13 Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS

HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition does not support OpenVMS hosts. See the HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition Support Matrix for a list of supported devices. The support matrix is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).

This chapter contains the following topics:

•About the CIM Extension for OpenVMS, page 249

•Prerequisites, page 250

•Installing the CIM Extension, page 251

•Starting the CIM Extension Manually, page 252

•How to Determine if the CIM Extension is Running, page 253

•Finding the Version of a CIM Extension, page 256

•Stopping the CIM Extension, page 257

•Rolling Over the Log Files, page 257

•Increasing the Native Logging Level, page 258

•Removing the CIM Extension from OpenVMS, page 258

NOTE: This chapter describes how to install and manage the CIM extension directly on the host.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 2 to ensure you are at the correct step.

About the CIM Extension for OpenVMS

The CIM extension for OpenVMS is compatible with OpenVMS for Alpha. The CIM extension for OpenVMS gathers information from the operating system and host bus adapters. It then makes the information available to the management server.

IMPORTANT: Install the CIM extension on each host you want the management server to manage.

The CIM extension communicates with an HBA by using the Host Bus Adapter Application Programming Interface (HBAAPI) created by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). The management server only supports communication with HBAs that are compliant with the HBA API. For more information about the HBA API, see the following Web page on the SNIA Web site: http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/

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