HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Manual

HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Guide

HP Part Number: Part Number 481592-401 Published: November 2011 (Tenth Edition)

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Part Number 481592–401 November 2011 Tenth Edition

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Intended audience

This guide is intended for individuals who are familiar with the configuration and operation of Microsoft® Windows®, Windows Server® 2008, and WMI Providers. Because of the risk of data loss, only individuals experienced with using this software should implement the procedures in this guide.

1 Introduction...............................................................................................7

Overview................................................................................................................................7

Windows Management Instrumentation.......................................................................................7

2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components from Intelligent Provisioning (IP)

1.0 Software.................................................................................................9

Installing the HP Service Pack Proliant (SPP) Package on Proliant Servers from IP 1.0 Software.............9

3 Uninstalling the HP WBEM Provider Components from Proliant Servers............11

Introduction............................................................................................................................11

Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single local Proliant Server...................11

Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single remote server............................11

Scripting commands for uninstalling HP WBEM Providers.............................................................11

4 Using the SMH with the Insight Providers.....................................................13

Change Data Source..............................................................................................................13

Auto Refresh..........................................................................................................................13

Threshold settings...................................................................................................................13

Data collection.......................................................................................................................14

5 Security...................................................................................................15

Security concerns....................................................................................................................15

Implementation.......................................................................................................................15

Best practices.........................................................................................................................15

Configuring Insight Provider Security for a User Account using HP SIM Configure and Repair

Agents..................................................................................................................................15

Configuring Insight Provider Security using the Windows Command Line........................................17

6 Windows Server® 2008 Firewall configuration............................................19

Firewall configuration introduction.............................................................................................19

Firewall configuration..............................................................................................................19

7 Insight Providers architecture......................................................................21

Architecture overview..............................................................................................................21

Data model...........................................................................................................................22

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition examples........................................................................24

Insight Providers usage............................................................................................................27

Additional documentation........................................................................................................27

8 Scripting.................................................................................................29

Scripting examples.................................................................................................................29

WMIC example.................................................................................................................29

Scripting references.................................................................................................................29

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9 Troubleshooting Insight Provider and HP WBEM Tools...................................31

Accessing Insight Providers from a client tool or Insight Provider tools.............................................31

10 Technical support....................................................................................33

Reference documentation.........................................................................................................33

HP contact information............................................................................................................33

Acronyms and abbreviations.........................................................................35

Index.........................................................................................................37

4 Table of Contents

List of Figures

9-1 .....................................................................................................................................31

1 Introduction

Overview

This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 on ProLiant servers, version 9.0 (Insight Providers). For details regarding supported servers, options, and operating system, see the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 9.0.0 Hardware Support Matrix document.

Many management products have been built on SNMP, a common network management technology. However, SNMP-based management solutions have a simple structure and weak security protocol relative to alternatives. These limitations prevent comprehensive, industry-standard, and secure system management.

In place of SNMP, SMASH and SMI-S are secure, robust standards endorsed by the DMTF and SNIA, respectively. These standards provide the foundation for future server management infrastructures.

The Insight Providers are based on SMASH and SMI-S. The Insight Providers employ the set of base-level instrumentation provided by system management controllers and drivers, I/O controllers and drivers, and system firmware interfaces. These components deliver in-depth hardware management, including hardware inventory data, system state, and event notifications.

The data model implemented in the Insight Providers provides industry standard compliance by conforming to SMASH and SMI-S profiles.

Windows Management Instrumentation

WMI is the Microsoft® implementation of WBEM, a set of industry-standard technologies for accessing system information in a distributed management environment. WBEM and WMI use the CIM standard to represent systems, networks, applications, devices, and other managed components in an object-oriented manner. The WMI Providers extend CIM to make ProLiant-specific management data and events available to system administrators, enabling administrative tasks to be automated.

