topic Re: SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2 in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2

Mark_575 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:39:17 GMT

Hello Again.
After reading a few threads on this subject and loading the IBM Director Agent v5.2 on one of my IBM servers.

All I can see if I run a data collection report is the following.

Could someone tell me if I should be seeing more info, such as volume space. All I seem to have gained is NIC card info.

Any help much appreciated.
Mark.

Re: SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2

Mark_575 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:15:40 GMT

Anyone out there had any success with this?

Cheers
Mark.

Re: SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2

David Claypool — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:57:40 GMT

HP SIM doesn't use the Director agent for data collection; rather, it uses WMI. Check out the whitepaper, "How to manage non-HP servers with HP SIM" from http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim --> Information Library. I've also attached a presentation I've delivered on the topic. Look particularly at "This is what success looks like..."

Re: SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2

Mark_575 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:42 GMT

Many Thanks David,

Quick question though.
Page 23
Creat a collection called 'Protocols' and customize the fields it displays.....etc

How do you get to this option as I can't find any options which display "Management Protocol".

I've tried:
Options / Identify Systems
Options / Data Collection
Reports / New Report

No where can I find "Management Protocol" to filter on.

Merry Christmas !!!
Mark.

Re: SIM & IBM Servers with IBM Director 5.2

Mark_575 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:29:49 GMT

Found it in the end.

System and Event Collections / Customize

Many Thanks
Mark.