HP Proliant Servers - WMI query for system health

I want to query lots of HP servers to determine their overall health. I don't want to use any packages, or even SNMP - I want to query the server health from WMI and understand if a box is Green/Amber/Red - just like the HP Management Home Page.

This MUST be possible - but I can't find any documentation...

Oh yes, and the servers are running Windows Server 2003/8.

Help!!

Mike

Solution 1:

I was having a hell of a time getting HP to give me a WMI namespace for any of my Proliant machines. I followed tons of dead ends and finally ended up here!

Installing the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers will automatically give a HPQ WMI namespace with all information within! Use WMI Explorer to see whats in there. Done!

Solution 2:

Why not just get HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), I know you don't want to use an packages but it's a seriously powerful, if overcomplex, system.

Solution 3:

I hate to say it, but using the HP SNMP tools is probably the best way to do it.

I do believe that with the HP "Systems Management Homepage" is installed that the full health details should be available via WBEM, not sure about anything else.

Our HP kit all runs either Debian Linux or VMWare ESXi, SNMP for the former WBEM for the latter.

Solution 4:

WMI is very powerful and relatively easy to use once you've ascended the learning slopes. You're going to have to write scripts though.I use VBScript but you can do most of what you need in Powershell these days.

Start at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974579.aspx

JR