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EMC CorporationCorporate Headquarters:
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EMC® Ionix™ ITA AdapterHP Network Node Manager (NNM)
Version 2.3
Installation and Configuration GuideP/N 300-010-279
REV A03
EMC Ionix
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Copyright © 2010 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.Published June, 2010
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Table of Contents 2
Introduction 12Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Integration Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Action Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adapter Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14ITIL Services Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Supported ITIL Object Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Persistence Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Database Acquisition Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Buffer Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Web Service Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Acquisition Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Acquisition Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operations Web Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Process Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About the HP-NNM Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Supported Methods 26Acquisition Web Service Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
WSDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Polling Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Blocking Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Terminal Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27General Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Discovery Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29WSDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Operations Web Service Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Shared Service Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Event Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Configuration 34Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Supported Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Software Installation 36Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Configuring SSL Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Installing a License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Installing the Adapter Software - Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Start the Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Installing the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing the HP-NNM Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Starting the Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Setting the Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Enabling the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Running the Adapter Windows Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Executable Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Service Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing Adapter Software - UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Running the Adapter UNIX Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Manual Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Install the Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Framework Properties 70Properties Editor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting the Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Using the Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Global Framework Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Acquisition monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Automated Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
HP-NNM Framework Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74HP-NNM Agent Trap Sender Properties (nnmagent.txt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74HP-NNM Agent Trap Receiver Properties (spring.properties) . . . . . . . . . 75
Custom Configuration 76Client Acquisition Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Object Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76RESTful Client Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Calling the RESTful Client Acquisition from curl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77SOAP Client Acquisition Web Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Extracting the Client-Object in the IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Running on another port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Adapter High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Operations Services Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Acquisition Services Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Use the External Database for Multiple Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Adapter Failover Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Agent Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Java to Adapter Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Persistence Database Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Removing Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Reclaiming Unused Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Connecting to the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Changing the Database Port Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Offloading the Acquisition Queue to an External Database . . . . . . . . . . 85
Deploying Automator Projects 86Create a New Project from the IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Create New Metalinks for Operations and Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Create a Virtual Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Deploy the IDE Project to the Virtual Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Creating a Virtual Server from an Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Start the Metalinks on the Virtual Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Configuring Automator for Acquisition Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Managing the Adapter 110Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Connecting to the Adapter Java Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Starting the Java Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Management Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
com.iwave:name=Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112com.iwave:name=AcquisitionQueue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113com.iwave:name=FrameworkAdmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Maintenance and Troubleshooting 116Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Log Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Turning on Adapter Logging (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Error Types and Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Recoverable Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Permanent Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Global Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Re-Installing or Uninstalling the Windows Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Re-installing the Windows Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Uninstalling the Windows Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Starting and Stopping the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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Uninstalling the Adapter Software - Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
IT Object Model (ITOM) 126
Index 136
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Preface 3This manual includes instructions on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the EMC HP Network Node Manager (NNM) Adapter software.
Audience 3
This publication is written for the System Administrator or Engineer responsible for installing and configuring the EMC HP Network Node Manager (NNM) Adapter software.
Organization 3
This publication consists of the following chapters:• Introduction• Supported Methods• System Configuration• Software Installation• Framework Properties• Custom Configuration• Deploying Automator Projects• Managing the Adapter• Maintenance and Troubleshooting• IT Object Model List (ITOM)• Index
Font conventions 3
• Bold format is used to identify dialog boxes and menu choices. For example: Start > Programs > IonixITA> adapters-2.3
• Courier fixed-width font is used for code elements (Java, HTML) as well as filenames and directories. For example:install_root refers to the directory where the Adapter software is installed, for example
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c:/Program files/install_root/Adapters
• Web addresses are displayed as hyperlinks. For example: http://www.EMC.com
Related documents 3
For more information on EMC software products, refer to the following manuals:• EMC Ionix IT Automator Installation and Configuration Guide - This
manual provides information on installing the EMC Ionix IT Automator Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Server.
• EMC Ionix IT Automator Getting Started Guide - This manual provides a hands-on tutorial for novice users of the IDE. It provides step-by-step instructions for creating an EMC Ionix IT Automator application and deploying it to the Server.
• EMC Ionix IT Automator Server Management Console User Guide - This manual explains how to use the Ionix IT Automator Server and Management Console to manage the Ionix IT Automator.
• EMC Ionix IT Automator Monitoring Server Installation and Configuration Guide - This manual includes procedures for installing and configuring the EMC Ionix IT Automator Monitoring Server.
• EMC Ionix IT Automator Monitoring Server Console User Guide - This manual explains how to use the Monitoring Server Console to manage events from the Ionix IT Automator and Adapter. The manual includes descriptions of the user interface, charts, and logs available from the Monitoring Server console.
