Proliant Server using connectrix Manager
Hi apologies if this is the wrong board to post this problem,I have a server that has connectrix manager installed and is used to manage our fiber switches, my issue is that I am using SIM to monitor...
View ArticleGetting Server 2012 added into Version Control Repository Manager?
I'm new to HP SIM and Version Control Repository Manager and need some guidance with regards to getting Server 2012 set up. We have installed HP SIM 7.1 and set up the Version Control Repository with...
View ArticleDesign - HP SIM infra
Hi Implementers, I got a requirement to setup HP SIM for harware monitoring of our HP & Non-HP devices in our infra. Can anyone with prior experience in setting up a fresh HP SIM deployment gives...
View ArticlePassword reset for HP SIM login ?
Hi, I'm running a very old HP SIM version 5 perhaps (C.05.03.01) so when I go to the following web page: https://localhost:50000/j_security_check I cannot login due to my login is not accepted ? I'm a...
View ArticleAgentless C7000 enclosure monitoring.
Hi guys, I'm trying to set up agentless monitoring, primarily on C7000s and then moving onto standard iLOs. I have the enclosures set with the right SNMP strings, set to send alerts to the SIM server...
View ArticleGeneral SIM reporting questions...
Hey everyone.. We're at the end of our SIM deployment here and I'm now working on ways to get data out of SIM to reduce the overal administrative load on managing SIM. I am also trying to figure out...
View ArticleWelcome/warning banner
Is it possible to configure a site-specific welcome/warning banner either before the login page or via embedding text in the login page of HP SIM? Thanks, Chris
View ArticleHostname after discovery
Good day everyone. Can someone explain to me what determines hostname after discovery? Doest it depends on DNS lookup (PTR+A)? And only if PTR+A is exist it set FQDN of the host?
View ArticleHardware monitoring ALL steps
Can anyone help me in understanding ALL the steps involved to get a server/device successfully under HP SIM monitoring so that if something related to hardware goes wrong on that server/device i should...
View ArticleThe SNMPv3 question again.
HPSIM does not support SNMPv3Our MIS folks have said that the use of "insecure" protocols must cease which includes SNMP V1 and V2c.Secure ones like SNMPV3 and WBEM, SSH, HTTPS etc are OK. They have...
View ArticleXen server 6.02 Unable to send trap
Hi all,I have a problem with the " send trap test" on a Xen server 6.02 after discovered from hpsim 7.1.The server is correctly recognized, but the snmpd.conf supplied by the agent is a little bit...
View ArticleHP SIM 7.3 and Xen Server 6.1
Hi All, i have a proliant DL380p Gen8 and have installed Xen Server as the hypervisor. we have HP SIM as the monitoring tool to monitor the hardware. im new to both the environment and would need your...
View ArticleHandling Problems With HP SIM On Linux
Hy all, I installed HP SIM on a SLES11 SP2 VM x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VM. My questions:-Why does my SIM on Linux not collect as much data as a SIM configured on Windows-Why is the SIM only...
View ArticleEmail notification customization for FC switch event
I'm using HP SIM 7.1 I have a particular connUnitPortStatusChange SNMP event that I want to be able to customize the email notificaiton that HP SIM generates. Right now the email notifiction is; Event...
View ArticleAgents for Insight Manager
Installing Insight manager 7.1 to monitor a bunch of my blade servers. I did the preliminary discovery and found my systems. I noticed that a few of my servers already our SNMP strings added to the...
View Articlesystem insight manager and warranty check
Hi al all,I use HP system insight manager 6.3.I have only hp server and storage. I know that exist a software hp that check warranty of server and storage (really all hp device).I need know when expire...
View ArticleCan't install HP Insight Management Agents 2008 R2
Hello, i'm not able to install HP insight management Agents for Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (Server Core).Proliant Support Pack claims for failed dependencies I've tried to install all suggest Controller...
View ArticleData Collection Timeouts
I'm using the out-of-the-box Bi-Weekly Data Collection Task in my environment (HP SIM 7.1 with hotfixes up to 28). On a regular basis I am getting the following email; The Data Collection task could...
View ArticleWhat devices i can monitor
Hi All, Is there any clear cut list where i can see what all hardware i can monitor using HP SIM Kilpatrick
View ArticleReducing the spam from SNMP traps (agents to SIM)
This is going to sound strange, but.. I know using traps is a love/hate relationship. You want to know when something happens, but you don't want to know more than once until you can fi x the issue....
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