S.M.A.R.T.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.), is a monitoring system for computer hard disks that detects and reports on various indicators of reliability, acting as an early warning system for drive problems. This feature provides information on predictable failures on HP devices caused because of overheating or other wear and tear issues. You can view S.M.A.R.T. Alerts reports on Core Console under Reporting tab - Inventory Management Reports - Detail Reports.

As part of the HPCA agent, you can enable detection of these events for both display and reporting purposes. S.M.A.R.T. monitoring is disabled by default. Use the HPCA Administrator CSDB Editor to enable and configure the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring settings.

To enable and configure S.M.A.R.T. monitoring:

  1. Click Start > Programs > HP Client Automation Administrator > HP Client Automation Administrator CSDB Editor. The logon dialog box opens.
  2. Type your User ID and Password. By default, the user name is ADMIN and the password is secret.
  3. Click OK. The HPCA Admin CSDB Editor window opens.
  4. Navigate to PRIMARY.CLIENT.Network Locations (LOCATION).Default.DEFAULT_RADALERT.
  5. Set the following parameters to Y:

You can now display and report the events generated on the agent computer.


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