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1Chapter
Introduction 1Topics covered in this chapter:• Introduction• Adapter Framework• ITIL Services Support• Supported ITIL Object Types• System Architecture• Persistence Database• Web Service Methods
Introduction 1
EMC provides two different types of Adapters:• Integration Adapters• Action Adapters
Integration Adapters
EMC provides a comprehensive library of IT Service Management (ITSM) integration Adapters. Integration Adapters enable the bi-directional exchange of Incident, Problem, Configuration, Change and Asset information between ITSM applications.
The ITSM applications include:• Service Desk Applications• Enterprise Management Systems• CMDB and Asset Management Systems• Database Management Systems
Figure 1-1 illustrates a high-level view of the end-to-end, bi-directional process. In this process, the new/modified Incident Record goes from the endpoint application to the remote vendor application.
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INTRODUCTION
EMC provides for two-way integrations allowing this process flow to move in either direction. An Adapter is required on each endpoint as each application has a customized API. Integrations can be performed for multiple applications; integrations are not limited to two.
Figure 1-1 High-Level Integration Overview
Action Adapters
Action Adapters allow you to quickly create integration Adapters for ITSM applications without resorting to programming. EMC provides the following Action Adapters, which can be installed with other Integration Adapters:• Command Line Adapter• Reverse Proxy Adapter• SQL Proxy Adapter
Command Line Adapter
The Command Line Adapter allows remote execution of command line processes on the machine where the Adapter is installed. Commands can be executed using the Command Line Web Service.
Reverse Proxy Adapter
The Reverse Proxy Adapter can be used by customers who may need to put their service desk application on the public internet. The Reverse Proxy Adapter can be used to provide a layer of indirection between the Automator and the service desk. The proxy can provide security (HTTPS) and authentication (HTTP Basic Authentication) without needing to set up these configurations on the service desk.
SQL Proxy Adapter
The SQL Adapter allows remote execution of SQL queries on the Adapter system. This allows the Automator to effectively query a database that is only accessible through the public internet. The Adapter can secure the communication and provide the actual access to the database. To utlize the
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SQL Proxy Adapter, you must configure the Adapter to point to the database you wish to use.
Adapter Framework 1
The EMC Adapter Framework is a Java 6 application. The Adapter Framework manages communication between the EMC Adapter and consumers (including EMC Automator). The EMC Adapter interfaces with the ITSM application’s API, and is therefore restricted by the limitations of that API. • For some ITSM applications, the EMC Adapter must run on the same machine
as the ITSM application itself. • For other ITSM applications that support remotable APIs, the Adapter may run
on a separate machine.
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ITIL SERVICES SUPPORT
ITIL Services Support 1
EMC Adapters support the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service silos as illustrated in Figure 1-2. The ITIL is a set of best practice standards for Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) and has become the worldwide standard in service management.• Incident Management - needs configuration (CI) dependency information
and determines a correlation of incidents and creates a problem report.• Problem Management - needs all Incident reports related to a problem.
Determines the root cause and determines if an RFC needs to be created from specific CIs.
• Asset Management (Financial) - determines the following:— If a new CI needs to be added to the Configuration Management
system.— If an RFC is needed for the Change Management system.— If a Service Desk task needs to be created to provision and model the
new asset in the Configuration Management system.• Event Management - generates events and alerts.
Figure 1-2 EMC ITIL Service Silos and Objects
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Supported ITIL Object Types 1
Each transaction record has an associated object type. This may either be a built in object type (i.e., Incident) or it may be a custom type. When an item is added into the Acquisition Queue, a specified object type or an object class is used:• If the object type is specified, then that type is used. • If no object type is specified, the type of the object class is used.
Note: Not all Adapters support all objects.
The EMC Adapter may include the following built in object types:• Incident Object - includes the Incident object in the Incident Management
Service silo. The primary difference between an Incident object and an ITObject object lies in the schema. The Incident has a predetermined schema allowing all adapters to map information into common predetermined data elements, whereas the ‘ITObject’ is completely generic and all data is stored as native data.
• Problem Object - includes the Problem object type for Problem Management.
• Change Object - includes the Change object type for Change Management. This object is also known as a Request for Change (RFC).
• CI Object - includes the CI (Configuration Item) object type for Configuration Management. This provides configuration information from a CMDB.
