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The
following HP software releases are now available:
Select Identity 4.11 – SID411
Glance Plus & Perf Agent
4.6 (all platforms) – GPPA46
OVO SPI HP-UX/Solaris 2006 –
OVU061
Select Access 6.2 Japanese –
SA62JP
HP
OV SPI for IBM DB2 B.03.02 (for HP Operations for Windows) – DB2SPI
CM
Clnt Cnfg Mgr v2.00 L10N - CCM20L
Requests
to HP are due back by March 1, 2008
HP
OV SPI for IBM DB2 B.03.02 (for HP Operations for Windows) – DB2SPI
HP
OpenView Smart Plug-ins for HP OpenView Operations for Windows –
June 2006
The
new HP OpenView Smart Plug-Ins (SPI) CDs contain updated smart plug-ins
for versions 7.5 of HP OpenView Operations for Windows. You can find a short description of each
SPI in the HP OpenView SPI
CD Installation Guide, which accompanies the CD.
All
Smart Plug-ins in this release include:
§
HP
OpenView Operations 7.5 for Windows management server support
on Windows 2000 and 2003 Server/Advanced Server/Datacenter Server
Edition
Specific
Smart Plug-in updates are summarized as follows. For more complete details, see the product
release notes
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NEW! Oracle Application Server SPI: This new web application server SPI includes
the following: Availability and performance monitoring with more
than 30 key health metrics; Monitoring key Oracle Application Server
logfiles; Collecting and feeding data into HP OpenView Performance
Agent for graphs and reports; Integrating with HP OpenView Performance
Manager and OpenView Reporter; Launching Oracle Application Server
GUIs from console; and Providing auto configuration, service maps.
This new Smart Plug-in supports Oracle Application Server
10g Release 1 (9.0.4), 2 (10.1.2) and partial support for 10.1.3,
and the following managed node operating system platforms: HPUX
11.11, 11.23 (PA-RISC and IA-64); Solaris 9, 10; RedHat Linux AS
2.1, 3.0, 4.0 (IA32); Suse Linux 8, 9 (IA32 and IA64); and Windows
2000, 2003 (IA32 and IA64).
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BEA Tuxedo: New features of the Tuxedo SPI
include service discovery,
data collection, x86 Windows 2003 support, Tuxedo9.0 support and
support of Tuxedo 6.5 on AIX5.1.
§
BEA WebLogic Server: Highlights of this release include, support
of Weblogc 9.0 and 9.1, support of Reporter 3.6 and 3.7, JMX Metrics
Builder usabiilty improvements like enhanced logging & tracing
capabilities and a new option is provided to select all metadata.
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IBM
WebSphere Application Server: Key features of this release include WebSphere
6.0 support, support of 3.6 and 3.7, capability to allow connections
in SSL environments, JMX Metrics Builder usabiilty improvements
like enhanced logging & tracing capabilities.
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Microsoft ® Enterprise Server(.Net SPI):
Key features include all
features of SPI that monitor BizTalk 2004 e.g. Orchestration Status monitoring,
Database
space usage monitoring,
Port
Status monitoring etc.
are ported to Biztalk 2006 and support for Reporter 3.6
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Microsoft ® Active Directory
Server:
Key features include message correlation
and auto or Adaptive.
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Database:
o
Informix: Support of Solaris 10 on the managed node
o
Oracle: Key features of this release
include, new monitoring functionality for Oracle RAC(Real Application
Cluster), Improved Oracle SQL query monitoring capability, support
of Oracle data guard, support of oracle database version 10g/R2
and support of solaris 10, Suse Linux ES 8.0 and 9.0 managed node
platforms.
o
Microsoft SQL Server: New features include support of latest
version of the MS SQL Server 2005(aka “Yukon”), Support MS SQL
Server 2005 Database Replication, Monitoring the SQL Server Replication
Server environment, Support for SQL Server 2005 on Windows 2003
on Itanium platform.
o
Sybase: Support of Solaris 10 on the managed node.
o
DB2: New features include faster and more CPU-efficient
metrics collection using embedded SQL (ESQL), support for both
32-and 64-bit DB2 installations and DB2 Clusters, license management
capabilities - reporting on the installed license keys store and
additional tools to add licenses, integration with Self-Healing
Services to help the customer solve problems more quickly and
efficiently.
