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HP Toptools for Unicenter User Guide
5.3 Reclassifying hp Devices
HP Toptools for Unicenter adds proceses to complement the native Unicenter discovery service.
The platform bridge discovery program attempts to classify all devices in the Unicenter repository by doing
extended SNMP, DMI, and WMI discovery on those devices. For each HP device discovered, the icon on the
Unicenter map is changed and additional functionality is enabled via the Toptools menu in Unicenter. The
discovery process is not instantaneous; extended DMI, WMI, and SNMP requests can take some time. A file,
Repository Data to Toptools.log, can be generated to monitor the status of the reclassification. For instructions on
enabling logging read the section “Useful Log Files”.
Each time HpttReclassification.exe is restarted using the Windows NT Service manager, all objects in the
Repository are transferred to the HP Toptools Server. Note that a new reclassification (HP discovery) is not started
as a result of this action. To start a new reclassification, the menu item
Start->Programs->Unicenter WorldView-
>Reclassify HP Devices
must be selected. This is automatically done whenever Unicenter Autodiscovery is run.
The following panel is displayed:
Figure 5-2. HP Reclassification Display.
For more information on the discovery process, refer to the Theory of Operation section of this Guide.
5.4 hp Device Actions
Once you have located the desired HP device, you can right click on the device to perform a variety of actions.
The actions available will vary depending on the device type. The following actions are available for most HP PCs:
• Manage Drivers/Firmware consists of distributing BIOS, agent, or driver packages to one or more Vectras,
Kayaks, or Omnibooks, scheduling the software upgrade to occur on the next reboot, and then rebooting the
system. Updating the diagnostics consists of distributing a diagnostics package using a technique similar to the
system software upgrade.
• Power On/ Power Off allows you to turn systems on and off remotely.
• pcAnywhere launches the pcAnywhere application for remote access. If you click on the pcAnywhere command
in the menu and pcAnywhere has been enabled on the remote device, Toptools will launch pcAnywhere
Express and attempt to connect to the remote device. (You may need to enter a valid user and password.) If
connection to the remote device is successful, a window will be opened on your system displaying the screen
for the remote system. Refer to the Toptools online help for additional information.
• View System Performance allows you to monitor system resources. Clicking on View System Performance
opens the System Performance Analysis page for the selected device. On this page you can view the CPU,
Memory, Disk I/O, or Storage utilization and configuration for the selected device.
• Reboot allows you to restart a system remotely.
• Change Support Information allows you to update system support information.
• Set System Passwords allows you to set passwords to limit system access.
• Change Security Settings offers the administrator the option to prevent access to various hardware devices such
as removable and bootable drives, serial ports, or printer ports.
• Lock/Unlock System allows you to limit keyboard access to the system.
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