Using the HP Storage Manager agent
The HP Storage Manager agent includes the following components:
- Notification Manager
- Email Notification Manager
- Task Manager
- General settings
Because the agent runs as a background process, it uses less memory resources
than the HP Storage Manager console. However, the HP Storage Manager agent is
useful in the following situations:
- The agent can relay events to any HP Storage Manager console installed on
the local system or on a remote system. As events occur, the agent sends the
events to each remote system. Use the Notification Manager
from the agent console to add systems to the agent destination list.
- The agent can notify users by email when events occur on the local system.
Use the Email Notification Manager to add recipients
to the email notification list.
- The agent can run maintenance tasks on a regular basis, such as a logical
drive migration or synchronization. Use the
Task Manager to manage scheduled tasks.
- The agent can log events to the operating system event log, sound an alarm
when an event occurs, and broadcast critical or fatal events to users. Use
the General settings from the agent console to configure
these settings.
Note: HP Storage Manager also logs events to a log file. Each component of the agent (except
for the Task Manager) has its own log file.
The HP Storage Manager agent monitors and generates events for critical or fatal
problems in the HP Storage Manager configuration every 5 seconds. These changes include,
but are not limited to:
- failed drives
- S.M.A.R.T. drives
- Failed battery
- Failed or degraded logical devices
- Failed controllers
- Enclosure problems
- Non-warranted drives. An event is sent at startup, console connection, and
every 30 days
More information
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