• Event Object – includes the Event object type for Event Management.• IT Object – includes the generic objects correlating back to the endpoint
application forms that may not have any relationship to the ITIL processes. ITObject Service are used in cases where customers have created their own representation of the Incident via custom forms or have developed custom forms representing data needed to integrate between applications.
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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
System Architecture 1
The EMC Adapter translates information from an Endpoint Application for input into a remote vendor application (and vice versa). The translation process includes the following Adapter software components identified in Figure 1-3: • Persistence Database• Web Service Methods:
— Operations Service— Acquisition Service
Figure 1-3 EMC Adapter System Architecture
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Persistence Database 1
The Persistence Database is an open source, relational Apache Derby database that holds transactions in the order that they are received. Once data is received, it is assigned a transaction number and stored in the Acquisition Queue. This is necessary to ensure that each application in the integration has proper data synchronization.
The Acquisition Queue consists of two areas: • Database Acquisition Queue• Buffer Queue
Database Acquisition Queue
Each time an incident is created, modified, or closed in the Endpoint Application, the change is captured as a transaction. This transaction data is stored in the Database Acquisition Queue, which is periodically polled by the EMC Automator. When polled, the transaction data is packaged into an XML document and sent to the Automator via HTTP/HTTPS. The Automator processes the transaction via its workflows and provides the data to the Operations Service of one or more remote Adapters to facilitate platform integration.
After the transaction is successfully processed, the Automator acknowledges the transaction in the queue, so it can be removed. The Automator can optionally acknowledge the transaction as errors based on workflow thresholds. Transactions acknowledged as “complete” or “errors” are no longer available when polled.
Buffer Queue
The Buffer Queue stores records on disk until there is room in the database for them. This allows the Adapter to perform more effectively with larger loads. Instead of records going into the database directly, they are stored to the filesystem when the number of database records exceeds the configuration option acquisition.bufferqueue.limit (default 200).
The Buffer Queue stores records waiting to be put in the database in the data/queue/buffer directory. When the buffer is active, it starts a background thread to push data into the database. Order of the records is maintained. The files in the directory should not be modified while the adapter is running.
This also provides a store-forward like capability for the Adapters similar to the agents. If the database is down, the Buffer Queue is also engaged
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WEB SERVICE METHODS
Web Service Methods 1
EMC Adapters handle communication with the actual ITSM Endpoint Application. EMC Adapters provide a common set of Web Services methods:• Acquisition Service - acquire transaction information from the ITSM
applications.• Operational Service - create, update, or search and retrieve information
within the ITSM applications.
EMC Adapter Acquisition and Operational Services are consumed by processes running in the EMC Automator Server.
The HP NNM adapter uses a specialized application Agent to send notifications.
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ACQUISITION SERVICE
Acquisition Service 1
The Acquisition Service provides access to objects that have changed in endpoint applications. All of the data is stored in a Persistence Queue. Acquisition is the process that allows the Adapter to react to the creation, modification, or closure of an incident and place that information into the Persistence Database queue. The EMC Automator polls the transactions from the Persistence Database queue. Then the Automator processes and sends the transactions to the target application(s).
The same Acquisition Service is used for all object types and polling can be restricted to certain object types. In high transaction environments or to get the best performance from the Persistence Queue, indexing should be turned on in the database.
Process Flow
Figure 1-4 displays a detailed architectural view and Acquisition process flow for the EMC Adapter. This process allows the EMC Automator Server to receive and manage transaction data stored in the Persistence Database queue.
The process consists of the following steps:1. The Automator sends a Transaction Management request to the Acquisition
Service.2. The Acquisition Service queries the Persistence Database queue for
transaction data.3. The Persistence Database sends the transaction back upstream to the
Automator.Figure 1-4 Acquisitions Process Flow
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Acquisition Push
The Acquisition Push mechanism provides lifecycle management of adapter queue transactions. It allows the workflow developer to write workflows to handle transactions only. The Acquisition Push mechanism handles the following functions: • Performs the polling operations. It polls in groups of 50 at a time, which it can
execute in parallel. Only one thread performs polling. • Allows a configurable number of threads to be used to process transactions. • Performs a complete operation when a workflow successfully executes. • Performs a retry if it cannot connect to automator or if there is an error. Has a
configurable number of retries (defaults to 60). If the retries count is exceeded, the transaction is put into a resolvable error state.
• Automatically notifies the Monitoring Server of errors that occur and logs the errors.
• Allows the workflow creator to optionally use blocking or error functionality manually. This allows for using this mechanism for simple processes but gives the full acquisition service capability where required.
