In an environment with multiple management servers, you must
configure each node on every
management
server that may receive the node's messages. Management servers
discard messages if they originate from unknown nodes. This applies
for both agent-based and server-based flexible management.
In addition, before you can deploy a flexible management policy
from a management server, you must configure nodes on that
management server to represent all the other management servers
that the flexible management policy mentions.
HPOM provides commands that enable you to exchange node
configuration data between management servers. To speed up the
distribution of node configurations, it may be useful to first
upload all node configurations to one management server. You can
then download the node configurations to all other management
servers.
To exchange node configurations between HPOM for Windows
management servers
In the console tree, right-click the node group that you want
to export, and then click Properties.
Select the Unique ID, right-click it, and then click
Copy. HP defined node groups have readable IDs, for example
Root_Nodes. Other node groups have numerical IDs, for example
{89BE12EB-5FB7-4CA5-ABAC-D540B63CFEE3}. The braces are part of the
ID.
Optional. Add either of the following optional parameters
to the command:
/configuredonly
Export only nodes that have the operating system defined.
/externalonly
Export only external nodes.
Press Enter. The command generates a file with the name
you specify.
Copy the file to your other HPOM for Windows management
server.
Open a command prompt and type the command:
ovpmutil CFG NDS UPL <filename.mof>
/noautodeploy
The /noautodeploy option clears the Enable Auto
Deployment property for every imported node, regardless of the
setting on the original management server. To import the setting
from the original management server, omit this option. If automatic
deployment is selected for any node, the management server begins
to deploy policies to the node immediately.
Optional. In the console tree, right-click the imported
node group and then click All TasksSynchronize inventoryPolicies and packages. This updates the
inventory to reflect policies and packages that already exist on
the node. Alternatively, you can exchange node inventory data from
the original management server.
To export node configurations for HPOM for UNIX management
servers
Open a command prompt and type the command:
ovowconfigexchange -ent NODES -dnl
<folder> -src_path "<path to node
group>"
For example, to export all node configurations in the Windows
node group to the folder c:\temp\windows-nodes,
type:
ovowconfigexchange -ent NODES -dnl c:\temp\windows_nodes
-src_path "\HP Defined Groups\Windows"
Optional. Add either of the following optional parameters
to the command:
-no_ip_detect
Disable DNS lookups of IP addresses for nodes that have the
FQDN specified.
-dest_codeset <code set>
Export the files using a specific code set. The default is
ASCII. The code set must match the code set that the HPOM for UNIX
database uses.
Press Enter. The command generates several files in the
folder you specify.
Copy the folder and its contents to your HPOM for UNIX
management server. You can import the node configurations with the
command opccfgupld. For more details, see the HPOM for
UNIX documentation.
To import node configurations from HPOM for UNIX management
servers
You can export node configurations on HPOM for UNIX management
servers with the command opccfgdwn. For more details,
see the HPOM for UNIX documentation.
Copy the node configuration files to your HPOM for Windows
management server.
Optional. Disable automatic deployment on the management
server. Otherwise, when you import the node configurations, the
management server begins to deploy policies to the nodes
immediately. For more details, see
Disable policy autodeployment.
The -dest_path must be an existing node group. The
-src_codeset must be the code set that the HPOM for
UNIX database uses. For example, to import node configurations in
the SJIS code set from the folder c:\temp\UNIX_nodes\
into a node group called HPOM for UNIX Nodes,
type:
Optional. In the console tree, right-click the imported
node group and then click All TasksSynchronize inventoryPolicies and packages. This creates jobs to
retrieve the inventory of policies and packages that already exist
on the node.
Synchronize inventory