DMI daemon

[Ben Pedley]

Hello,

Which version of DMI agent does HP-SIM 4.1 use? As it is included within HP-UX 11i v1 can HP-SIM 4.1 deploy the agent remotely/automatically as with the SNMP agents?

[Steeve Daigle_2]

Unless you have other tools that requires DMI on the managed node, we actually recommends using WBEM on UX, please check the following link for http://www.hp.com/go/wbem if you plan to manage any UX system with OE 11 and/or above. HP SIM also uses WBEM to get the same inventory data that was provided by DMI. Furthermore, DMI consumes more resource the DMI on the managed system. You can use the SD tools within HP SIM to deploy WBEM, configuration is done within HP SIM under Global Protocol Settings.

To answer your question about DMI, no, there is no plan to include DMI configuration and deployment utilities in HP SIM, thou this could be achieved easily by having a small script created that calls SD tools and then completes the following DMI configuration:

Configure DMI on the managed system by adding the DNS host name of the CMS.

a. Stop the DMI daemon on the managed system:

/sbin/init.d/Dmisp stop

b. Edit /var/dmi/dmiMachines by adding the host name of the CMS to the end of this
file. Save the file.

c. Start the DMI daemon:

/sbin/init.d/Dmisp start

This script could then be implemented into HP SIM and launched to multiple systems achieving the required goal.

Note that even thou DMI is pre bundled in the OE for 11i, you can disable it and use WBEM. Both can also co-exist on the same machine but no real benefits would achieved under HP SIM.

If you have 10.x systems, DMI remains your only option; this unfriendly URL provides the depot file for it.:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?locBasepartNum=wk180en〈=English

You can also find the other depot files for DMI by searching on the HP website for DMI and UX. We are working on putting a page similar to the WBEM page above with all the DMI packages for supported systems and OS together. Currently this is still spread across multiple location and old software such as SIM (System Inventory Manager)

Hope this helps!

Steeve