• If Ionix IT Automator is detected to be down (planned or otherwise), the mechanism will wait for automator service to return rather than continually generating errors.
Terminology
• Buckets - The acquisition push mechanism uses the concept of 'buckets' to parallelize processing. A blocking key is the unique combination of 'serviceId', 'objectType' and 'objectId'. This is used as the criteria for blocking on the acquisition queue. The push mechanism takes results of a poll and breaks it up into separate groups known as buckets. One bucket is created for each blocking key in the poll. If all records are for unique IDs in the endpoint application, then each bucket will have only one record in it. All buckets can be processed independent of other buckets.
• Side Effects - The acquisition push mechanism analyzes the 'side effects' of processing. This will look at a transaction status and blocking to determine if it is safe to process other transactions in the same bucket. If it determines that there are side effects, then it will not do further processing on the same bucket. Side effects are determined as follows: Has no side effects: — Complete: Will not be present on the queue. Get will fail. — Error: Will not show as 'Blocked'. Has side effects: — Retry: Will show with transaction status of 'Poll'. — Resolvable Error: Will show as 'Blocked' — Blocked: Will show as 'Blocked'
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Performance
This mechanism has been optimized to perform handling of adapter queue data the best. • It only uses a single thread for polling. This reduces the idle time load on the
adapters. One problem with Automator polling is having so many jobs continuously hitting the adapters with poll calls.
• Worker threads are used to perform simultaneous processing. Separate jobs do not need to fire on a repeat interval. When there is work in the queue to be done, it can keep all worker threads active.
• All adapter calls are handled internally and do not need to go over the wire (web services). Transactions are only pushed when they are to be run.
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OPERATIONS WEB SERVICE
Operations Web Service 1
An operation constitutes the process of pushing, getting, and finding data from a remote application. For example, when an incident is created, modified or closed in an application that is integrated with an endpoint application, the modified information is placed into the endpoint application. This operation effectively synchronizes an application’s data with its remote counterpart.
Process Flow
The process consists of the following steps:1. The Automator calls the Operations Service methods to interact with the
Endpoint application’s API.2. Operations Service translates the record information from the IT Object Model
to the Endpoint application’s native record format. The native record information is sent to the Endpoint application through the API.
3. The API Interface inserts the data into the Endpoint application.4. The results from the API are translated back into the IT Object Model and
returned from the web service call.Figure 1-5 Operations Process Flow
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ABOUT THE HP-NNM ADAPTER
About the HPNNM Adapter 1
The EMC HP Network Node Manager (HP-NNM) Adapter requires a special HP-NNM Agent to perform operations against the HP-NNM API. The HP-NNM Agent is a C implementation that uses the HP-NNM API, which does not support Java, to insert information into HP-NNM and retrieve information from HP-NNM. • Operation calls are performed using a trap sender. • Acquisition is performed using a trap receiver that makes calls to the
framework acquisition event service.
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Supported Methods 2This section identifies the supported methods for the Adapter Web Services:• Acquisition Web Service Methods• Discovery Service• Operations Web Service Methods
Acquisition Web Service Methods 2
The following services are made available to the EMC Automator through the EMC Adapter’s Acquisition Web Service:• Polling Methods• Blocking Methods• Terminal Methods• General Methods
WSDL
The Acquisition Services are used to access the Adapter acquired messages on a queue. The following is the WSDL URL for the Acquisition Service:
https://localhost:9443/services/AcquisitionService?wsdl
Polling Methods
While in the Acquisition Queue, transactions are assigned a polling status:• Poll - indicates the transaction has no related transactions that are Blocking
and it is available for polling. Related transactions are defined as those with the same objectType, serviceId and objectId (see the getRelated operation).
• Pending - indicates records that have been polled and are currently being processed.
• Error - indicates records that have been polled, processed and contain errors.
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The following are the supported polling methods:• poll(objectType, maxResults) - Polls the acquisition service for
transactions with the given object type. The maximum number of records returned is specified. This method puts the records into the blocking state and sets their status as pending. If maxResults is not specified, one record will be returned.
• pollAny(maxResults) - Polls the acquisition service for transactions. The maximum number of records returned is specified. This method puts the records into the blocking state and sets their status as pending. If maxResults is not specified, one record will be returned.
• pollByService(serviceId, objectType, maxResults) - Polls the acquisition service for transactions with the given service ID and object type. The maximum number of records returned is specified. This method puts the records into the blocking state and sets their status as pending. If maxResults is not specified, one record will be returned.
