HP Operations Manager for UNIX Administrator’s Reference

About HPOM Interoperability
Interoperability Between HPOM for UNIX and HPOM for Windows
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The node on which the HPOM for Windows management server is
running sends messages to, and accepts actions from, the HPOM for
Windows management server and the HPOM for UNIX management
server. The installed agent is an HPOM for Windows agent.
OV_Messages
All OV_Messages with property Type equal to ForwardToVP are sent
to the HPOM for UNIX management server. All other messages go to
the HPOM for Windows management server. This configuration is
established through the HPOM for UNIX management server with a
template for flexible-management configuration.
WMI Interceptor
To mark messages that should be forwarded to HPOM for UNIX, the
WMI interceptor of the HPOM for Windows agent is used to intercept
these messages. Then, messages with the updated value of property
Type will be sent to the HPOM for UNIX server.
To Configure HPOM for UNIX to Accept Messages Forwarded
from an HPOM for Windows Management Server
1. Prepare the HPOM for UNIX management server.
To prepare the management server:
a. Add the Windows node on which the HPOM for Windows server
is running as an HPOM-controlled node by using the opcnode
command line interface. For instructions, see the HPOM
Administrator’s Guide to Online Information.
b. Update the HPOM for UNIX configuration and start heartbeat
polling for the HPOM for Windows node manually.
Use the following commands:
/opt/OV/bin/OpC/opcsw -installed
Sample output: f887b88
/opt/OV/bin/OpC/opchbp -start
The opcsw command returns the hexadecimal value of the node’s
IP address. Write this value down. You will need it to set up the
flexible-management configuration template.
For more information about opcsw, see the man page opcsw(1M).
2. Create the message forwarding file.
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