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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Navigating the Systems and Events Panel

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
Navigating the Systems and Events Panel
»Viewing the System Overview Page
»Saving Collections
»Customizing System or Cluster Collections
»Customizing Event Collections
»System Table View Page
»Cluster Table View Page
»Event Table View Page
»Searching for Systems and Events
»Reference
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Tree Controls and Customization
» Overviews
» Systems
» Events
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

The Systems and Events panel contains the following features:

System List

Selecting a collection displays a view of its contents. Several types of collection view pages can be launched from the Systems and Events panel. Select one of the pages in the list below to view more information several of the different types of views available.

» System Table View Page - Navigating the System Table View Page
» Event Table View Page - Navigating the Event Table View Page
» Cluster Table View Page - Navigating the Cluster Table View Page
» System Table View Page - Navigating the Picture View Page
» System Table View Page - Navigating the Tree View

In the Systems and Events panel, the Private and Shared collections are created by default. Collections in Shared can be viewed by any valid HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) user. However, only users with full-configuration-rights can edit or delete these collections and their contents. Collections in Private can only be viewed, edited, or deleted by the creator of the collection. Collections can be placed in Private or Shared collections. To place collections in Shared, you must have full-configuration-rights.

If the same collection is placed in both Shared and Private, any users that have full-configuration-rights can modify the collection stored in the Shared collection. When the collection is modified in place, changes are reflected to the other collection. If the user that created the collection has their user rights reduced to limited configuration rights from full-configuration-rights, the user can no longer modify the collection that is located in the Shared collection.

Collections and members of collections can be set to not visible. You might want to do this to remove clutter of unused collection from the Systems and Events panel. Refer to Customizing System or Cluster Collections - Setting Properties for a System or Cluster Collection and Customizing Event Collections - Setting Properties for an Event Collection for more information.

Tree Controls and Customization

There are controls available to navigate the tree in the Systems and Events panel.

expand branch of tree Used to expand all branches of the tree

collapse branch of tree Used to collapse all branches of the tree to first level branches

expandmenu Used to expand a branch of the tree

collapse branch of tree Used to collapse a branch of the tree

The Customize link in the Systems and Events panel enables you to customize the Systems and Events panel tree to your own preference. Any user can customize his or her own Systems, Events, and My Favorites collections, but only the user who has full-configuration-rights can customize the public Systems and Events collections. Click Customize to display the Customize Collections section.

Overviews

The three overview collections in the Systems and Events panel include:

  • System Overview. Displays the System Overview page. Refer to Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Viewing the System Overview Page for more information.

    • Health Status. Contains the health status of all systems discovered by HP SIM. Systems are grouped by their status condition and type. Each number in a column is a hyperlink to a subset of system status collections that belong to this Health Status collection.

    • Uncleared Event Status. Lists the number of uncleared events that have a Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Normal, or Informational severity. Events are grouped by their severity and system type. Each number in a column is a hyperlink to a more detailed list of events that belong to this Event Status lists.

    Both displays are sorted using the following System Categories:

    • Servers. HP servers with HP Insight Management Agents

    • Clusters. Groups of systems, typically servers

    • Clients. Workstations, portables, and desktops

    • Networking. Routers, switches, repeaters, or remote access products

    • Printers.

    • Other. Includes Remote Insight boards, third-party systems that do not fit the servers, clusters, clients, or other networking categories, such as racks, enclosures, or remote management processors

    With the use of System Type Manager, other third-party systems can fall into these system types. Refer to Discovery and Identification - Manage System Types for more information.

  • All Systems. Displays the All Systems page. Refer to System Table View Page - Navigating the System Table View Page for information on the system table view page.

  • All Events. Displays the All Events page. Refer to Event Table View Page - Navigating the Event Table View Page for information on the event table view page.

Systems

A system collection logically groups systems into a group based on information in the HP SIM database. After a collection is defined, you can display the results in the workspace or associate it with a management task.

In addition to using the collections provided by HP SIM, you can create, edit, or delete your own collections. Collections must follow specific naming conventions. Refer to Reference - Collection Naming Conventions for more information on naming collections.

Creating logical groups of systems reduces the number of systems viewed in a particular system list. For example, your organization might have five system administrators who are responsible for 100 different systems in six different buildings. You can create a collection for each administrator that includes only their systems or you can create a collection for each building that includes only the systems located in a particular building.

Complex collections that contain individual systems selections or numerous search criteria take more system resources to run. Keep the collection as simple as possible to minimize the performance impacts of individual tasks. Refer to Reference - Default Public Collections for a list of all public system collections.

Collections can be grouped together into Private collections that you create. Private collections of logged-in users are run internally by HP SIM to produce status. You can only access the Private collections that you create and not those created by another user.

Events

An event collection logically groups events into a collection based on information in the HP SIM database. Creating logical groups of events reduces the number of events viewed in a particular event collection. After a collection is defined, you can display the results in the workspace or associate it with a management task.

Complex collections that contain individual system selections or numerous selection criteria take more system resources to run. Keep the collection as simple as possible to minimize the performance impacts of individual tasks. Refer to Reference - Default Public Collections for a list of all shared event collections.

Related Procedures

» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Customizing System or Cluster Collections
» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Customizing Event Collections

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
» System Table View Page - Navigating the Tree View
» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Viewing the System Overview Page
» Configuring Automatic Discovery - System Types