The GUI is updated with the look and feel of other HP products.
First Time Wizard provides step-by-step, online guidance for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM and helps configure HP SIM settings on the CMS.
New tree view is available for system and cluster collections.
Lists and folders are now called collections.
View a consolidated list of all server and storage events from a single event viewer and configure automated actions.
Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) is no longer required to be installed in the browser.
Access to discovery options, which include a Discovery page with tabs for Automatic, Manual, and Hosts Files configuration, has improved.
Create, edit, and delete discovery tasks.
Reports are now available in XML format.
The report engine has been improved and there are new default reports.
Flexible role-based security allows you to choose which administrators have access to server and storage details.
Launch server and storage element managers from a single system viewer.
View storage array capacity details, including unallocated space, RAID overhead, usable bytes assigned to ports, and usable bytes not assigned to ports.
Assign privileges to operating system user groups to give these users access to HP SIM without creating each individual user.
New CLI commands, including mxreport, mxcert, mxglobalprotocolsettings, mxglobalsettings, mxcollection, mxgetdbinfo, and mxgethostname.
Create new command line tools, including copying a file, removing a tool, and creating command line, web launch, and X Window tools on HP-UX and Linux systems.
Set system properties for multiple systems at the same time.
Suspend or resume monitoring of multiple systems at the same time.
HP SIM supports the use of an Oracle database (locally or remotely) for Windows, HP-UX, and Linux.
Support for Configure or Repair agents tool now includes HP-UX, Linux and Windows operating systems.
Support for HP BladeSystem c-Class blade, enclosure and onboard administrator support.
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