HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 45)

Configuring the managed system software using the Configure or Repair
Agents feature from the CMS
The HP SIM Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure Linux, HP-UX
and Windows managed systems to communicate with HP SIM.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have
authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
In addition, you must enter administrator level user credentials for the target system.
Sending test traps and indications
To verify that SNMP traps and WBEM indications can be sent, send test traps and indications.
You can send test traps and indications from Configure or Repair Agents on Windows and HP-UX
systems, with the WBEM provider installed, from the Step 4: Configure or Repair Agents page,
under Configure WBEM / WMI.. Select Send a sample WBEM / WMI indication to this instance of
HP SIM to test that events appear in HP SIM in the Event list or All Event User Interface for the
selected system..
You can also send test WBEM indications from some HP-UX version by running the following
procedure:
Procedure 8 Sending WBEM indications From an HP-UX system
1. From the HP-UX managed system, run /ect/opt/resmon/lbin/send_test_event
monitor name
. For example, /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/send_test_event disk_em.
Possible monitor names:
•
dm_memory
•
lpmc_em
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disk_em
•
dm_chassis
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dm_core_hw
•
ia64_corehw
•
fpl_em
2. Confirm that the test indication is shown in the HP SIM event table view after you trigger it.
Procedure 9 Sending WBEM indications from a Windows system
1. Login to the target Windows system.
2. Go to Start
→Programs→HP Insight WBEM Providers→Test WMI events.
3. Click any one of the severities (Informational, Warning, or Error).
4. Click OK to send the test events to the CMS.
Procedure 10 Sending SNMP traps from Windows or HP-UX system
1. Run Configure or Repair Agents and on Step 4: Configure or Repair Agents under Configure,
select Send a sample SNMP trap to this instance of HP SIM to test that events appear in HP
SIM in the Event list or All Event User Interface for the selected system.
2. Confirm that the test trap is shown in the HP SIM event table view after you trigger it.
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