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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Hardware Status Polling

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Events
»Examples of Event Tasks
»Status Polling
»Software Status Polling
Hardware Status Polling
»WMI Mapper Proxy
»Protocols
»Data Collection
»System Properties
»Version Control Repository
»PMP Administrative Options
»Setting Up Managed Systems
»Managing SSH Keys
»Backing Up and Restoring the Database
»Configuring SSH Bypass Properties
»Audit Log
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedure
» Related Topics

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) tracks system health status, using a predefined hardware status polling task. This task polls for updates on hardware status through the different protocols. The following example describes how to set up a task to poll systems using hardware status polling.

One instance of this task is created by default when HP SIM is installed. It runs when new systems or events meet the search criteria. Create this task only if it has been deleted.

To create a Hardware Status Polling Task:

  1. Select OptionsStatus PollingHardware Status Polling.

  2. Select the target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  3. Click [Next]. The Select Protocol Settings section appears.

  4. Select from the following protocols:

    Note: By default, all protocols are selected. If all protocols are unselected, then the [Schedule] and [Run Now] buttons are disabled.

  5. Select Timeout (in seconds):

    • Use default (currently "4")

    • Use custom. Timeout maximum is 120 seconds, with a minimum of 1 second.

  6. Select the retry value:

    • Use default (currently "1")

    • Use custom.The retries maximum is 10 retries, with a minimum of 0 retries.

  7. Select one of the following options to execute the task:

Related Procedure

» Status Polling - Software Status Polling

Related Topics

» Administering Systems and Events - Status Polling
» Managing with Tasks - About Default Polling Tasks