Blocking Methods
A blocking transaction is a transaction that is currently being processed by an Automator instance. A blocking transaction record prevents other related records from being polled. Blocking Methods are used to identify if the transaction is blocking (TRUE) or non -blocking (FALSE). If the transaction is blocking, the blockType is identified as either Pending or Asynchronous.• block(id, message, blockType) - Sets the transaction as Blocking
and sets the blockType. Since polling automatically sets the blocking flag as TRUE, most of the time this method will just set the blocking type.
• unblock(id, message) - Sets the transaction as non-blocking. (Blocking = false)
Terminal Methods
Terminal Methods are called to signal the end of Automator processing on a record. • complete(id) - Acknowledges a transaction and deletes it. This used to be
called acknowledgeComplete. acknowledgeList will be removed as transactions are generally handled sequentially.
• retry(id, message) - Sets the status to Poll and unblocks the transaction. This can be used to resolve and retry errors or to retry something that was polled.
• resolvableError(id, message) - Sets the status to Error and ensures that the transaction is Blocking. This is used instead of acknowledgeError. The blocking is preserved to prevent data corruption. This block type is set to Error.
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• error(id, message) - Sets the status to error and unblocks. This is used for final errors that were never retried. By using this method, the user allows other related transactions to be processed. Use this method with caution.
General Methods
General Methods are called to get and return transaction and blocking results.• getBlocking(maxResults) - Gets all transactions in the Blocked state.• getBlockingFor(maxResults, blockType, seconds) - Gets all
transactions in the blocked state for a number of seconds. This can be used for auditing asynchronous transactions.
• getTransaction(id) - Gets the specified transaction.• count(id) - Returns the total count of available transactions and error
transactions in the Persistence Queue.• countErrors(id) - Gets the total number of records that are in the Error
state in the Acquisition Queue. Similar to count() but for errors.• getErrors(maxResults) - Gets all transactions with the Error Status.• getRelated(id) - Gets a list of all transactions that are related to this
transaction. Related transactions are defined as ones that have the same objectType, serviceId and objectId. This is useful to get any transactions that are related to a transaction that is blocking.
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DISCOVERY SERVICE
Table 2-1 identifies the formats and descriptions of the method input variables.
Discovery Service 2
The discovery service allows you to see what web services are deployed on the adapters framework. This will list all adapter web services, Monitoring Server services and any RESTful HTTP services. The Discovery Service information can be accessed in two different ways:• through a SOAP Web Service• through a standard HTTP GET
WSDL
The following are the WSDL locations for the Discovery Service:• For SOAP:
https://localhost:9443/services/DiscoveryService?wsdl • For HTTP GET:
https://localhost:9443/services/discovery
Table 2-1 Acqusition Service Method Input Descriptions
Inputs Format Description
blocking boolean This is true if the record is blocking. This is done by the user calling the block operation or by a poll operation. A blocking record prevents other related records from being polled.
Valid values: TRUE, FALSE (default)
blocktype boolean This field defines the type, category, tag or state associated with the block.
Valid values: Pending, Asynchronous
id Integer Identifies the transaction ID.
maxResults Integer Identifies the maximum number of items to poll. (Default =1)
message String Text string identifying the method message.
objectType String Case sensitive ITIL Object Type (Incident or ITObject).
seconds Integer Identifies the number of seconds.
serviceId String Case sensitive Service ID.
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Operations Web Service Methods 2
The EMC HP NNM Adapter utilizes the following Operations Web Services:• Shared Service Operations• Event Service
Shared Service Operations
Core Methods
These are the core methods available on most of the services.
Relationship Methods
These methods manage relationships between the object defined and other objects in the endpoint application.
Log Methods
These methods provided access to modifying logs. Logs are returned as references and should be retrieved and modified by these operations. Log
Table 2-2 Shared Services - Core Methods
Event Description/Notes
get(identifier) Gets the object with the identifier provided.
find(query (IncidentID)) Finds the object with the endpoint application query specified.
create(Object) Creates the object in the endpoint application.
update(Object) Updates the object in the endpoint application.
Table 2-3 Relationship Methods
Event Description/Notes
relate(identifier, reference) Relates the object reference specified to the identifier of the object to refer to it.
unrelate(identifier, reference) Removes the relationship between the object represented by the identifier and the reference.
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identifiers are retrieved through the object models for the various object types as object references.
Attachment Methods
These methods provide access to get or create attachments. On some systems, creating an attachment with an existing ID may update an existing attachment. This functionallity is not covered by the Adapter framework.
