
Check this document for AMS considerations: HP Agentless Management There is a matrix in here that shows you the benefits of AMS/iLO monitoring on Gen8, which I think is similar to Gen9 (I have not...
View ArticleRe: Using HP SIM in the Data Center to monitor old HP Servers across WAN with...
Hello again, wich protocol works best for you depends on your needs. Snmp is simple but insecure in the V1 version. Wbem is secureand hba info in the datacollection is more complete. HP has a...
View ArticleRe: Error installing HP Insight Management Agents
Can't you just say"Install SNMP" insteading of sending someone to yet another HP website? Geez... finding anything on the HP website is a chore enough. James
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Re: Using HP SIM in the Data Center to monitor old HP Servers across WAN with...
Hi Andrew, Here's the screenshot from the SMH page of typical deployed server in remote sites: Somehow when the server above rebooted, the email alert is not so helpful like the following: Subject:...
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Hello, The 11020 event is usualy releated to the 2003 agents and i've modified the MIB in SIM to supress this event. It tells you nothing. If i look at the screen you send it seems you are missing the...
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Yes, you are right Andrew. But in this case, the ML 110 G5has no iLO, so can HP SIM query the server with no iLO ?
View ArticleRe: Using HP SIM in the Data Center to monitor old HP Servers across WAN with...
You are right, i forgot that. The system is managed from the WBEM agent, traps are send with WBEM events . If the subscriptions are configured from SIM to send events to the SIM server all should be...
View ArticleMigrating the existing data on HP SIM v6.3 into the latest version 7.4 on the...
Hi, I'd like to install the current version of HP SIM v7.4 in the same physical server where currently the old HP SIM v6.3 is running. How can I do it safely without losing the data in the HP SIM ?...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading the HP SIM 5.3 - Need Recommendation
Hi Andrew, Sorry to reply on this post but I am completely new on HP SIM and I would like to know if the mxexport command could work with the HP 5.3 ?Is there a migration tools for this HP SIM version...
View ArticleRe: Performing Inline upgrade of HP SIM v6 to v7.4 ?
Hi Andrew, Is there any KB article or steps to perform the export for those type of hardware model ?
View ArticleMigrating the HP SIM v6.3 SQL Server Database from one server to another SQL...
Hi, Can anyone here please share me the steps that I need to take to successfully migrate the HP SIM v6.3 SQL 2008 database into the SQL Server 2012 on different server ? Because I'd like to uninstall...
View ArticleRe: Using HP SIM in the Data Center to monitor old HP Servers across WAN with...
Many thanks for the assistance Andrew. I'll try your suggestion and in this case for all WIndows Server I prefer to use WBEM rather than SNMP.
View ArticleDeleting the old server information from HP SIM v6.3
People, How can I delete the old server that is no longer exist in the data center, but somehow still listed by HP SIM v6.3 ?
View ArticleIssue installing HP SIM after uninstalling
I am new to the server admin community. I recently uninstalled HP SIM version 6 and SQL Server 2005 on a virtual server running Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 64-bit VMX-10 . I thought I unistalled...
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