HP Insight Management Agent - Server (WMI)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring through the HP Insight Manager (Server Agent) which supports almost all HP ProLiant and Integrity servers under Windows and Linux, as well as Tru64 servers.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• CpMgServNT

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• IpmiTool
• LinuxIpmiTool
• WindowsIpmiTool

Target

Typical platform: HPE ProLiant

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: HP Insight Management Agents (WMI)

Technology and protocols: WMI

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +HPInsightwmi --wmi -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +HPInsightwmi ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The HP Insight Management Agent - Server (WMI) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The device type must be one of: NT
• The WMI query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\hpq
  • Query: SELECT Model FROM HP_ComputerSystemChassis

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	hw.cpu.speed hw.cpu.speed.limit{limit_type="max"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name vendor
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
fan	hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
memory	hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name serial_number type
network	hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id logical_address logical_address_type name
other_device	hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}	additional_label device_type hw.parent.type id name
power_supply	hw.power_supply.limit hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name power_supply_type
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}	hw.parent.type id name sensor_location