HP OpenView
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.
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.
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)
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
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
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 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
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
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
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.
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]
Competing Enterprise Management Software
Proprietary competitors
- Macro 4 and its product Application Performance Portal (APP) [3]
- 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