Insight Integration for Tivoli

The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli simplifies systems management by integrating SNMP event and status indications for HP ProLiant servers into the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC), and provides tasks that enable the collection of inventory data for HP ProLiant hardware using Tivoli Configuration Manager.

This comprehensive solution builds on the functionality of HP Insight Management Agents, and works with native Tivoli services across a wide range of operating platforms. To provide access to further detailed lifecycle management for HP and third-party hardware resources, the Insight Integration for Tivoli also includes integrated tasks that launch the HP System Management Homepage and HP Systems Insight Manager.

For companies that implement HP servers, HP storage, and Tivoli enterprise management as key elements of their IT infrastructure, the Insight Integration maximizes existing IT investments, and simplifies enterprise management by enabling administrators to manage HP servers, storage and other enterprise resources within a common Tivoli environment.

• Tivoli Class Definition Statement Files (.CDS) and BAROC class definitions updated to support HP Insight Management Agents 8.00
• Expanded rules for Tivoli event servers to provide automated event correlation
• Updated support for Tivoli Inventory by providing support for latest revision of HP Collect utility

The benefits of implementing the Insight Integration for Tivoli can be summarized as follows:

• Maximizes customer investments in HP systems hardware and the Tivoli Enterprise Management
• Simplifies management of the Enterprise with a single console solution
• Expands the Tivoli Enterprise Console and Inventory applications with HP hardware infrastructure and ProLiant Essentials lifecycle management data
• Streamlines IT administration and increases systems availability

The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli integrates into all Tivoli tier-1 platforms. The following table indicates management platform and operating system compatibility.

• Supported on Tivoli Framework v3.7.x, 4.1 and 4.11
• Supported on Tivoli Enterprise Console v3.7.x , v3.8 and v3.9
• Supported on Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2

It can be downloaded from HP.com at no charge following a simple registration. View further details on Insight Management and to download HP Insight Integration for Tivoli.

• Review the prerequisites and installation steps listed in Chapters 1 and 2.

• Details of the physical Tivoli Environment.
• Save any error information (output file or screen shot).
• Provide copies of the following output files:
  
  - List of installed Tivoli applications, revisions numbers and patches (Refer to the wlsinst -ah command detailed in the "Obtaining Configuration Information" section). - Installation log file IM2_PLUS.LOG. - Output from any other diagnostic or informational programs. Refer to the "Advanced Troubleshooting and Debugging" section.
  
  In addition to the information provided in the Insight Integration for Tivoli , the following information sources are available:
  • Management Integration Support Site
  • HP Management Website

• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.
• In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868.

• In the United States and Canada, call 1-800-652-6672.
• Outside the United States and Canada, refer to: www.hp.com

1. Confirm that other / non-HP SNMP events are being received by viewing the Sub-source column in the TEC display. The sub-source column should display SNMP for at least one event.
2. Check that the SNMP adapter files, tecad_snmp.cds and tecad_snmp.oid, have been updated with HP event data.
3. Check that the active Tivoli Rulebase includes the ins_evt.baroc and ins_evt.rls files provided with the HP Insight Integration for Tivoli.

To verify that the Tivoli SNMP Adapter is installed and is forwarding events correctly to TEC (port 5529 for Windows and port 0 for UNIX), try running the following generic trap from any managed node:

wsnmptrap -h hostname 1.0 1 100

In the previous example, hostname is the name or IP address of the system running the Tivoli SNMP Adapter. If this trap is not displayed in the TEC SNMP event group, the problem is not with the HP Insight Integration module but with the SNMP Adapter, TEC, or networking components.

If you are not certain that the SNMP notification process is working, you can help to verify this by sending an Insight Management Agent Test Trap from any ProLiant server running active Insight Management Agents.

In the SNMP section of the Insight Management Agent for Servers applet, located in the Windows Control Panel, there is a Test Trap button. Clicking Test Trap initiates a test trap from the local system, and a window should appear indicating that the trap was sent. If the server has the correct SNMP trap destination defined and the SNMP Adapter is installed and configured correctly, a generic HP trap should be received in the SNMP Event group of the TEC.

This is an example command that can be executed from the TMR or managed node to simulate an HP Insight SNMP trap. It should be received and displayed in the SNMP event group of the TEC. Note that there are spaces before "1.3.6…" on the lines following wsnmptrap. Hostname should be replaced with the IP address of the managed node running the configured Tivoli SNMP Adapter.

The following command will invoke the HP SNMP trap Logical Drive Status:OK IM_3008:

wsnmptrap -h hostname 1.3.6.1.4.1.232 6 3008\

1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5 OctetString "hpqSNMPTest"\

1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.11.1 Integer 0\

1.3.6.1.4.1.232.3.2.3.1.1.4 Integer 2

1. The Inventory collector has not been executed on the endpoint.
2. The resultant .MIF file has not been created on the endpoint in the specified directory.
3. The Path is not specified in the distributed profile to parse the .MIF file, or the path specified in the distributed profile is incorrect.