HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP OpenView Vantagepoint – Operation Manual for UNIX User Manual

Integrating Solutions with VPO

SNMP traps are only one of several different message sources for VPO.
Logfile templates can be used to generate messages on VPO managed
nodes in which a powerful pattern-matching mechanism is applied
locally to forward relevant messages to the management server.

Network traffic is only necessary when a filtered message is transmitted
by way of a reliable remote procedure call (RPC) connection. In
comparison, SNMP traps use the unreliable UDP and can be lost if the
trap interception process on the management server is not running.

The VPO agent buffers all messages which it cannot send if the
management server is not accessible for any reason.

The user role concept of VPO means that new operators can be
configured with individually assigned message groups, applications, and
managed nodes. Operators, therefore, have a customized view of their
managed environment and see only the information from systems,
devices and objects for which they are responsible.

A message can be owned by an operator, allowing only that operator to
perform actions, or to escalate or acknowledge the message.

VPO provides:

❏ Reflection of node status in IP Map windows
❏ Central configuration of distributed collection stations for topology

detection

❏ HP OpenView VantagePoint Navigator integration on the

management server