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Microsoft Virtual Server: Key features of this release include,
Support of Windows 2003 SP1 for MSVS host and guest machines, Support of MSVS SP1 for
OVOW managed MSVS node(MSVS R2), providing tool(s) for launching
VMM administration pages and improvements in the virtual network
monitoring.
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Web Server: Key features of this release include,
support of SunONE 6.1, IBM WebSphere HTTP Server Support on Red
Hat Linux 3.0 and Support Latest version of Apache 2.0.54/2.0.55
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SAP: Key features of this release
include, SAP ITS 6.20 support, SLES 8,9 and RHEL 3,4 / x86 and x64,
Support of Solaris 10(SPARC), Support of HP-UX 64bit itanium native
collectors, Support of SAP NW J2EE/XI, Security monitoring and Dispatcher
Queue Monitor
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Windows OS: Key features of this release include,
Support Windows 2003 64-bit, Improved IIS 6.0 management and removal
of HP SIM Integration policies.
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HP
SIM Integration: Key features of this release
include, support of HP SIM 5.0, Server-based event bridge, incorporating
the existing SIM functionality of Windows OSSPI and support of bi-directional
event synchronization
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PeopleSoft: Key
features of this release include, support of PeopleTools 8.46, enhanced
support for DB2, supporting the launch of Peoplesoft PPM, Non-Root
agent support and self healing data collector services.
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Remedy: Key
features of this release include, support of AR system 6.3, providing
Backup server option, Non-Root agent support and self healing data
collector services.
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HP Storage Essentials: Key
features of this release include SE Service Map and monitoring SE
Services.
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Storage Area Manager: Key
features of this release include, support for OVOW 7.5, SHS, and
support for SANMGR_00017 patch.
HP OVO SPI HP-UX/Solaris 2006
– OVU061
HP
OpenView Operations / Performance for UNIX®
media kit updates now available
The
following new releases are available to you via the HP OpenView
Operations / Performance for UNIX media kit update:
·
HP
OpenView Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack 3.0
·
HP
OpenView Smart Plug-ins for HP OpenView Operations for UNIX – November
2006
These
releases make
available to you many new features and enhancements that we trust
will increase the value of your software investment into Service-Driven
Operations with HP OpenView Operations for UNIX.
New features and enhancements
include:
·
HP
OpenView Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack 3.0
HP OpenView Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack is a new,
innovative add-on software for Operations for UNIX, that helps you
manage more nodes and applications without additional staffing,
while simultaneously improving the quality and transparency of your
monitoring configuration.
HP OpenView Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack enables
efficient navigation, editing and synchronization of Operations
for UNIX configuration items across multiple management servers.
This capability can greatly increase the productivity of your Operations
for UNIX administrators. Concurrent, web-based access and a granular
authorization model enable the delegation of configuration tasks
to domain experts, thus reducing communication overhead and shortening
time to delivery. Configuration reporting allows for better transparency,
and configuration versioning and auditing helps you implement proper
change and compliance management processes.
Install the new Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack software
from the DVD that is part of this media kit update, and experience
for yourself, how much it improves your configuration processes.
Please consult the HP OpenView Operations for UNIX Configuration
Value Pack documentation available at www.hp.com/managementsoftware
(Products
A-Z à
Operations for UNIX à
Operations for UNIX Configuration Value Pack à
product manuals).
·
HP
OpenView Smart Plug-ins for HP OpenView Operations for UNIX – November
2006
The
November 2006 collection of HP OpenView Smart Plug-ins (SPIs) contain
new and enhanced SPIs for versions 7 and 8 of HP OpenView Operations
for UNIX.
Please note that the media format has changed to DVD – what has
previously been available on three separate SPI CDs (2 CDs with
SPI install packages and 1 CD with SPI reporting/graphing packages)
is now included in one DVD.
You can find a short description of each Smart Plug-in in the HP
OpenView SPI DVD Installation Guide, which is included on the media.
