Select nodes, services, or messages to apply tools
Tools are applications, scripts, or commands that you can run on selected nodes, services, and messages. A tool can be an application such as Notepad, a script that performs some automatic action, or a command, such as ping.
The tools available to you are configured by your administrator and are contained in tool groups in the Tools folder in the HP Operations Manager console tree. To view tools, select a tools folder to display the tools it contains in the details pane. You can apply one or more tools to one or more selected nodes, services, or messages.
To apply tools by selecting nodes, services, or messages
- Select a node, service, or message:
- From the console tree Services or Nodes folder, select one or more nodes or services to which you want to apply tools.
- In the message browser, select one or more messages to which you want to apply tools.
- Right-click to open the shortcut menu.
- Select All Tasks
Launch
Tool to open the Select the Tool to Execute dialog box,
which displays a list of available tools. The list shows the tools
as configured by your administrator for the selected node, service,
or message.
Details about each tool display when the tool is selected. These details are part of the configuration the administrator specifies when creating the tool, including a description of the tool and its function.
If you are unable to see the tool you want, you can search for it. Right-click to open the shortcut menu and select Find to open the Find Item dialog box. Enter the tool name in the Search Text box and click Search. The tool name will be selected in the list of available tools.
You can also search within the console tree by typing in the name of the node you want to find. As you type, the system locates the node for you.
- Select the tool or group of tools that you want to apply to the selected node, service, or message.
- Click Launch to apply the tool to your selected nodes,
services, or messages. The Select the Tool to Execute dialog
box closes.
If the administrator has specified that operators can change parameters or login information, the Parameters or the Login dialog box opens. Make any necessary changes here and click Launch. If you need to configure both, parameters and login information, click Next in the Parameters page to go to the Login page. Then click Launch.
- If the tool was applied to a remote node, the Tool
Status dialog box opens to display the results of the launch
operation.
The Tool Status dialog box does not display if the tool has been configured to run on your console.
- Click Cancel to close the Select Tool to Execute dialog box without launching a tool.
Server or cluster failover behavior
HPOM for Windows monitors the availability of server components such as the Windows Management Interface (WMI), the server itself, and the cluster resource group (if your environment contains clusters.)In the event of a failure of one or more of these components, some activities may be temporarily unavailable, until WMI or the server is restored. See Related Topics: for details.
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