Mahmoud Thoughts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

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

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

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Configure OMW to forward all events to OMi

1- Configure OMW to forward all events to OMi

a- Create Server-Flexible Management Policy

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TIMETEMPLATES
# none

RESPMGRCONFIGS
    RESPMGRCONFIG DESCRIPTION "Forward all messages to HP OMi"
    SECONDARYMANAGERS
    ACTIONALLOWMANAGERS

    MSGTARGETRULES
        MSGTARGETRULE DESCRIPTION "forward all messages rule"
            MSGTARGETRULECONDS
            MSGTARGETRULECOND DESCRIPTION "forward all messages "
            MSGTARGETMANAGERS
                MSGTARGETMANAGER
                TIMETEMPLATE "$OPC_ALWAYS"
                OPCMGR IP 0.0.0.0 "dxb-bsm-01.mahmoudthoughts.com"
---

replace dxb-bsm-01.mahmoudthoughts.com with your OMi server.

b- Deploy the newly created policy to your OMW server and ensure it is enabled.

2- Configure HPOM Topology Sync

On BSM Console

Click Admin > Platform > Setup and Maintenance > Infrastructure Settings

Under Select Context select Operations Management from Applications

Browse to Operations Management - HPOM Topology Synchronization Connection Settings Section

Type your OM Server Hostname, User, password and change other options as needed.

Run opr-startTopologySync.bat from BSM bin directory

%TOPAZ_HOME%\bin\opr-startTopologySync.bat

Check the result on Modeling Studio

Admin > ODB Administration > Modeling > Modeling Studio

Select Views from Resource Type list

Select OM CI Collections from Root > Operations Management

Click on Preview Icon

The Result should be the Node, Node Groups and Service Hierarchy

3- list the events forwarded by OMW

Click on Application > Operations Management

The list of events should be displayed under Event Perspective

In the video below I captured 30 seconds on generating test messages from OMW and how fast it shows in OMi

Message Sync between OMW and OMI

Monday, July 4, 2011

HP Operations Orchestration Software Video Demo

HP OO Software Demo Series -- Part 1: Introduction to Operations Orchestration

Part 2: Incident Management using HP OO

Part 3: Automated Service Request Demonstration

Part 4: Automated Provisioning with OO Software

Sunday, July 3, 2011

HP NNMi GNM Explained

I have received a request from Johan in the chat area about NNMi support of Collectors architecture, this is a Whiteboarding session (45 mins) on NNMi Global Network Management architecture and best practices by Pete Zwetkof (NNMi Product Manager)