Specific
Smart Plug-in updates are summarized as follows. For more complete
details, see also the product release notes.
o
NEW
! Storage Essentials SPI:
Service discovery / mapping of HP Storage Essentials central management
server and it’s managed hosts.
Monitoring of HP Storage Essentials service and processes.
Tools to start/stop/status HP Storage Essentials server and host
agent processes.
o
NEW
! HP Systems Insight Manager Integration:
Event forwarding from HP SIM into OVO and bi-directional event
acknowledgement. Service
discovery and monitoring of HP SIM and Insight Management Agents
services.
o
Oracle®
Application Server SPI: Support for OAS 10.1.3.
o
BEA Tuxedo SPI: Tuxedo 9.0 and 9.1 Support on Win 2003,
Solaris 9,10 (32 bit), HP-UX 11.23 PA64. Power PC Support for
Tuxedo 6.5 on AIX 5.1, 5.2. Support for monitoring Application
Queue, which includes monitoring Tuxedo Application Queue Space
and Application queues. Support for monitoring Server Group Status.
o
BEA WebLogic
Server SPI: Application instance-level monitoring, reporting,
discovery, configuration, and authentication. This is a key feature
of this release. This feature helps the customer to identify the
few metrics utilization such as JDBC, Servlets, JMS etc at the
application level in addition to server level. Support for Hardware
cluster failover - UNIX MC/SG. Improved usability and customer-specific
task examples for User Guide Documentation. Improve Discovery
error-logging and fault-tolerance.
o
Informix:
Support for Informix 10.0.
o
Oracle®:
Oracle Data Guard Monitoring. Oracle OEM 10g Grid Control Integration.
Oracle ASM Diskgroup Monitoring
o
Microsoft®
SQL Server:
Support for MS SQL Server running on x64 hardware (AMD and EM64T).
MS SQL Server Replication Monitoring.
o
Sybase:
Support for Sybase ASE 15.
o
IBM
DB2:
Full support of DB2 database partitioning (DPF).
Extended list of performance metrics. Improved configuration procedure.
Improved discovery of the managed environment. New filter provides
detailed definition of monitored objects across four levels of
hierarchy (instances, databases, partitions, tablespaces /bufferpools).
New process monitoring for remote partitions. Additional platforms
supported. License management improvements.
o
IBM
WebSphere Application Server SPI:
Support
for Hardware cluster failover - UNIX MC/SG. Support of WebSphere
6.1. Improved usability and customer-specific task examples for
User Guide Documentation. Improve Discovery error-logging and
fault-tolerance. Support for AIX 5.3, Intel Xeon 64-bit processor
- EM64T, HP-UX 11.23
o
Microsoft ® Exchange Server SPI: Enhanced Service Discovery, Increased
amount of data being logged ad reported. Better Exchange Server
configuration and security monitoring.
o
PeopleSoft SPI: Support for PeopleTools 8.45, 8.46 &
8.48. Support for
HP-UX 11.23 and Solaris 10 on the OVO/UNIX management server.
Support for HP-UX 11.23 (PA-RISC and IA64) on PeopleSoft servers.
Support for DB2 as the PeopleSoft database. Basic monitoring of
the WebLogic web server.
o
Remedy
SPI: Support for OVO management server
on HP-UX 11.23 (PA-RISC & IA64 native mode. Support for ARS
server version 6.3 and 7.0. Support for ARS servers running on
Linux (SuSE SLES 8/8, RedHat RHEL 2.1/3.0/4.0). Specific ticket
updates for creation and update of OVO message. More flexible
handling of ARS ticket updates. Support for setting Custom Message
Attributes in OVO messages. Delayed connections to ARS servers
on SPI startup. Ability for the SPI client to buffer requests.
Integrate status information in "ovstatus”.
o
SAP SPI: Support for NetWeaver 04s/WebAS 7.0/Kernel
7.0. Support of Linux managed nodes (SAP servers running Linux
on i86 and x64 servers, but not on Itanium), support for native
collectors on Itanium HP-UX 64 bit, support for Windows 2003 managed
nodes on x64 and Itanium. Dispatcher Queue Monitoring, automatic
monitor- configuration check. New
CCMS-based monitoring capabilities for SAP J2EE, XI, Stand-alone
Enqueue server and Security-Audit.
