NOTE: The HP OVO Management server runs on either HP-UX or Windows systems. The examples in this blueprint use HP OVOW.

Figure 16 illustrates the SPIs architecture and OpenView components.Figure 16 OVOW Architecture

Software Prerequisites and Reference Guides

Before attempting to install the Tomcat SPI, verify that you have a functional HP OVOW 7.5 installation, including an HP OVOW Management Console and the Linux OVO SPI agents for the Tomcat server. In addition, various OVOW patches are required. Table 2 list these patches:

Table 2 Required OVOW Patches

Patch Description

Version

Patch Name

Dependencies

 

 

 

 

Linux Service Discovery

A.07.31

OVOW_00198

OVOW_00187

Support patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVO Message and Action

A.07.32

OVOW_00213

OVOW_00166

Agent patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVO Message and Action

A.07.33

OVOW_00234

None

Agent patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The SPI installation and configuration documents can be found on the HP OpenView website at:

http://managementsoftware.hp.com/products/spi/

For information about installing the HP OVOW agent, see the HP OpenView Operations for Windows Installation Guide at:

http://ovweb.external.hp.com/ovnsmdps/pdf/ovow75_install.pdf

Tomcat SPI Components

The Tomcat SPI installs the following default components on the HP OVO Management server and are described in the following sections:

•Tools•Policies

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