Event Service
The following is the WSDL location for the Operations Event Service:
https://localhost:9443/services/Hpnnm/EventService?wsdl
Table 2-4 Log Methods
Event Description/Notes
createLog(identifier, log) Creates a new log object associated with the identifier of the object specified.
getLogs(ids<List>) Retrieves a list of log objects given a list of their IDs.
Table 2-5 Attachment Methods
Event Description/Notes
createAttachment(identifier, attachment)
Creates a new attachment associated with the identifier specified. The attachment object contains all of the data that corresponds to the attachment to create.
getAttachments(ids<List>) Retrieves a list of Attachment objects given a list of their IDs.
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Table 2-6 Event Service Details
Event Description/Notes
get(identifier) Gets the Event with the identifier provided.
find(query) Finds the Event with the endpoint application query specified.
acknowledge(event) Acknowledges the Event in the endpoint application.
clear(event) Clears the Event in the endpoint application.
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System Configuration 1This chapter identifies the requirements for configuring the EMC Adapter solution and discusses the following topics:• Supported Operating Systems• System Requirements• Supported Databases
Supported Operating Systems 1
The Adapter software can be installed on the following operating systems:• Windows - NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, 2008 Server• UNIX- Solaris 10 (Sparc), HP-UX 11 (Itanium), AIX• Linux - x86, x64, Kernel 2.6 (or higher)
System Requirements 1
Before you install the Adapter software, your Adapter server must meet the following system requirements.
Recommended
The following are the recommended system requirements for installing the EMC Adapter software:• CPU : Dual Core Processor running 2GHz or higher • RAM : 2 GB • Disk Space : 5 GB free disk space • Java Runtime Environment : JRE 6.0 Update 16 (or above) is recommended.
This is bundled with the Windows installer.
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SUPPORTED DATABASES
Minimum
The following are the minimum system requirements for installing the EMC Adapter software:• CPU: Pentium Class or Equivalent Processor or higher • RAM: 512 MB Free • Disk Space: 2 GB free disk space • Java Runtime Environment: JRE 6.0 Update 16 (or above) is recommended.
This is bundled with the Windows installer.
Supported Databases 1
The EMC Adapter uses a relational Apache Derby database for the Persistence Queue. In addition to the Apache Derby database, the EMC Adapter supports the following external databases:• Oracle• DB2• Microsoft SQL Server
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Software Installation 4Topics covered in this section:• Overview• Configuring SSL Communications• Installing a License File• Installing the Adapter Software - Windows• Running the Adapter Windows Service• Installing Adapter Software - UNIX• Running the Adapter UNIX Service• Manual Installation Procedures
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OVERVIEW
Overview 4
Based on your EMC configuration, the following components may be installed (see Figure 4-1):• EMC Adapters – includes the Adapter software and license file.• EMC Adapter Agent (Optional) – includes the Adapter URL Agent software or
custom Agent.The Agent may be installed with the Adapter on the same server or on a separate server.
• License files – are provided by EMC Customer Support and must be installed in the appropriate directory.
• EMC Automator (Optional) – includes the Automator software and license file. The installation may also include the IDE software, which also requires a license.
Figure 4-1 Installation Components
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CONFIGURING SSL COMMUNICATIONS
Configuring SSL Communications 4
To configure SSL communications between the Automator and Adapter, complete the following steps.1. From the Adapter server, obtain a copy of the Adapter SSL Certificate. 2. Verify that there is not an existing or incorrect certificate already installed in
the Automator keystore.3. Copy the hostname.cer file to the Automator server.4. Confirm that the JAVA_HOME is set to Java 6. Once the JAVA_HOME is verified,
execute the following command to delete the existing certificate:"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool" -delete -alias iwave -storepass changeit -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\security\cacerts"
5. Install the certificate into the Automator keystore.6. Confirm that the JAVA_HOME is set to Java 6. Once the JAVA_HOME is verified,
execute the following command to store the certificate:"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool" -import -alias iwave -v -file iwave.cer -keypass iwave -storepass changeit -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\security\cacerts"
Figure 4-2 SSL Configuration
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INSTALLING A LICENSE FILE
Installing a License File 4
When the Adapter software is purchased, a software license file (in XML format) is provided by EMC Customer Support. The license file identifies the following information for each Adapter server included in the EMC software configuration:• the types of Adapters that can be installed on the server• the Adapter software version• the expiry date for the Adapter software• the license key
During Adapter software installation, the user identifies the location of the license file. The installer then copies the license file from the original location to the following EMC Adapter installation directory:
install_root/adapters-2.3/conf
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Installing the Adapter Software Windows 4
This section identifies the steps required for installing the EMC Adapter software.
