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HP uCMDB: Creating New CIs using Enrichment Rules

In this article, I have used one of the HP uCMDB features to create additional CIs based on the discovered data on certain CI

Scenario:

Operators want to display Operating System name as CI linked with Node CI

Steps:

1-Create New CIT for the Operating System

2-Create relation between Operating System CIT an d Node CIT

3- Create Correlation Rule

3a- in Query Mode adding your Searching criteria  TQL

3b- in Enrichment Mode add the CIT you want to create

3c- Add  Query Node Definition (How the new CI Attributes will be populated)

4- Create Scheduler task to run the Enrichment Rule

 

1-Create New CIT for the Operating System

Under Modeling > CI Type Manager right click the CIT tree and create a new CIT

I recommend to create the CIT under NodeElement CIT to inherit all the relations and configurations as all NodeElement child CITs

Note: Remove ABSTRACT_CLASS from Type Qualifiers to be able to create CIs

 

2-Create relation between Operating System CIT an d Node CIT

Select Node CIT and OS CIT and right click select Add/remove Relationship.

 

3- Create Correlation Rule

Move to Modeling > Enrichment manager and create new rule

 

 

3a- in Query Mode adding your Searching criteria  TQL

In Query mode

I will Edit the Query Node Properties and filter my TQL

I will select DiscoverOSName is Not Null to ensure that this will apply to only nodes that Has this attribute populated

 

 

3b- in Enrichment Mode add the CIT you want to create

Change the Operations to Enrichment Mode and add the operating System CIT, and Add the relation between Node CIT and Operating System CIT

 

3c- Add  Query Node Definition (How the new CI Attributes will be populated)

Fill the Operating System attributes as needed.

for Name attribute use the option By Attribute and select Node CIT and DiscoveredOsName

 

Note: You may create combination of Node attributes as a value by choosing Advanced

 

4- Create Scheduler task to run the Enrichment Rule

 

Go to Administration >  Scheduler

Create New Schedule

Add Run an Enrichment Rule

Select your schedule

Run the schedule

 

The Outcome will be like this, create a view to with Node and OS CITs to get the result.

HP uCMDB: Modeling: Grouping Node CIs by Operating System

Create New View or Modify the current view.

Add Node CIT

In the Hierarchy pane, right click Node CIT and select Add Group by Attribute

 

Select DiscoveredOSName as Group by

 

This is a preview on How it should look like.

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Modeling: Creating relationship between OS and Nodes

The main idea here is to group multiple Servers under Operating System name, this may be needed by some operators to identify operating system for Node CIs by just a glimpse.

My objective is to show how simply this can be done in HP uCMDB

Steps:

1. Create a new CIT for Operating System.
2. Create several OS instances
3. Create a Virtual calculated relationship between OS and Node CIs

1- Create a new CIT for Operating System.

Open CI Type Manager  by Modeling > CI Type Manager

Create CIT for Operation System

Assign the Name attribute as Key

Create CIT instances that matches the operating system names populated in your Node CIs like DiscoveredOSName

Assign the Name attribute as Key

2- Create several OS instances

Create CIT instances that matches the operating system names populated in your Node CIs like DiscoveredOSName

 

Modeling > IT Universe Manager

Click on New CI

3- Create a Virtual calculated relationship between OS and Node CIs

Modify your View or Model or Prospective to have this relation, below I have created a new view.

Modeling > Modeling Studio 

Create New View  I named it “OS2Node”

Add both Operating System and Node CITs

Create Joined Relationship

Select Name Attribute from Operating System CIT and DiscoverOSName from Node CIT and select Operator Sub string ignore case

This is the final result of the CIs and its relations.

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When you access Google+ you can post only to Google+

 

You can use http://startgoogleplus.com/ plugin to allow you to use Google+ for posting to Facebook and Twitter.

Everything is described in the URL above.

Step 1: Get the Google Chrome Extension

For Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/start-google-plus/

For Safari

http://startgoogleplus.com/downloads/extension/safari/StartGooglePlus.safariextz

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Step 2b: Sign in with your Google+ Account

http://plus.google.com

Step 3: Import Photos from Facebook

Step 4: +1 This Page and the applications page

 

Simply Click on the Icon next to Home and log on to Facebook and Twitter to allow the application to access both networks.

You will find two new Sparks added to your Google+ interface

All posts from Twitter and Facebook will appear to your Stream page

Also when Share anything it will share to all your networks.

Modifying Google+ for iPhone to work on iPad

Google has released an update on Google plus application and assumes compatibility on iPad and iPod, but when you install it you will find the same as iPhone applications with 2x as maximum enhancement.

iPhone Application

iPad Application

This will make you loose interest in using the application.

I'll show you how to update the application properties to make it iPad enabled.

 

Modifying Google plus to work on iPad

Navigating Google plus on iPad

1- Install application named iFile From Cydia

2- Open the application and change the options to display the folders for applications to be readable not GUID

 

3- Browse to Google+\EmSea.app and browse to info.plist

4- Modify the property of UIDeviceFamily and change the value to 2

5- Restart the device (Respring)

Application will look like this

BSM 9.x – NNMi 9.x Integration

To integrate NNMi with BSM, you have two methods

NNMi – uCMDB  integration which uses Data Flow Probe (DDM Probe) and is the old method.

NNMi – BSM Topology integration which is integration between NNMi and RTSM (a uCMDB version hosted in BSM)

The configuration steps is very simple

Log in NNMi > Integration Module Configuration > HP BSM Topology

Enter your NNMi server name, username and password

For BSM enter your BSM server name and port number  and RTSM username and password.

The NNMi - BSM Topology integration creates the following CIs:
Node
Interface
IpAddress
IpSubnet
Layer2Connection
HardwareBoard
PhysicalPort

You should note that the Built-in view for Layer 2 is not compatible with this integration, so we have to update it.

The view below is the default and it is not working as the BSM integration is populating the routers and switches as Node CI not a network device and adds the device role to NodeRole attribute.

1- remove Net Device CI

2- Add Node CI

3- Add a Composition relationship between this new Node CI and its Interface CI.

4-  Re-establish the folding rule (fold Interface under Node).

5- For the Node CI, right click and select Query Node Properties  specify that the NodeRole attribute should contain lan_switch or router

 

NNM View

uCMDB View