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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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»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
»Basic and Advanced Search
»Performing a Basic Search
»Performing an Advanced Search for Systems
»Deleting System Search Results
»Printing System Search Results
»Performing an Advanced Search for Events
»Deleting Event Search Results
»Printing Event Search Results
»Performing an Advanced Search for Clusters
»Deleting Cluster Search Results
»Printing Cluster Search Results
Search Criteria
»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
» Software/Firmware Criterion
» Cleared State Criterion
» Server Role Criterion
» Assignee Criterion
» Event Catgory Selection Criterion
» Event Type Criterion
» Memory Range Criterion
» Related Topic

You can select from many criteria when you create a collection. Although the task you run is associated with one collection, one collection can include numerous conditions.

You can also exclude criteria. For example, including all systems of the type server and excluding all systems of a certain processor type provides a more distinct subset of the servers on the network. This filtering is done by selecting is or is not comparison selections.

The more commonly used criteria include system type, IP address, product name, and hardware status. Less frequently used criteria include event category selection (trap categories), processor, management protocol, and memory range. Event collections include both system criteria and event criteria. Event criteria do not apply to system collections.

When you select multiple criteria, the system must meet all criteria for the system to be included in the collection. For example, if you select systems within a specified IP range and with more than 32 MB of RAM, the collection does not return a system in the specified IP range if the system has less than 32 MB of RAM.

Complex collections with many individual system selections or with many different selection criteria take more system resources to execute. If a task is associated with a collection, keep the collection as simple as possible to minimize the performance impacts.

System List CriteriaFinds
asset numberUser defined field listing the asset number of the system
cluster membershipSystems that belong to a certain cluster
common attributesSystems with common attributes, including: full DNS name, system hostname, serial number, operating system type, operating system version, operating system description, operating system name, product model, system type, and IP address
contactUser-defined field listing the contact for system status information
enclosureSystems in an enclosure by a given set of enclosure names (does not include the enclosure itself)
hardware statusSystems of specified hardware status type (Critical, Disabled, Major, Minor, Normal, and Unknown)
IP addressSystems with an IP address that falls in the specified range
locationUser-defined field indicating the physical location of the system
management protocolSystems running one or more of the following protocols: HTTP, WBEM, DMI, or SNMP
memory rangeSystems with memory in the specified range (refer to  "Memory Range Criterion"  for details)
network protocolSystems running on IP, IPX, or both
operating systemSystems with specific operating system, version number, or both
processorSystems with the specified processor type, speed, or both
product nameSystems with the specified product names.
rackSystems in a rack by a given set of rack names (does not include the rack itself)
serial numberUser-defined field that displays the serial number of the system
server roleSystems that have a certain server role set on them (refer to  "Server Role Criterion"  for more information)
software/firmwareSystems with specific software or firmware version installed (refer to  "Software/Firmware Criterion"  for more information)
system nameSystems with a given set of system names
system subtypeEnables you to search on the product subtype field in the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) database (for example, Power Enclosure, Server Enclosure, and VM Host)
system typeSystems identified with the standard system types, including: cluster, desktop, enclosure, management processor, portable, printer, remote access device, repeater, router, server, switch, unknown, workstation, and so on
trust statusSystems that have Web-enabled agents that trust the management console or not
web agentSystems with specific Web-servers or Web Agents installed
Note: The preceding System Collection Criteria are also available as Event Collection Criteria on the Advanced Search page.
Event Collection CriteriaFinds
assigneeEvents that have a particular assignee assigned to them (refer to  "Assignee Criterion"  for more information)
cleared stateEvents with a state of Cleared, Not Cleared, or In Progress but is not displayed when the page is opened in the Automatic Event Handling UI (refer to  "Cleared State Criterion"  for more information)
event category selectionEvents that belong to a certain event category selection
event timeEvents that occurred at specified times or the age of events that are greater or less than a certain number of days but is not displayed when the page is opened in the Automatic Event Handling UI
event typeEvents by type grouped by categories (above), and the display is a tree of the categories with event types for each category (refer to  "Event Type Criterion"  for more information)
severityEvents with specified severity levels (Critical, Informational, Major, Minor, Normal, or Warning)
Cluster Collection CriteriaFinds
cluster monitor resourceClusters with specified cluster monitor resource
cluster nameSystems that are included in a certain cluster name
cluster typeClusters identified with the standard cluster types, including: MSCS clusters, TruCluster Production Server clusters, TruCluster Server clusters, OpenVMS clusters, Oracle RAC clusters, SCO UnixWare7 NonStop clusters, and HP Serviceguard clusters
IP addressCluster with a specified IP address
status typeCluster with specific cluster status levels (Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, and Unknown)