Before You Begin
Before you install the EMC Adapter software, complete the following tasks:• Identify the location of the Adapter license file.• Close all Windows applications.• Determine the type of Agent you are installing (if any).• Determine which Adapter will be installed.• Determine on which server the Adapter and Agent software will be installed.
Start the Installer
To install the EMC URL Agent and/or Adapter software, complete the following the steps:1. Access the location of the Adapter installer executable. Double-click the
setup-Adapter-winxx_2.3.exe file. 2. The Open File - Security Warning window displays. Click Run.3. The InstallAnywhere progress screen displays.Figure 4-3 Installer Progress Screen
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4. The progress screen displays.Figure 4-4 Progress Screen
5. After the InstallAnywhere Wizard finishes loading, the EMC Adapters Installer Introduction screen displays. From this screen, select the Next button to continue.
Figure 4-5 Introduction Screen
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6. The Choose Install Set screen displays. From this screen, select the appropriate installation option. — For instructions on installing your Adapter, refer to “Installing the
Adapter”.— For instructions on installing the HP-NNM Agent, refer to “Installing
the HP-NNM Agent”Figure 4-6 Choose Install Set
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Installing the Adapter
1. From the Choose Install Set screen, select the HP Network Node Manager Adapter option. Click Next.
Figure 4-7 Choose Install Set Screen
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2. The Choose Install Folder screen displays with the default installation folder. To change the install folder, click the Choose button and navigate to the appropriate installation directory. Click Next.
Figure 4-8 Choose Install Folder Screen
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3. The Choose Shortcut Folder screen displays. From this screen, specify the areas where the software shortcut icons will be created. Click the Next button to continue.— In a new Program Group – creates a new program group with the
specified name and includes a shortcut in the Windows All Programs list.
— In an existing Program Group – includes a shortcut in an existing program group.
— In the Start Menu – includes the Adapter shortcut in the Start menu.— On the Desktop – creates an Adapter shortcut on the desktop.— In the Quick Launch Bar – includes the Adapter shortcut in the Quick
Launch menu bar.— Other – specify a custom directory location by selecting the Choose
button.— Don’t create icons – Select this option if you do not want to create an
Adapter shortcut.— Create Icons for All Users – Select this option to create shortcuts for
all users configured on the server. The shortcuts are only added to the Start Menu and Desktop.
Figure 4-9 Choose Shortcut Folder Screen
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Note: If you choose not to create a menu shortcut, you can start the Adapterframework using the startAdapters.bat file. This file is located in theinstall_root\bin directory.
4. The Choose License File screen displays. From this screen, verify that the license file location identified in the Please Choose License File field, is correct. To change the license file location, select the Choose button and select the appropriate directory. Clik Next.
Figure 4-10 Choose License File Screen
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5. The Enable Security screen displays. On this screen, the Use HTTPS (port 9443) check box is selected by default. This option uses SSL for secure Web-based communications. To use standard unsecured HTTP Web-based communications, uncheck this box. Click Next.
Figure 4-11 Enable Security screen
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6. The Web Service Authentication screen displays. From this screen, enter the Username and Password you want to use for authentication. You must enter the password twice for confirmation purposes. Click Next.
Figure 4-12 Web Services Authentication
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7. The Monitoring Server Configuration screen displays. Based on your Adapter configuration, determine the appropriate step to complete:— If you are monitoring the Adapter with the Monitoring Server and the
Monitoring Server is on a different host from the Adapter, select the Specify host for Monitoring Server checkbox. Identify the following information and click Next:– URL - identifies the URL location of the Monitoring Server.– Username - identifies the username for the Monitoring Server.– Password - identifies the password associated with the username.
— If you are not using a Monitoring Server or your Monitoring Server is running on the same server as the Adapter, leave the checkbox unchecked. Click Next.
Figure 4-13 Monitoring Server Configuration
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8. The Pre-Installation Summary screen displays. Using the scroll bar, review the information before continuing the installation process.— If the the information is correct, click Next.— If the information is incorrect, click Previous and change the
configurations on the previous screen. Click Next when done.Figure 4-14 Pre-Installation Summary
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9. The Adapters Configuration screen displays. Click Next.Figure 4-15 Adapters Configuration
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10. The XML Agent Location screen displays. In the URL field, enter the URL and port where the HP Network Node Manager XML Agent service is located. Click Next.
