OpenView
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OpenView is a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products.
It is most commonly described as a suite of software applications which allow large-scale system and network management of an organization's IT assets. It includes hundreds of optional modules from HP as well as thousands of third parties which connect within the well-defined framework and communicate with one another.
Historically the foundation product was Network Node Manager (NNM), and this provided 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 Cisco CiscoWorks.
2005 HP acquired Peregrine Systems, and its leading IT asset and service management software portfolio, it will be integrated into the HP OpenView business unit to create the industry's most comprehensive distributed enterprise management software solution.
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Products
- OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM)
- 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)
- OpenView Service Desk (OVSD)
- OpenView Internet Services (OVIS)
- OpenView Service Navigator
- OpenView Transaction Analyzer (OVTA)
- OpenView SOA Manager
- OpenView Reporter
- Performance
- OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA)
- OpenView Performance Insight (OVPI)
- OpenView Performance Manager (OVPM)
- OpenView Performance Monitor
- Storage
- OpenView Storage Area Manager (OV SAM)
- OpenView Storage Data Protector
- OpenView Storage Mirroring
- OpenView Storage Mirroring Exchange Failover Utility
- OpenView Service Information Portal (SIP) — provides a web portal for OpenView management products
- OpenView TeMIP — A Telecoms OSS service (formerly just known TeMIP when owned by Compaq - Digital Equipment Corporation)
- OpenView Select Access (OVSA) — Secure and reliable access to critical information
- OpenView Select Identity (OVSI) — Centralized management of user's identities and access rights over their complete life cycle
- OpenView Smart Plug-in (SPI)
User Groups
OpenView Forum International is the primary user group representing the OpenView using community. In addition to providing most of the services one would expect from a user group, OpenView Forum International is responsible for organizing the yearly HP Software Forum (formerly "OpenView Forum") a conference designed for users of H-P OpenView products.
While it is not an actual "user group", the ITRC is a group of users that can provide information and answer questions about OpenView products. The ITRC is an online forum with a sometimes surprising depth of expertise. See the link below in the external links section.