You
can find a complete list of all the
features and benefits of this release by viewing or downloading
the products’ Release Notes at: www.managementsoftware.hp.com/products
Take
full advantage of your support agreement – Request your upgrade
today
As
a customer with an active License-to-Use (LTU) support contract
for HP OpenView Operations for UNIX, HP OpenView Operations / Performance
for UNIX or any HP OpenView Smart Plug-in, you are entitled to request
this HP OpenView Operations / Performance for UNIX media kit update,
and to use new versions of the licensed software.
Please note that this media kit update may include products for
which you may not have a valid license-to-use. Please contact your
HP sales representative or your reseller, in case you want to purchase
additional LTUs.
Prepare
your migration ahead of time. Follow these steps:
In
order to prepare for your upgrade to the various new releases included
in this update of the HP OpenView Operations / Performance 8 for
UNIX media kit, you will need to:
1. Request
the HP OpenView Operations / Performance 8 for UNIX media kit
update
2. Get
access to the corresponding product documentation (either from
CDs/DVDs or from managementsoftware.hp.com/services
à
Product manuals).
3. Use
the latest versions of the product-specific Release Notes and Installation Guides to help you plan and
perform the upgrade.
HP
OpenView Self-Healing Services
HP
OpenView Self-Healing Services is a combination of people, process
and technology created to enable faster problem resolution. By capturing
the right data at the right time, Self-Healing Services eliminates
the time- consuming manual and iterative processes, saving you significant
time. Information about faults is delivered to you in minutes versus
days. Self-Healing Services is included as part of HP’s foundation
support. To install or find more information about Self-Healing
Services, please go to: www.hp.com/managementsoftware/services
(à
Self-Healing Services)
Version
Maturity
Hewlett-Packard
(HP) announced on August 5, 2005 version discontinuance of HP OpenView
Operations 7.x for UNIX. HP is committed to providing the highest
level of customer care to you while you determine your future strategy
for your OVO/UNIX installation, and will continue to provide Current
Product Support through December 31, 2007 and Self-help Support
through December 31, 2009.
HP
also announced a version maturity roadmap for HP OpenView Network
Node Manager 6.4/6.41:
·
Current
Product Support will end on December 31, 2007
·
Self-help
Support will end on December 31, 2009
This
might impact your existing OVO/UNIX 7.x installation.
HP
recommends all customers to upgrade to the latest patch level of
OVO/UNIX 8 and NNM 7.51 in the near future.
Please
see www.hp.com/managementsoftware/encore
for further details.
According
to HP Software obsolescence guidelines, HP software products are
only supported on operating system platforms as long as they are
supported by their vendor. The following operating systems or operating
system versions reach their end of support dates in the near future:
-
HP
MPE/iX
End of Support:
December 31, 2006
-
HP-UX
11.0
End of Support:
December 31, 2006
Please
note that OVO/UNIX 7.x or 8.x management server and agents on these
platforms are not supported beyond the listed dates. It is recommended
to migrate or upgrade your system(s) to a supported operating system
platform in order to continue to receive support for OVO/UNIX.
HP Glance Plus & Perf Agent
4.6 (all platforms) – GPPA46
HP
OpenView Performance Agent and/or GlancePlus 4.6. This new version 4.6 has many new and
exciting features as summarized below.
o
Support
for heterogeneous virtualized environments
o
VMware
ESX Server, HP-UX HPVM and IBM AIX LPAR
o
Configurable
logging interval
o
New
threshold based logging and flush interval
o
Enriched
set of metrics
What
is not new:
o
datacomm
(same as OVPA4.5)ARM
o
tools
– extract, utility etc.
o
DSI
interface
A
detailed list of the additional features of this release can be
found in the Release Notes.
HP
CM Clnt Cnfg Mgr
v2.00 L10N - CCM20L
HP
Client Configuration Manager v2.00 L10N is a localized version of
HP Client Configuration Manager v2.00. This update provides you
with a language pack CD/download for localization of the product
in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, and German. The translated
product documentation is included with the product software.
