In this section, we focus on some of the more commonly used third-party management packs that are available to IT administrators to better manage their environments. For each management pack, we'll provide an overview, the installation procedure for the management pack, and a breakdown of the components, scripts, and tasks that are associated with that management pack.
Dell has partnered with Microsoft to strongly compete against HP and IBM in the systems management arena. Dell's OpenManage is the solution for systems management with Dell hardware. OpenManage consists of several products, one of which is a management pack for MOM called the OpenManage management pack. The OpenManage management pack can be obtained on Dell's web site (http://www.support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&releaseid=R98393&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=5934&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=4&formatcnt=1&fileid=127527).
Dell's OpenManage management pack provides the following capabilities:
Manages and monitors events from OpenManage Server Administrator and Array Manager
Groups Dell servers that have the OpenManage Server Administrator installed
Supplies a capability to launch OpenManage Server Administrator from within an alert (this is done via a Dell-supplied script)
Provides a new notification group called hardware support
Provides Dell-supplied knowledge for all events supported in the OpenManage management pack
After you download DOMMP2.exe from Dell's support site, go ahead and run the executable; you will be prompted for the location to extract the management pack's files to. The Dell OpenManage management pack consists of the following files:
DOMMP2.akm
readme.txt
DMP2UG.pdf
As of this writing, the latest version of the OpenManage management pack is 2.0.
The next step is to import the management pack; see Chapter 8 for more information on importing management packs. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog.
The following table describes the components included with the Dell OpenManage Management Pack.
Attributes | DellOMSAAttrib (Boolean) |
Computer Groups | Dell Computers |
Notification Groups | Hardware Support |
The following table describes the scripts included with the Dell OpenManage Management Pack.
Script | Description |
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Dell Agent Service Discovery | Perform service discovery for Dell System Attributes |
Dell Agents State Monitoring | Monitor the status of the server and storage components |
Dell RAC Console Launch | Script to formulate the RAC URL for the RAC launch |
DellOMSALaunch | Appends the OMSA launch URL to the Alert description field |
The following table describes the tasks included with the Dell OpenManage Management Pack.
Task | Context |
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Update Dell State view | Agent-managed server |
HP provides two management packs. One pack targets the Proliant Server line and the other targets the Integrity Server line. These management packs provide integrated alert processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management. These management packs can be obtained via HP's web site (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/mom2005/).
HP's Proliant and Integrity management packs provide the following capabilities:
Automated installation and discovery
Monitor HP server hardware
Access to HP resource management tools
After you download HPPROMOM05.zip from HP's web site, go ahead and extract the Zip file's content. The HP Proliant management pack consists of the following files:
hpProLiantMP01_0.akm
Readme1st.txt
hpsvrmom05.pdf
As of this writing, the latest version number for this management pack is 1.0. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog.
The following table describes the components included with the HP Proliant and Integrity Management Packs.
Attributes | HP Proliant Insight Management Agents Installed (Boolean) |
HP Proliant Insight Management Agents Version Number (string) | |
HP Systems Insight Manage Installed (Boolean) | |
Computer Groups | HP Proliant Insight Management Agents |
HP Proliant Servers | |
HP Proliant Servers BL | |
HP Proliant Servers DL | |
HP Proliant Servers ML | |
HP Systems Insight Manager Hosts | |
Notification Groups | Not supplied |
The following table describes the scripts included with the HP Proliant and Integrity Management Packs.
Script | Description |
HP Proliant Servers Computer Model Discovery | Discovers HP Proliant Servers |
HP Proliant Servers Service Discovery | Discovers HP Proliant Server Service |
The following table describes the tasks included with the HP Proliant and Integrity Management Packs.
Task | Context |
---|---|
HP Lights-Out Management Processor | Management Server |
HP System Management Homepage | Console |
HP Systems Insight Manager | Console |
After you download HPINTMOM05.zip from HP's site, go ahead and extract the Zip file's content. The HP Integrity management pack consists of the following files:
hpIntegrityMP01_0.akm
Readme1st.txt
hpsvrmom05.pdf
As of this writing, the latest version number for this management pack is 1.0. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog.
The following table describes the components included with the HP Integrity Management Pack.
Attributes | HP Integrity Insight Management Agent Installed (Boolean) |
HP Integrity Insight Management Agent Version Number (string) | |
HP Integrity Server (Boolean) | |
Computer Groups | HP Integrity Insight Management Agents |
HP Integrity Servers | |
Notification Groups | Not supplied |
The following table describes the scripts included with the HP Integrity Management Pack.
Script | Description |
---|---|
HP Integrity Servers Computer Model Discovery | Discovers HP Integrity Servers |
HP Integrity Servers Service Discovery | Discovers HP Integrity Server Service |
The following table describes the tasks included with the HP Integrity Management Pack.
Task | Context |
---|---|
HP Systems Insight Manager | Console |
HP Management Processor | Management Server |
HP System Management Homepage | Console |
IBM provides the Director Upward Integration Module (UIM) Management Pack to augment MOM with richer, more granular hardware management information from IBM Director. The Director UIM management pack can be obtained via IBM's web site (http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-61783&velxr-layout=print).
The IBM Director UIM management pack provides the following capabilities:
Quickly discover systems running the IBM Director Agent or Core Services software
Capture events generated from IBM Director systems and send alerts to notify your administrator of potential system problems
Identify and rapidly resolve problems that occur on systems running IBM Director
Display detailed information on issues by component with the IBM Director role and state view in the MOM console
After you download dir5.10_uim_mom.exe from IBM's site, go ahead and run the executable. You are prompted for the location to extract the management pack's files to. The IBM Director UIM management pack consists of the following files:
IBMHardwareMP.akm
As of this writing, the latest version number of this management pack is 5.10. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog.
The following table describes the components included with the IBM Director v5.10 Upward Integration Module Management Pack.
Attributes | IBM Director Core Services |
---|---|
Computer Groups | IBM Director Core Services 5.lx |
Notification Groups | IBM Director Operators |
The following table describes the scripts included with the IBM Director v5.10 Upward Integration Module Management Pack.
Script | Description |
---|---|
IBM Director Core Services 5.10 Indications | Process WMI indications from Director Core Services 5.1x |
IBM Director Core Services 5.x Discovery | Discovers IBM Director Core Services 5.x |
The IBM Director UIM management pack does not have any tasks.