Software/Firmware Criterion

  • Be sure you have access to a repository. Refer to Tools that Extend Management - Version Control for more information.

  • When comparing against a ProLiant Support Pack, the only comparison you can use with a ProLiant Support Pack is Equal To. In addition, HP SIM cannot determine whether a ProLiant Support Pack was actually installed on a system, only whether all of the components in a ProLiant Support Pack are installed on a system. A system is returned by this search only if every component in the ProLiant Support Pack is on the list. It is unlikely that all of the components in a ProLiant Support Pack are installed on any system, so use this carefully.

  • This criterion retrieves information from the SQL database table that was populated by a Software Version Status Polling Task. This table is also updated when software is installed through the Update Software or Firmware HP SIM Task. Therefore, if software was installed or uninstalled on systems without using HP SIM and after a Software Version Status Polling Task last ran, this search might not return the correct results.

Cleared State Criterion

You can run a search on a certain set of event statuses:

  • Any. Includes all events whether they are Cleared, Not Cleared, or In Progress

  • Cleared. Includes events that are cleared

  • Not Cleared. Includes events that are not cleared

  • In Progress. Includes events from tasks which are in the progress, and when the event completes, these events become Uncleared

Server Role Criterion

The Server Role criterion is a system or event collection search that enables you to list the servers of one or more matching roles. The server role is a user-specified value available on HP Insight Management Agent 5.4 or later. To create the criteria, select server role in the Where dropdown list on the Advanced Search, page and select the criteria comparison option.

Assignee Criterion

You can run a search on certain events that are assigned to a particular user. When you select the assignee collection criteria, the result is a scrollable list of users of which more than one can be selected.

If you do not select a user, an error message displays, stating that there are no assignees for these events. Add assignees from the event table view page.

Event Catgory Selection Criterion

Event Type Criterion

Only one event type criteria can be used in a given search.

When using the event type criterion, you must select a comparison criterion such as is or is not. A tree view of the event types, organized by event category selection, is then displayed. Next, in the type(s) box, which contains the tree, select a types to search against. You can select an entire category, or click expand the branch to expand the branch and select individual categories, or click collapse the branch to collapse close the branch. Click [Add] to add additional criteria, click [View] to perform the search immediately, or click [Save As] to save the search. Refer to Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Saving Collections for more information on using [Save As].

While it is possible to select a specific version of a trap (for example, Array Accelerator Bad Data (Version. 1), it is better to select both versions because you might have older or newer agents on some managed systems. Selecting all versions ensures that all agent versions are included in the event collection.

Memory Range Criterion

You can set the memory ranges for systems that you include in the collection. You can select multiple groups, one at a time, from the following ranges:

  • Memory Equal To (=). Includes systems with memory equal to a specified amount

  • Memory Not Equal To (!=). Includes systems with memory not equal to a specified amount

  • Memory Less Than (<). Includes systems with less memory than the specified amount

  • Memory Less Than or Equal To (<=). Includes systems with memory less than or equal to a specified amount

  • Memory Greater Than (>). Includes systems with more memory than the specified amount

  • Memory Greater Than or Equal To (>=). Includes systems with memory greater than or equal to a specified amount

  • Memory Range Between (is between). Includes systems with memory in the specified range

Related Topic

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