HP SIM on OpenSuSE
Hello, I know it's an unsupported platform, but has anyone successfully installed SIM on OpenSuSE? All the software installs normally, but during 'mxinitconfig -a', the last step fails. I see that...
View Article"Unable to contact system" error while Install Software and Firmware task
Hello, today I wanted to install some patches to my servers within the Install Software and Firmware task of HP SIM. The servers are fully integrated into HP SIM. After I chose all the components and...
View ArticleDiscovery doesn't find ILO
Hello, We have two ESX servers (5.1 with the HP image 'HP-ESXi-5.1.0-standard-iso) where discovery doesn't recognise the ILO management interface. During discovery the following warning is displayed:...
View ArticleHP SIM 7.4 - iLO2 Identification
Hello, I'm running the latest version of HP SIM (7.4) I have several servers with an iLO2 chip. The server itself identifies correctly - but the iLO2 chip does not.It says it cannot be identified but...
View ArticleRetrieve from mib variable list is blank
Hello All, I want to monitoring DELL servers by HP SIM 7.2 (I applied the following tutorial : (http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/Integrating_PowerEdge_Servers_into_HPSIM50.pdf) I...
View ArticleHP SIM 7.4 - SCSI/IDE/Storage Status Unknown
Hello, I've tried everything I could think of - can't seem to get G4-6 DL360s/380s to reporting ther SCSI, IDE, Storage status to the SIM server. I have a G8 that reports just fine. Installed the...
View ArticleMonitor Hardware with HP SIM
Hello Team, I want to monitor hardware of all HP servers in my network through HP SIM.Like if there is any failure or problem in any hardware part of my HP server, it should send a mail to specifed...
View ArticleSIM for IBM hardware
Hi All, Is it recommended to use HP SIM for an environment of IBM make servers? Also is there a document available if this IBM servers can be monitored through SIM. Thanks in Advance
View ArticleInstall HP Patches with PXE Boot
Hey all, is it possible to install the latest HP patches via PXE boot? My dream would be to have an folder where I can copy the latest SPP's and Supplement Bundles and which I can boot via PXE. Does...
View ArticleUpgrade Insight manager 5.3.1
Hello. I currently have a windows 2003 r2 standard server running sim 5.3.1. I am looking at upgrading this to the latest version. I know I am going to need to build a new server and migrate the...
View ArticleHP System Management Homepage v6.2.0.13 Vulnerability (Nessus Scan)
Hi there,I did a scan via nessus on my server and the scan discovered that my HP System Management Homepage v6.2.0.13 is outdated and is open to DOS attacks and has informed me of upgrading it to the...
View ArticleScheduled suspend and Resume monitoring use cases.
Hi Team, From HP SIM , I am seeing an option to suspend or resume monitoring a particular system managed by SIM server.Also we can schedule suspend/resume task. I want to know all the use cases where...
View ArticleHP SIM needs too much time to send event mails
Hi guys, last week some of our servers were shutted off because of a power supply failure. It was at about 2pm. I got the event handling emails at around 2.15 pm so that means HP SIM needed about 15...
View ArticleHP SIM 7.4 doesn't detect agent software status
New SIM 7.4 installation, I retired the 6.3 CMS. On each managed server I updated SNMP targets, replaced the old server's Trusted Management server's certificate with the new. I replaced and...
View ArticleHP-SIM 7.3 Health Status Report
hi all, i need to get health stauts report.i want to get heatlh status ok or there was a any error? how can i get that report any one help me Thanks a lot
View ArticleCustom Baseline with HPSUM
To my knowledge the new version of HP SPP has no seperate Windows version anymore: there is only one (big) ISO file.In order to make a Custom Baseline you've got to start launch_hpsum.bat and do a...
View ArticleWhich one to use HP SIM or HP Insight System Notifier for server hardware...
Hi, Which one to use HP SIM installed in one management server or HP Insight System Notifier installed manually in every servers for hardware status monitoring to monitor hardware status in datacenter...
View ArticleHP SIM 7.4 Enclosure fail-over SAS Switch not detected
Hello,first of all: see attachment to understand the situation better.This interesting phenomenon occured as soon as HP SIM was installed and discovered the enclosure system: 3Gb SAS Switches.1. SAS...
View ArticleNo Event entries after upgrading to v7.4 (plus DB migration to SQL2012)
Hello. We have following problem: We migrated the database from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012We did the update from HP SIM v7.3 to V7.4Everything was done correctly. HP SIM DB Connection works, Webserver is...
View ArticleError in installing HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server ?
Hi Folks, Where can I find the error log to see the detailed error message when installing the WBEM providers on Windows Server 2008 R2 ? The installation procedure did not complete successfully. An...
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