- OSSPI-MCSG_Syslog
- OSSPI-VCS-Hashadow
- OSSPI-VCS-had
- OSSPI-cpuutil
- OSSPI-diskutil
- OSSPI-procutil
- OSSPI-sc-gdmsg
- OSSPI-sc-nafomsg
- OSSPI-sc-rgmsg
- OSSPI-sc-transportmsg
- OSSPI-scmon
- OSSPI-scmsg
- OSSPI-scproc
- OSSPI-sdsmon
- OSSPI-vmsa-server
- OSSPI-vxconfigd
April 2005
This document provides an overview of the changes made to HP OpenView Smart Plug-in for UNIX Operating Systems (OSSPI) software version B.03.15. It contains important information not included in the manuals or in online help.
In This Version
Installation Notes
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
Verified Environments
Integration with Other OpenView Solutions
Support
Legal Notices
This release of the OSSPI supports only HP OpenView Operations for Windows (OVO) version 7.5. Earlier versions of OVO are not supported.
The new features added in this release are as follows:
OVO 7.5 can be configured to run on a Windows cluster server as a high-availability resource group. Being a high-availability resource group allows OVO to be switched from one system to another by the cluster software. This release of OSSPI supports failover of the OVO Management Server.
The OSSPI discovers and monitors cluster nodes, shared devices, resource groups, quorum devices, NAFO groups, and interconnects, that make up the cluster.
With this enhancement, the OSSPI discovers and monitors dynamically mounted file systems.
For the new locations of configuration files, refer to the OSSPI online help.
Message key correlation has been used to reduce duplicate messages appearing on the message browser.
The Auto-Discovery policy group has been restructured. Also, the high-level policy group for each operating system now contains the Advanced and QuickStart policy groups. The Advanced group has policies to monitor specific applications that may be present on a managed node. The QuickStart group contains basic policies required to monitor a managed node.
Changed policies
The policy groups listed in the drop-down list contain the policies that were changed for this release. Select a policy group for additional information about the policies that were changed in that group:
Policy | Change |
OSSPI-CD_Mem_Load | Metric name is modified from GBL_MEM_PAGEOUT_RATE to GBL_MEM_UTIL |
OSSPI-defect_long | Polling interval is changed to 28d. The automatic message correlation feature is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-defect_short | The automatic message correlation feature is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-GP_Filesystem | Default Service ID is changed from OSSPI:fs:<OBJ>@@<$MSG_NODE_ID> to OSSPI:fs@@<$MSG_NODE_ID> |
OSSPI-GP_Msg_Tbl | The text in the following conditions were changed as follows:
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OSSPI-GP_Nfs_Client_Badcall | The text in the following conditions were changed as follows:
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OSSPI-GP_Nfs_Server_Badcall | The text in the following conditions were changed as follows:
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OSSPI-GP_Proc_Tbl | Default service id has been changed from OSSPI:os:kernel:tables:procs@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>
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OSSPI-GP_Sema_Tbl | The text in the following conditions were changed as follows:
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OSSPI-GP_Shmem_Tbl | The text in the following conditions were changed as follows:
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OSSPI-GP_Swap_Res | The text in the condition OSSPI-GP_Swap_Res.3 is changed from SWAP reservation, reached critical limit of $$%. to SWAP reservation, reached limit of $$%. |
OSSPI-kmon | Service ID for all conditions is changed to OSSPI:kernel@@<$MSG_NODE_ID> |
OSSPI-mailperm | The default application setting is changed from Sendmail to HP OSSPI. The automatic message correlation feature is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-mailqueue | The default application setting is changed from Sendmail to HP OSSPI. The automatic message correlation feature is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-mount | The polling interval is changed from 1 hour to 20 minutes. The automatic message correlation feature is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-MWA_Filesystem | The default Service ID has been changed from OSSPI:fs:<OBJ>@@<$MSG_NODE_ID> to OSSPI:fs@@<$MSG_NODE_ID> |
OSSPI-NetInterfaces |
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OSSPI-NP-Filesystem |
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OSSPI-printenable |
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OSSPI-veritas |
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OSSPI-vg | Swapped the order of PE very low [OSSPI-vg.1] and PE low [OSSPI-vg.2] conditions. |
Policy | Change |
OSSPI-AIX-AuditLog | The default service name (OSSPI:os:svc@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-AIX-KernelLogs |
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OSSPI-AIX-Logins | The default service name (OSSPI:os:users@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-HPUX-Boot | The default service name (OSSPI:os:svc@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-Linux-Boot | The default service name (OSSPI:os:svc@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-SOL-syslog | The default service name (OSSPI:os:svc:syslog@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-Tru64-cronlog | The default service name (OSSPI:os:svc:cron@@<$MSG_NODE_ID>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-Veritas_log | The default service name (OSSPI:veritas@@<$MSG_NODE_NAME>) is added to this policy. |
OSSPI-dnsstat |
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Policy | Change |
OSSPI-alarmwriteMsg |
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OSSPI-opcmsg |
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OSSPI-procmonMsg | The instruction text for the following conditions are modified:
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The following table lists the policies (in the Cluster Management policy group for OVO) that were renamed in this version of the OSSPI.
