HP STORAGEWORKS AIT SSL2020 User Manual

Application Notes

Using HP Systems Insight Manager

with HP StorageWorks Management

Software

Second Edition (March 2004)

358638-002

This document summarizes configuration changes that need to be made within various HP StorageWorks management software packages to enable HP Systems Insight Manager to monitor that software and the devices it supports.

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About this document

This section describes the content reflected in this document, including:

■ Application notes information, page 3

■ Intended audience, page 3

■ Other documentation, page 3

Application notes information

These Application Notes cover the following major topics:

■ Overview, page 4

■ Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager, page 6

■ Configuring Command View products, page 8

■ Configuring HP StorageWorks MSL-Series tape library management software, page 11

■ Configuring HSG-based array management software, page 12

■ Using HP Systems Insight Manager with HP management software, page 13

About this document

Intended audience

This document is intended for users of HP Systems Insight Manager and HP StorageWorks Command View for XP, EVA, SDM, ESL, for users of HP StorageWorks ESL-Series and MSL-Series libraries, and for users of HSG-based disk arrays.

Overview

HP Systems Insight Manager combines the strengths of HP Insight Manager 7, HP TopTools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single tool for managing ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP Systems Insight Manager software delivers the essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms.

HP StorageWorks Command View software provides the ability to manage globally distributed storage hardware from a single console. All versions of Command View are web-based and share tools and a common user interface.

This document explains how to configure the various management software products to work together with HP Systems Insight Manager. This document does not address the installation and use of HP Systems Insight Manager or other management software. Refer to the documentation shipped with HP Systems Insight Manager or other management software for instructions on how to install and operate the software.

HP Systems Insight Manager can discover and interface with the following management software:

■ Command View XP provides management for XP disk arrays.

■ Command View EVA provides management for Enterprise Virtual Arrays.

■ Command View SDM (for VA) provides management for Virtual Arrays.

■ Command View ESL provides management for ESL-Series tape libraries.

■ HSG Element Manager on the HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance v2.1 or HP

StorageWorks Command Console provide management for HSG-based disk arrays.

HP Systems Insight Manager can also discover and interface directly with HP StorageWorks MSL-Series tape libraries (embedded management software).

Benefits of integrating HP Systems Insight Manager with Command View

HP Systems Insight Manager simplifies and consolidates the server and storage fault management interfaces and augments the functionality of the Command View and other management software products by providing additional management capabilities for storage hardware, such as:

■ HP Systems Insight Manager can discover tape libraries and Command View software.

■ Storage management applications can be launched from the HP Systems Insight Manager

System Page.

■ HP Systems Insight Manager can receive SNMP traps/events from a Command View

server (or tape library) and can launch Command View from the context of a trap.

■ HP Systems Insight Manager aggregates data from the devices it manages and stores it in a

database. This allows you to: — Use HP Systems Insight Manager's dynamic query and task execution to group your

ProLiant servers and their associated storage (whether managed by a Storage Management Appliance or not) in ways that make sense for your environment. For example, you can create, and save for later use, lists which group managed devices by floor or building, by owning organizational unit, by functional use, or by any other way that makes sense for you. You can have as many different views as you want. Tasks can be configured to execute based on day of week and time of day.

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