10 Useful steps to help improve and maintain your OMW environment

  • Document ID:KM00762924
  • Creation Date:17-Feb-2014
  • Modified Date:21-Feb-2014
    • Micro Focus Products:
      operations manager for windows 8.10
      operations manager for windows 8.16
      operations manager for windows 9.00

Summary

This document contains 10 useful tips which will help for the improvement and maintenance of the OMW server.

Question

This document contains 10 useful tips which will help maintain an OMW server.

Answer

  1. Please make sure that regular backups are performed of the OMW server or by using image tools or backup tools.  Please refer to the online document “Backup and Restore” for more detailed information

  2. Please review “Operations Manager Performance and Sizing Guide”.  This guide can be downloaded from http://support.microfocus.com/kb/kmdoc.php?id=KM840488

  3. Please follow the steps from the OMW online help document "Maintenance".  This document can be located by starting the OMW online help, and then using the search tool with the keyword "maintenance"

  4. Please ensure the suggested actions in the document “Operations Manager Deployment Checklist” are followed:
    For OMW  8.10 the url is:     http://support.microfocus.com/kb/kmdoc.php?id=KM764847
    For OMW  8.16 the url is: http://support.microfocus.com/kb/kmdoc.php?id=KM864506
    For OMW 9.0 the url is: http://support.microfocus.com/kb/kmdoc.php?id=KM1003682

  5. Please consider the implementation of the solution “HP Operations Agent Self-Monitoring Feature”.  This document can be found on the OMW server under the folder:
    %ovinstalldir%\contrib\OVOW\ HPOM_Agent_Self_Monitoring.pdf

  6. The OMW Mgmt Server may experience performance problems if managed nodes are unresolvable by DNS test tool:
    %ovinstalldir%\support\OvTestDNS

  7. Follow the steps of the online help document “Optimize web console performance”
    This will allow to optimize the performance of message-related database queries from the web console.

  8. Please make sure the server is patched to latest releases (this should be carefully planned according to each customer needs).
    The latest patches are available at:     http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/patches

  9. The OMW server share components with the agent, OA11.  Please consider your OA11 patching strategy.  The latest patches are available at: http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/patches

  10. Document your OMW solution and ensure the material is available for all administrators and operators