HP OpenView

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HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of network and systems management products. In 2007, HP OpenView was rebranded under the HP Software name.

HP OpenView was most commonly described as a suite of software applications which allow large-scale system and network management of an organization's IT infrastructure. It included optional modules from HP as well as third parties which connect within the well-defined framework and communicate with one another.

1 History
2 Products
3 User Groups
4 Competing Enterprise Management Software
- 4.1 Proprietary competitors
- 4.2 Open-source competitors
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

Historically, the foundation product was Network Node Manager (NNM), providing GUI services for other products which integrated with it. Nowadays, NNM is generally used in its own right to manage networks, possibly in conjunction with other products, such as CiscoWorks.

HP has a history of acquiring network management software companies. In 2004 it bought Novadigm and its Radia suite. In 2005, it acquired Peregrine Systems with its IT asset and service management software and integrated it into HP OpenView. In November 2006, HP completed its purchase of Mercury Interactive Corp., and from February 2007 is integrating Mercury application and software life-cycle management into HP Software.^[1] In August 2007, HP announced its intention to purchase Opsware.^[2]

In early 2007, alongside the integration of Mercury, HP OpenView was rebranded under the HP Software name. The OpenView and Mercury brands are being phased out. HP OpenCall will continue, however, as a sub-brand of HP Software.

[edit] Products

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM)
HP OpenView Operations (OVO) — monitor systems and applications using agents
- for Windows (OVOW) (formerly VantagePoint Operations for Windows)
- for Unix 8.1 (OVOU) (formerly VantagePoint Operations for Unix, sometimes referenced as ITO)
HP OpenView ServiceCenter (formerly Peregrine ServiceCenter)
HP OpenView AssetCenter (formerly Peregrine AssetCenter)
HP OpenView Service Desk (OVSD)
HP OpenView Internet Services (OVIS)
HP OpenView Service Navigator
HP OpenView Transaction Analyzer (OVTA)
HP OpenView SOA Manager
HP OpenView Service Center (OVSC)

[edit] Performance

HP OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA)
HP OpenView Performance Insight (OVPI)
HP OpenView Performance Manager (OVPM)
HP OpenView Reporter (OVR) 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.80
HP OpenView GlancePlus

[edit] Storage

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (OV SAM)
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector
HP OpenView Storage Mirroring
HP OpenView Storage Mirroring Exchange Failover Utility
HP OpenView Dashboard (formerly Service Information Portal (SIP) — provides a web portal for HP OpenView management products)
HP OpenView TeMIP — A Telecoms OSS service (formerly just known TeMIP when owned by Compaq-Digital Equipment Corporation)
HP OpenView Service Activator (OVSA) - rebranded as HP Service Activator (HPSA)
HP OpenView Select Access — Secure and reliable access to critical information
HP OpenView Select Identity (OVSI) — Centralized management of user identities and access rights over their life cycle

[edit] HP OpenView Smart Plug-ins

(SPIs) — these are addons for OpenView Operations and OpenView Network Node Manager that expand the capabilities of products to other management areas or third party products; below is a list of SPIs for OpenView Operations:

HP OpenView SPI for BEA Tuxedo
HP OpenView SPI for BEA WebLogic
HP OpenView SPI for BEA WebLogic Integration
HP OpenView SPI for Citrix
HP OpenView SPI for Databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and Informix)
HP OpenView SPI for Documentum
HP OpenView SPI for IBM DB2
HP OpenView SPI for IBM WebSphere Application Server
HP OpenView SPI for Microsoft Exchange
HP OpenView SPI for Microsoft Windows
HP OpenView SPI for MySQL Databases
HP OpenView SPI for OpenVMS
HP OpenView SPI for Oracle Application Server
HP OpenView SPI for PeopleSoft
HP OpenView SPI for Remedy ARS Integration
HP OpenView SPI for SAP
HP OpenView SPI for Dollar Universe
HP OpenView SPI for Siebel
HP OpenView SPI for Storage Area Manager
HP OpenView SPI for Terminal Server
HP OpenView SPI for TIBCO
HP OpenView SPI for UNIX OS
HP OpenView SPI for Web Servers

[edit] Network Node Manager SPIs

Network Node Manager SPI for Advanced Routing
Network Node Manager SPI for IP Telephony
Network Node Manager SPI for LAN/WAN Edge
Network Node Manager SPI for MPLS VPN
Network Node Manager SPI for IP Multicast

[edit] HP OpenView Configuration Management

Formerly Radia: HP acquired Novadigm and its Radia product family for desktop management in April 2004^[3]:

HP OpenView Configuration Management Application Self-Service Manager
HP OpenView Configuration Management Application Manager
HP OpenView Configuration Management Inventory Manager
HP OpenView Configuration Management OS Manager
HP OpenView Configuration Management Patch Manager
HP OpenView Configuration Management Application Usage Manager
HP OpenView Client Configuration Manager

[edit] IUM

HP OpenView Internet Usage Manager (IUM) ^[4] provides convergent mediation. It collects, processes and correlates usage records and events from network elements and service applications across voice and data services for prepaid, post-paid and real-time charging in wireless, wireline and cable networks. This usage data can be passed on to business support systems for usage-based billing systems, capacity management and analysis of subscriber behavior.

[edit] User Groups

The OpenView Forum International was an OpenView user group.^[5] It rebranded as Vivit in early 2007. It formerly organized the yearly HP Software Forum (formerly "OpenView Forum").^[6] In 2007, HP took over responsibility for the HP Software Forum and re-named it HP Software Universe.

While it is not an actual "user group", the ITRC is an online forum about OpenView products.^[7]

[edit] Competing Enterprise Management Software

[edit] Proprietary competitors

NetIQ and its product Application AppManager [3]
Macro 4 and its product Application Performance Portal (APP) [4]
IBM and its Tivoli Software family (for example, Tivoli Enterprise Console)
BMC Software and its products like BMC patrol
CA Spectrum and CA Unicenter
Tibco and its Hawk
Nimsoft and its NimBUS product for Performance- and Service-Level-Management]
Microsoft System Center and its Operations Manager and Configuration Manager suite of products.
PacketTrap Networks and its pt360 PRO product for network management
Sentinet3 appliance for enterprise System and Network management
Oracle'sOracle Enterprise Manager
LoriotPro Software, a graphical SNMP Manager

[edit] Open-source competitors

[edit] See also

List of Network Management Systems

[edit] External links

[edit] References