Overview, Getting started, About this guide – HP Server Management Packs for Microsoft System Center Essentials User Manual
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Overview
Getting started
The following identifies key steps, terms and documents to consider when using the Management Packs
for the first time:
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Custom Data Manager (CDM) is a new tool included in the HP Server Management Packs. You must
install the CDM on remote consoles using the custom installation option. For more information, see
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Security settings are required to run HP Tasks properly. For more information, see "Security for HP
Tasks (on page
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New object types are defined for HP servers including Others and Log Classes. For definitions of
these objects, see "Discovering HP Servers (on page
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A new HP Server Configuration Guide for System Center Integrations is provided with the HP
Management Pack Kits. This guide details the supported versions and configurations.
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A Troubleshooting Assistant is provided within the HP Management Pack Kits to help you diagnose
and resolve issues before contacting HP.
About this guide
This guide is designed for system administrators who use the HP Server Management Packs for
Microsoft® System Center Essentials, Insight Management Agents, and other HP applications and tools to
manage the operations of HP ProLiant within a System Center Essentials environment.
You should be familiar with the configuration and operation of Microsoft® Windows®, Microsoft®
System Center Essentials, and the Insight Management Agents. Because of the potential risk of data loss,
only individuals who are experienced with using this software should implement the procedures described
in this guide.
HP assumes that this level of expertise is available to customers using the HP Server Management Pack for
Microsoft® System Center Essentials User Guide. HP recommends reviewing your Microsoft® product
documentation for assistance in understanding this guide.
Introduction
HP delivers new management packs that complement and extend System Center Essentials, integrate alert
processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management for HP ProLiant servers.
Designed specifically for System Center Essentials, the HP Server Management Packs provide predefined
discoveries, views, monitors, event processing rules, and tasks. These enable administrators to proactively
streamline IT operations and ensure increased systems availability by monitoring Microsoft® Windows®
environments and HP server hardware platforms through a common System Center Essentials console.