HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 649)

HP SIM combines the strengths of Insight Manager 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager
to deliver a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running
Windows, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities required
to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth
of system management with plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products. Plug-ins
for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload management enable systems
administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management
of their hardware assets.
HP Systems Insight
Manager database
(database) The database that stores vital information about HP SIM, including users, systems, and toolboxes.
HP Version Control
Agent (VCA) An agent that is installed on a server to enable you to see the HP software installed on that server.
The VCA can be configured to point to HP Version Control Repository Manager, enabling easy
version comparison and software update from the repository.
HP Version Control
Repository
Manager (VCRM) An HP agent that enables a customer to manage HP provided software stored in a user-defined
repository.
HyperText Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web.
I
identification While discovery finds systems, identification attempts to determine what the system type is. In
addition, it determines what management protocol a system supports, using credentials from the
Global Protocol Settings
page, and attempts to determine the operating system and version
loaded, along with other basic attributes about the system. Finally, it determines if the system is
associated with another system. For example, a management processor in a server.
installed version A particular HP software component that is installed on the server.
Internet Protocol
(IP) Specifies the format of datagrams (packets) and the addressing scheme on a network. Most
networks combine IP with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which establishes a virtual
connection between a destination and a source.
IP range Systems with an IP address that falls in the specified range.
J
Java database
connectivity (JDBC) Similar to Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC), this set of application program interfaces (APIs)
provides a standard mechanism to allow Java applets access to a database.
Java Remote
Method Invocation
(RMI) A set of protocols that enable Java objects to communicate remotely with other Java objects.
K
keystore A database that maintains a list of keys. The keystore can contain a subject's own private key.
A keystore can also contain a list of public keys, as published in certificates.
L
limited
configuration
rights user A user who has limited capability to configure the Central Management Server. limited
configuration rights users have permission to create, modify, and delete all reports and their own
tools.
M
Major status Status information collected from the system that indicates one or more of the monitored subsystems
are not operating properly which is impacting the system. Action should be taken immediately.
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