HP Operations Manager

for the Microsoft Windows operating system

Release Notes

Software version: OMW_00090 and higher / July 1, 2011

This document provides an overview of the changes made to HP Operations Manager for Windows (HPOM for Windows) with patch OMW_00090 and higher. It contains important information not included in the manuals or in online help provided with the patch.

Patch Description
Important Installation Notes
Virtual Nodes in Cluster Environments
Remote Console Interoperability
Remote Console Software
License Report Changes
Installation Patch
SQL Server Log Shipping
Signature Verification
As user Option in Policies
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
Local Language Support
Support
Legal Notices

Patch Description

Patch OMW_00090 can be applied to the following versions of HPOM for Windows:

The patch updates HPOM 8.1x for Windows installations to the same level of features that is available with HPOM 9.00 (64-bit) for Windows. New features include support for HP Event Correlation Services and virtual nodes, as well as changes to the MMC and web console. For more details, see the HPOM 9.00 for Windows release notes.

Patches released after patch OMW_00090 require OMW_00090 as an installation prerequisite.

MUST READ: Important Installation Notes

Patch OMW_00090 can be installed on the management server and on remote consoles. However, in contrast to other HPOM patches, patch OMW_00090 cannot be uninstalled because the patch installation modifies the database. You are therefore required to perform a full system backup of all management server systems, including a full database backup of any remote database systems before installing patch OMW_00090. You can then use the backup data to restore the previous system state, if necessary.

The installation of patch OMW_00090 takes considerably longer than average HPOM for Windows patch installations.

Virtual Nodes in Cluster Environments

Patch OMW_00090 introduces the concept of virtual nodes to represent cluster resource groups. In contrast to HPOM 9.00 (64-bit) for Windows, this patch does not automatically add a virtual node for the HPOM management server. You must do this manually as described in the online help section Monitoring cluster-aware applications.

Important Note: When you set up a virtual node, make sure that the OS properties of the virtual node (see the System tab of the node properties dialog box) are the same as the OS properties of the physical nodes that you plan to add. The Associate Node with Node dialog box filters on these properties and shows only nodes that match. For example, if you select Windows Server 2008, you will only be able to associate Windows Server 2008 systems with the virtual node.

For more information about deploying instrumentation to virtual nodes, see the online help.

Remote Console Interoperability

Patch OMW_00090 supports remote console interoperability between HPOM 8.1x and 9.00 for Windows if patch OMW_00090 is installed on the HPOM 8.1x management server and on all remote consoles installed from the 8.10 or 8.16 installation media. It is not supported to connect an HPOM 8.1x management server with patch OMW_00090 installed to an HPOM 8.1x remote console that does not have patch OMW_00090 installed.

The following table gives an overview of the supported combinations:

Remote Console Management Server Interoperability
8.16 or 8.16 with OMW_00070 (32-bit) OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) no
OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) yes
OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) 8.16 or 8.16 with OMW_00070 (32-bit) no
8.16 or 8.16 with OMW_00070 (32-bit) 9.00 (64-bit) no
OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) 9.00 (64-bit) yes
9.00 (64-bit) OMW_00090 or higher (32-bit) yes
9.00 (32-bit) OMW_00090 (32-bit) yes
9.00 (32-bit) 8.16 or 8.16 with OMW_00070 (32-bit) no

Remote Console Software

Patch OMW_00090 installs two additional packages on all remote consoles:

License Report Changes

Patch OMW_00090 includes several fixes that allow OS instance licenses to be reported correctly and enable correct license reporting. The patch introduces the new product structure for license reporting.

Installation Patch

A special installation patch is required to migrate an existing HPOM for Windows management server with patch OMW_00090 applied to another system. The installation patch is also required for backing up and restoring a management server with patch OMW_00090 applied. (For more information, see the online help topic Back up the HPOM management server.)

The most recent, currently available installation patch is patch OMW_00091. For more information about the availability of installation patches, visit the HP Software Support web site at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsoftwaresupport

SQL Server Log Shipping

Starting with patch OMW_00090, the log shipping solution is supported with SQL Server databases only. (SQL Server Express databases are no longer supported for log shipping.) This is because with patch OMW_00090, HPOM switches to using SQL Server Agent Log Shipping jobs instead of sqldmo, which is used in previous versions.

For more information about log shipping, see the HPOM white paper:

%OvInstallDir%\paperdocs\en\HPOM_HA_with_SQL_Log_Shipping.pdf

Signature Verification

Starting with patch OMW_00090, the HPOM Web Services binary files are signed for security. Every time the web server on the HPOM management server starts an HPOM Web Service, it attempts to verify the signatures. The web server needs Internet access to verify the signatures. If the web server has no Internet access, the web service may not start for several minutes. To avoid delays, you can disable verification of signatures. For more information, see the online help topic Web Server Configuration.

Note: Other components of HPOM, for example VBScript scripts, might also be affected if the management server has no Internet access.

As user Option in Policies

Patch OMW_00090 adds the As user option to automatic and operator-initiated command dialog boxes. This option is designed for use with HP Operations Agent version 11.00 or higher. It enables you to specify a user account under which the action will run.

Note: It is not possible to deploy policies with the As user option selected to nodes that have HP Operations Agent version 8.60 or lower.

Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds

Local Language Support

OMW_00090 includes localized versions for the Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages.

NOTE: Patch OMW_00090 does not support the Korean language. Install patch OMW_00096 to obtain Korean language support. Patch OMW_00096 is the Korean language equivalent of patch OMW_00090 and should only be installed on Korean HPOM 8.1x management servers.

Support

You can visit the HP Software Support web site at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsoftwaresupport

This web site provides contact information and details about the products, services, and support that HP offers.

HP Software online software support provides customer self-solve capabilities. It provides a fast and efficient way to access interactive technical support tools needed to manage your business. As a valued support customer, you can benefit by being able to do the following:

NOTE: Most of the support areas require that you register as an HP Passport user and sign in. Many also require an active support contract. To find more information about support access levels, go to the following URL:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/new_access_levels.jsp

To register for an HP Passport ID, go to the following URL:
http://h20229.www2.hp.com/passport-registration.html

Legal Notices

Warranty

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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

For information about third-party and/or open source license agreements, see the \Open Source Licenses directory on the product installation media.

To view open source code, see the \x64\Redist and \x86\Redist directories on the product installation media.

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Acknowledgements

This product includes software developed by the JDOM Project (http://www.jdom.org/).
This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
This product includes an interface of the 'zlib' general purpose compression library, which is Copyright © 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.