Hardware Status

You canusetheHardwareStatustaskto viewmanagedsystem anddevice hardware statusfromthemanagement console.HardwareStatus notifiesyou whenevera managedsystemor devicehasahardware statuschangebydisplaying aniconinthelower-rightcornerof IBMDirector Console.HardwareStatus also adds thesystemordevice intheapplicablehardware-status groupwhenevera managed systemordevice generatesa hardwareevent.Ifasystem ordevice generateshardwareeventsfor morethanonegroup,thesystem ordeviceisadded to thegroupofthehighest-severityhardwareeventthatisgenerated.

Three hardware-statusgroupsaredisplayedintheGroupspane:

v HardwareStatusCritical v HardwareStatusInformation v HardwareStatusWarning

When youclickahardware-statusgroup, themanaged systemsordevicesthat have generatedthatseverityofa hardwareeventaredisplayedintheGroup Contentspane.Anicon isdisplayed nexttothemanaged systemordeviceinthe GroupContentspane.SeeFigure78for anexample.

Thesameiconisdisplayedinthebottom-rightportionof theIBMDirectorConsole interface,belowthetickertape,alongwiththenumberofmanagedsystemsand devicesthatareincludedinthathardware-statusgroup. Ifahardware-status group does notcontainanymanagedsystemsor devices,itsicon isunavailable.See Figure79foranexample.

You alsocandragamanaged systemor deviceontotheHardwareStatus taskin theIBMDirectorConsoleTaskspane.

Figure78.IBMDirectorConsoledisplayinghardware-statusgroups

Figure79.IBMDirectorConsole,hardware-statusiconslocatedinthebottom-rightportion

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You canviewtheeventdetailsfor eachhardware-status groupthatcontainsa managed systemor devicebyclickingtheapplicable iconinthebottom-rightportion of IBMDirectorConsole.The“HardwareStatus” windowopens.

You alsocanviewtheeventdetailsforanindividualmanaged systemordevice by double-clickingthehardware-status iconnextto thesystem ordeviceintheGroup Contentspane ofIBMDirectorConsole(foranexampleofacritical iconthatis displayed nexttoa managedsystem,seeFigure78onpage163).A“Hardware Status” windowsuchastheoneinFigure81opens.

Toseta managed-systemor devicestatustonormalandignoreallfuture hardware events thataregeneratedbythemanagedsystem ordevice, intheStatusGroups pane, right-clickthemanagedsystem ordeviceandclickIgnoreEventstoignore Figure80.“HardwareStatus”windowshowingallhardware-statusevents

Figure81.“HardwareStatus”windowshowingeventsforasinglemanagedsystem

allhardware eventsonthemanaged systemordevice.You alsocanignorea specifiedtype (ortypes)ofhardware eventsbyright-clicking aneventtypeand clickingIgnoreEvents.

Tosetamanaged systemor devicestatustonormalbutallowfuturehardware events toaffectthesystemstatus, right-clickthemanagedsystemor deviceand click ClearallEvents.Youalsocandeletespecifiedtypesofhardware eventsby right-clicking aneventtypeandclickingClearallEvents.

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Chapter 15. Inventory

You canusetheInventorytask tocollect dataaboutthehardwareandsoftwarethat iscurrently installedonthemanagedsystemsinyournetwork.IBMDirectorcollects inventorydatawhenamanaged systemisdiscoveredinitiallyandduringregular intervals,or youcanopttonotcollectinventoryuponinitialdiscoveryandinstead scheduleaninventorycollectionata moreconvenienttimeusingtheScheduler feature(see“Scheduler”onpage40formoreinformationonhow toschedule tasks).Thedefaultintervalfor refreshingthedatabaseisevery7days.Youcan change therefreshintervalandotherinventory-collectionparametersusingthe InventoryCollectionPreferencespage intheIBMDirectorConsole“Server

Preferences”window.Youalso cancollectinventorydataonamanagedsystem or group immediatelyor scheduleaninventorycollectionusingtheSchedulertask.

You canquerytheinventorydatabaseto displaydetails aboutpropertiesof a managed system,suchasremainingdiskspace.Youcanusea standardquerythat isprovided orcreateyour owncustomquery.

You canusetheinventory-softwaredictionarytotrack thesoftwarethatisinstalled onyourmanaged systems.You donotspecifydrivesor directoriesthatyouwant theInventorytaskto searchduringthesoftware-inventorycollection process;the software-dictionaryfilecontainspredefinedsoftwareprofilesthatrecognizemost standard softwarepackagesaftertheyareinstalled.Whenyouinstall software applicationsonservers,computers,or devices,theinventory-querybrowser displaysthenew softwareafterthenextinventorycollection.If youhaveinstalled softwarethatdoesnotcorrespondtoa predefinedsoftwareprofilethatisincluded withIBMDirector,youcan editthesoftware-dictionaryfileto updateyoursoftware inventory.Typically,this includessoftwarethatisdevelopedinternallyinyour organizationora newversionof softwarethatisreleasedafterthis versionofIBM Director.See“Viewingandeditingtheinventory-softwaredictionary”onpage170 for moreinformation.