Configure tools
The Tool Configuration editor allows you to create the tools
that operators can apply to managed
nodes and services. By applying the available tools, operators
resolve problems and perform routine tasks to maintain systems and
services that have critical business impact. Tools can be executed
on nodes or services.
For services, a tool is executed on nodes configured in the
Service Configuration editor as nodes on which the tool
runs. If no such nodes have been configured, the tool runs on the
node where the service is hosted.
You can assign tools to specific user roles so that only users
assigned to that role can apply the tools you specify. By assigning
tools to a specific service type, only the tools you assign to that
service type are available from the associated service.
The tools that you create are listed in tool groups in the HP
Operations Manager for Windows Tools folder of the console
tree, which also displays the default tool groups supplied with HP
Operations Manager for Windows. You can create subfolders for sets
of tools so that tools can be organized according to type of
problem, operating system, function, or other convenient category.
For example, you might group editing tools in one folder and
performance tools in another.
One tool can be included in several folders. If you edit the
tool, the changes go to all instances of the tool. To delete a
tool, you must remove it from every location where it occurs.
You must configure each tool individually. An asterisk (*)
indicates required information.
To configure a tool or tool group
- Open the Tool Configuration editor, if it is not already open.
- Select the
Tools folder in the console tree.
- Click
on the
Configuration toolbar to open the Tool Configuration editor
and display the Configure Tools dialog box, or right-click
to open the Console menu and select Configure Tools.
- Select the name of the tool or tool group you want to configure
and right-click to open the shortcut menu.
- Select Properties to open the Properties or
Group Properties dialog box. Tool properties dialog boxes
display the Tool icon . Tool group properties dialog
boxes display this Tool Folder icon . The dialog box title
reflects the selection you made in step 2. Use the tabs to
configure:
- General:
information that identifies and describes the tool.
- Details: Tool
Properties dialog box only. Provide details about the type of
tool, its parameters, where it will be executed, and whether
operators have permission to change the tool parameters. If the
tool is a script, enter the script text.
- Target: Tool
Properties dialog box only. Specify the node you want to
associate with this tool. (Optional).
- Nodes: Tool
Properties dialog box only. Displays lists of the nodes and
node folders associated with this tool.
- When you finish your configuration, click Apply to see
the effects of your changes.
- Click OK to confirm your changes, close the Tools
Properties dialog box, and return to the Configure Tools
dialog box. The tool you configured appears in the list of tools in
the details pane.
- Click Apply to apply your changes without closing the
dialog box.
- Click OK to confirm your changes and close the
Configure Tools dialog box. The new tool or folder appears
in the list of tools in the console tree.
- Click Cancel to cancel the creation of the new tool or
folder.
To specify tools for services, use the
Service Configuration Editor.
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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