Policy Name in OVO | New Policy Name in OSSPI |
Engine Log (VCS) | OSSPI-VCS-EngineLog |
Engine Notify Log (VCS) | OSSPI-VCS-EngineNotifyLog |
Engine Log (SC) | OSSPI-SC-EngineLog |
Syslog (ServiceGuard) | OSSPI-MCSG-Syslog |
All policies that ship with this release of the OSSPI have the version number 4.0, except for the following policies:
Installation requirements, as well as instructions for installing the OSSPI are documented in the following guides provided in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format:
NOTE: The OSSPI-AutoDeploy policy is automatically deployed to the Management Server by default after the installation of the OSSPI. You can set the registry value of
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\OVEnterprise\Management Server\AutoDeployment\Disable to 1 to disable this autodeployment. This configuration ignores any other autodeployment settings specified.
The OSSPI versions supported for upgrade or migration are as follows:
If you are upgrading the OSSPI from version B.01.53, the OSSPI must be uninstalled manually before installing this version of the OSSPI.
During a side-by-side migration or an in-place upgrade:
The service instances discovered by the OSSPI are removed from the Management Server during a side-by-side migration or an in-place upgrade. After the service discovery process is run on the UNIX and Linux managed nodes, the new service instances are created automatically based on the new OSSPI service model.
If autodeployment is disabled on the Management Server, you must deploy the following on existing UNIX and Linux managed nodes after the migration or upgrade is complete. This updates the service model of the managed nodes:
To enable or disable autodeployment, set the following registry value to 0 or 1 respectively.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\OVEnterprise\Management Server\AutoDeployment\Disable
The known problems, limitations, and workarounds for OSSPI B.03.15 are listed below.
OSSPI manages Sun Cluster 3.0 only
The OSSPI supports management of Sun Cluster version 3.0 only.
Sun Cluster policies are not autodeployed
Except for the OSSPI-SunClusterDiscovery autodiscovery policy, the other Sun Cluster policies are not automatically deployed.
NAFO group removal from the Sun Cluster setup stops alerts
If you remove the NAFO group from the Sun Cluster setup and then re-create it, alerts from the NAFO group are not received.
Solaris 10 service discovery
On Solaris version 10, the services (such as cron, snmp, sendmail and so on) that are managed by the Service Management Facility (SMF) are not discovered or monitored. These services are not displayed on the service map.
OVO 7.5
Version | Power |
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4.3.1 | X |
4.3.2 | X |
4.3.3 | X |
5.1 | X |
5.2 | X |
Version | PA-RISC | Itanium |
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11.00 | X |
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11.11 | X |
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11.22 | X |
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11.23 | X |
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11.23PI | X |
X |
Version | x86 |
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6.2 | X |
7.0 | X |
7.1 | X |
7.2 | X |
7.3 | X |
7.4 | X |
8 | X |
9 | X |
EL 2.1 | X |
EL 3.0 | X |
Version | x86 | Itanium |
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6.4 | X |
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7.0 | X |
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7.1 | X |
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7.2 | X |
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7.3 | X |
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8.0 | X |
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8.1 | X |
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9 | X |
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ES 8 | X |
X |
Version | x86 |
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3.0 r0 | X |
3.0 r1 | X |
Version | x86 |
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6.5 | X |
7.0 | X |
Version | 32 bit | 64 bit |
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2.6 | X |
X |
7 | X |
X |
8 | X |
X |
9 | X |
X |
10 | X |
X |
Version | Alpha |
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4.0F | X |
4.0G | X |
5.0A | X |
5.1 | X |
5.1A | X |
5.1B | X |
OS | Coda | MW | GP | NP |
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AIX | X |
X |
X |
X |
HP-UX | X |
X |
X |
X |
Linux | X |
X |
X |
X |
Solaris | X |
X |
X |
X |
Tru64 UNIX | X |
X |
X |
Coda: | OVO Embedded Performance Component | |
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GP: | HP OpenView GlancePlus | |
MW: | HP OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA, earlier MeasureWare) | |
NP: | No Performance Tool |
Operating System | OVPA and GP version |
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AIX | C.03.80.00 and later |
HP-UX | C.03.70.00 and later |
Linux | C.04.00.00 and later |
Solaris | C.03.75.00 and later |
Tru64 UNIX (GP not available) |
C.03.60.00 and later |
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http://support.openview.hp.com/access_level.jsp
To register for an HP Passport ID, go to the following URL:
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