HP SIM and DCOM errors in eventlog

[Brian Nielsen_4]

Hi, Does anyone know if the problem with DCOM errors in the event log has been solved in version 4.2?
Rgds.
Brian

[Ivan KOVAC]

Hello

No, on my server with HP SIM 4.2 is many DCOM errors.

Ivan

[David Claypool]

This isn't something that can be "fixed" as it is an outgrowth of supporting WMI.

During the Device Identification process, HP SIM interrogates each device to find out what its capabilities are. If you have enabled WBEM and have the WMI mapper installed, one of the interrogatories will be through DCOM as that is the transport WMI uses.

An attempted connection using WMI/DCOM to a device that does not support it (e.g. switch, printer) will result in a DCOM error. If you have multiple login/password combinations identified in the global protocol settings page, HP SIM will use each one of them in an attempt to make a connection. The ones that turn out to be invalid for a particular device will fail to log on and will result in a DCOM error.

[Darrin Rawls]

David's absolutely correct. It turns out that message is generated by the OS/Microsoft and not by HPSIM so we can't change the error message either.