With HP Client Configuration Manager v2.00 you gain access to a
powerful product that will enable you to automate the deployment
and configuration of software, applications, content and patches
on PCs and HP Thin Clients.
HP Client Configuration Manager v2.00 will provide you with:
o Integrated
software management
Inventory collection—Accurately discovers and inventories installed
hardware and software assets on managed devices
Operating system deployment and settings migration—Enables bare-metal
deployment of operating systems and migration to new operating
systems while preserving application and user settings
Patch management—Identifies and assesses vulnerabilities, deploys
patches and performs continuous verification to protect PCs from
security exposures
Software distribution—Distributes software and updates, to locally
and remotely connected end users
Software usage metering—Gives a clear view into the real-world
usage patterns of every application in the environment
o Integrated
hardware management
Remote control—Enables administrators to remotely control PCs
to resolve user problems and perform various power management
operations
HP alert monitoring—Automatically flags disruptive occurrences
on HP PCs for administrative action
HP hardware driver and BIOS updates—Constantly compares and updates
your HP systems to the latest updates available from HP
Integration with HP ProtectTools—Enables remote initialization
of embedded TPM chips and distribution of HP ProtectTools management
software
For
the latest information on HP Configuration Management products,
please contact your HP Sales Representative or HP Authorized Channel
Partner.
HP Select Identity 4.11 – SID411
HP Select Identity Software
v4.11represents the state-of-the-art in Identity Management. We
welcome feedback on your experience with this solution; see the
section below entitled “Questions and Feedback”.
Select Identity 4.11 has many
changes including:
o
New Service model enhancements such as more self-service,
a new secondary account feature, expanded password policies etc.
o
A new workflow approval process
for configuration changes
o
Out-of-the-box integration with
HP Service Desk
o
Enhancements to auditing, scalability,
availability and reliability
o
Defect fixes
Product manuals are contained
within the software. HP Select Identity 4.11 is intended for both
new and upgrading customers. Customers of previous versions of Select
Identity up to and including version 4.01, may wish to contact their
HP Partner or HP Consulting and Integration Services to plan and
schedule an engagement for migration to 4.11. Migration tools are
also included in the software and more information is available
from your HP representative.
For more details about
the new features and functionality of
Select Identity 4.11, please check the
Release Notes document included in the
Select
Identity 4.11 software.
Questions
and Feedback
To
provide feedback to HP or for questions
about
installing and using Select Identity 4.11 that are not covered in
the manuals, customers working with an HP Systems Integrator (SI)
partner should check with their Systems Integrator representative.
Customers with an active HP support contract can consult our knowledge
base at www.hp.com/managementsoftware/services.
In case you can’t find an answer or solution in the knowledgebase
or if you wish to provide other feedback, you can open a support
call, where a support engineer will be happy to help you. www.hp.com/managementsoftware/submit_call
All HP software customers can also join the free HP Software Customer
Connection program. Membership within this program gives you more
communication, more training, more tools
– all the connections you need to get the most from your HP software
investment. Membership connects you with:
o
A
comprehensive, resource-based member web site
o
Interactive communication with HP decision makers
and software staff
o
Targeted,
concise member training and education
o
Events
and member activities
o
Featured
member profiles and success stories
o
Exclusive
member promotions
o
On-going focus groups and surveys
from HP Software
Visit
the membership portal to learn more about the value of the program
and to look for upcoming and archived training webinars. Don’t miss
out on these many added benefits. Register today at www.hp.com/go/swcustomerconnection.
For the latest information on
Select Identity and the entire HP Identity and Access Management
portfolio please visit www.hp.com/go/identity, or contact your local HP sales
representative or HP software business partner.
More
information and assistance
For
questions about this upgrade, customers working with an HP OpenView
Services Integrator (SVI) partner should contact their representative.
Otherwise, please consult the HP OpenView knowledge base at www.hp.com/managementsoftware/services.
In case you do not find an answer or solution in the knowledgebase,
we suggest that you submit a support call - www.hp.com/managementsoftware/submit_call
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for
assistance.
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