HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 198)

HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack
If HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) is installed, this column (indicated by PF)
displays the cumulative performance status of all monitored subsystems for the system. By clicking the status
icon in this column, the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack page for the selected
system displays, providing more detailed performance information.
The status is Unknown if one of the following conditions are met:
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If PMP is not licensed
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If PMP is licensed but is not monitoring a server
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If licensing and monitoring are started, but there are insufficient samples
If you click the status link, the PMP displays a page with information about purchasing a license to monitor
that system or shows notification that PMP monitoring is not supported on that system.
NOTE: For the PF column, a status appears for all systems from the All Servers list. If the status cannot be
determined for some reason, the status is set to Unknown.
HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
If installed, HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack vulnerability information is
displayed in the VPM column of the HP SIM console. Initially, the icon depicted in the column displays
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack eligibility information for the target system in the specific row.
After target servers are licensed and a vulnerability scan is performed, the column displays the combined
status of the last vulnerability scan on the target system (patch status is not displayed in the column). Click
the icon to display detailed information about the system status with regard to the Vulnerability and Patch
Management Pack. Clicking the Normal, Minor, or Major icons opens a new informational page on which
you can access the last scan results for the system. A new scan can also be launched from this page. Clicking
the Unknown icon for a system displays an explanatory page listing possible reasons why Vulnerability and
Patch Management Pack is inaccessible and solutions to the correct the problem.
NOTE: If the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack is not installed on the HP SIM system, the
Informational icon appears in the VPM column on the system table view page. Clicking this icon displays
information on how to install the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and purchase licenses.
If the system is not licensed or has not yet been scanned by the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack,
the Informational icon appears in the VPM column. Clicking this icon displays details about licensing the
target system, a link to the HP SIM License Manager or information about vulnerability scanning, and a link
to scan for or patch vulnerabilities on the target system.
HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack
If HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack is installed, the VM status column displays the
cumulative status of all virtual machine hosts and virtual machine guests. Clicking the status icon on the VM
statuscolumn displays the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack page for the
selected system, providing more information on the status of the virtual machine.
For systems with type of Server and subtype of Virtual Machine Host or Virtual Machine Guest, HP SIM
populates the VM status column with appropriate status icons. See
“VM status types” for more information.
HP ProLiant Essentials Provisioning and Recovery Pack
If HP ProLiant Essentials Provisioning and Recovery Pack is installed, this column (indicated by PR) indicates
whether the system has been provisioned for automated management. By clicking the status icon in this
column, the HP ProLiant Essentials Provisioning and Recovery Pack page for the selected system displays
providing more detailed information.
Contract and Warranty status
The CW column is available when you have a Windows CMS and the Service Essentials Remote Support
Pack is installed. To view the Contract and Warranty Status page for a system, click its CW status icon.
See
“Contract and warranty status types” for more information on contract and warranty status types.
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