HP Operations Manager

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

  1. Open the Tool Configuration editor, if it is not already open.
  2. Select the name of the tool or tool group you want to configure and right-click to open the shortcut menu.
  3. 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.
  4. When you finish your configuration, click Apply to see the effects of your changes.
  5. 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.
  6. Click Apply to apply your changes without closing the dialog box.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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