For more information on WBEM and WMI, see the following websites:

• CIM (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim)

• WBEM (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem/)

• WMI (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582.aspx)

• About WMI (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384642(VS.85).aspx)

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2 Installing the HP WBEM Provider Components from

Intelligent Provisioning (IP) 1.0 Software

Installing the HP Service Pack Proliant (SPP) Package on Proliant Servers from IP 1.0 Software

The HP SPP package includes individual Management software smart components and firmware smart components. This package is available only on web for download. The Management software smart components include the following products:

• Agentless Management — HP ProLiant Agentless Management Service for Windows Server is the default Management software option installed on Gen8 servers from HP SPP. This component collects information from the operating system and provides data to the iLO. AMS is supported on both Windows Server® 2008 x86 and x64 OS. For more information about the features supported by AMS, see Agentless Management Software documents available at the following location:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/

ProdSearch.jsp?prod=Agentless Management Software&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=489496

• HP Insight Management WBEM Providers — HP Insight Management WBEM providers deliver in-depth hardware management, inventory data, system state, and event notifications for ProLiant and Integrity servers. WBEM Providers are based on the Distributed Management Task Force’s (DMTF) Web-based Enterprise Management standard for managing server hardware, operating systems and applications. HP SIM and SMH WBEM clients use these providers to gather data on Windows Server® 2008 x64 and x86 OS.

• HP Insight Management Agents — HP Insight Management Agents are SNMP agents that obtain information on the status of various server subsystems and display this information at the System Management Home Page (SMH). The SNMP agents are installed by default on G7 and earlier servers. This component provides management agents for Windows Server 2008 x64 and x86 OS on HP ProLiant servers. HP SIM and SMH WBEM clients use HP Insight Management Agent to gather data. For more information about the features supported by the Insight Management Agents (IMA), see the Insight Management Agents User Guide available at the following location:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3923526.

To install the HP SPP package on Proliant servers, follow the steps listed below:

1. Download the HP SPP package from the web available at the following location:

http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download

2. Extract the package to a local folder.

3. Run the HPSUM.exe or setup.exe script by navigating to the extracted folder. The HP Smart Update Manager (SUM) application GUI is opened.

4. Select the data repository location in the HP SUM GUI interface.

5. Enter login credentials for authenticating the data repository access.

6. Select the SPP package components to be installed on Proliant servers.

NOTE: By default, the AMS smart component is installed on the system. Both Insight Management WBEM Provider and Insight Management Agent components are optional smart components.

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3 Uninstalling the HP WBEM Provider Components from

Proliant Servers

Introduction

This section provides instructions for uninstalling the HP WBEM Providers components that are installed on Proliant servers.

Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single local Proliant Server

To uninstall HP WBEM Provider components on a single local server:

1. Choose the following option:

• For Windows Server® 2008, open the Windows® Programs and Features interface.

2. Select HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2008 x86 /x64 editions to uninstall HP WBEM Providers.

3. Choose the following option:

• For Windows Server® 2008, right-click, and select Uninstall.

4. At the prompt, to confirm the removal of HP WBEM Providers from the system, click Yes.

5. If the HP System Management Homepage is active in a browser window, close and reopen

it to verify that it reflects the change.

Uninstalling HP WBEM Provider Components Installed on a single remote server

To uninstall HP WBEM Provider components installed on a single remote server:

1. Connect to the remote system:

• From a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 system, use the Terminal Services Client to connect

to the remote system.

• From a Microsoft® Windows® XP or a Windows Server® 2008 system, use the Remote

Desktop to connect to the remote system.

2. On the remote system, choose the following option:

• For Windows Server® 2008, open the Programs and Features interface.

3. Select the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2008 x86 /x64 editions to uninstall HP WBEM Providers.

4. Choose the following option:

• For Windows Server® 2008, right-click, and select Uninstall.

5. At the prompt, to confirm the removal of the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2008 x86 /x64 editions. click Yes.

6. If the HP System Management Homepage is active in a browser window, close and reopen it to verify that it reflects the change.

Scripting commands for uninstalling HP WBEM Providers

Use the following scripting command to uninstall HP WBEM Providers. To uninstall HP WBEM Providers, run the following Microsoft® Visual Basic Scripting Edition

(VBScript) code from a Windows® command prompt on a target system:

strComputer = "." SW = "HP Insight Management WBEM Providers" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _

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& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Product")

For Each objSoftware in colSoftware If objSoftware.Name=SW Then objSoftware.Uninstall() End If Next

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