Figure 4-16 XML Agent Location
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11. The Preparing to Install screen displays. Click Install.Figure 4-17 Preparing to Install
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12. The Installing Adapters screen displays. This screen displays the progress of the installation process. During this step, the Windows Service is installed and a keystore file is generated for SSL.
Figure 4-18 Installing the Adapter
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13. The Start Service screen displays when the installation is complete. If you wish to start the service after the installation is complete, click Start Service After Install. This will automatically create indexes in the Derby database resulting in a more optimal performance when processing. Click Next.
Figure 4-19 Start Service
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14. If you did not select the Start Services option, the Derby Indexes screen displays as a reminder. After installation, you should start the Adapter service and run the runScipt.bat file with the indicated command. This will automatically create indexes in the Derby database resulting in a more optimal performance when processing. Creating indexes in the Derby database with this command only needs to be done the first time the Adapter service is started. Click Next.
Figure 4-20 Derby Indexes
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15. The Install Complete screen displays. Click Done to exit the installer.Figure 4-21 Install Complete
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INSTALLING THE HP-NNM AGENT
Installing the HPNNM Agent 4
The NNM Agent is installed using the gzipped tar file named nnm.tar.gz. To install the HP-NNM Agent, complete the following steps:
1. Retrieve the nnm.tar.gz file from the EMC FTP site.2. Create the directory where the software will be installed. For example:
/usr/IonixITA/NNM.3. Move the nnm.tar.gz file to this directory.4. From the nnm.tar.gz file, extract the directories and files to create the Agent
directory and file structure.
tar -xvf nnm.tar
5. The following files and directories are created.
6. Refer to the OpenView NNM configuration for the MIB(s) for which the agent is to receive traps. Using this information, update the value of the Filter keyword in the nnmagent.txt file (see Figure 4-22).
Table 4-1 Agent Directories and Files
Directory File Description
Log Log files are stored here
Bin traprecv
trapsend
HP-NNM Agent trap receiver
HP-NNM Agent trap sender
Conf nnmagent.txt Configuration file for traprecv and trapsend.
data/nnm- store Guaranteed delivery directory used by traprecv.
scripts nnmagent.ksh Starts traprecv and trapsend.
traprecv.ksh Starts traprecv.
trapsend.ksh Starts trapsend.
setenv Sets environment variables for other scripts.
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Figure 4-22 nnmagent.txt file
7. If the OpenView pmd process is running on a system other than that where the agent is installed, un-comment the PmdAddress keyword in the nnmagent.txt file and supply the host name of the pmd process system.
8. Start the agent with the following commands:> cd /usr/IonixITA/nnm/scripts> nnmagent.ksh
Starting the Agent
To start both the trapsend and trap receive agents at the same time, use the nnmagent.ksh script.
Figure 4-23 nnmagent.ksh Script
If for some reason only one agent must be started (i.e., it ended unexpectedly) then use either the traprecv.ksh or trapsend.ksh scripts.
Figure 4-24 traprecv.ksh Script
Figure 4-25 trapsend.ksh Script
#LogOptions=NORMAL#LogPath=../log#PmdAddress=#MaxLogFiles=5#MaxLogSize=1000000#SendEntityName=OperationServices#ListenPort=9008#ListenHost=localhost#RecvEntityName=AcquisitionServices#URL=http://localhost:8080/services/acquisition-event/hpnnm/event#StoreLocale=../data/nnm-storeFilter=.*
#!/bin/ksh./trapsend.ksh./traprecv.ksh
#!/bin/ksh. ./setenv../bin/traprecv ../conf/nnmagent.txt &
#!/bin/ksh. ./setenv../bin/trapsend ../conf/nnmagent.txt &
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Setting the Environment Variables
The setenv script sets environment variables used by the other scripts and by the Agents. It may be necessary to modify IW_LIBPATH depending on the local OS.
Figure 4-26 setenv Script
!/bin/ksh# Force the environment to treat "unset" environment variables as empty# not as errors#set +uCUR=`pwd`cd ..export IWHOME=`pwd`export IWAVEBIN=$IWHOME/binexport IWAVECONF=$IWHOME/confcd $CURexport IW_LIBPATH=/opt/OV/lib/hpux32:/usr/lib/hpux32# Used by HP/UX to locate shared library files#if [ -z "$SHLIB_PATH" ]thenexport SHLIB_PATH=$IW_LIBPATHelseexport SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$IW_LIBPATHfi
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Enabling the Adapter 4
The endpoints directory contains the spring configuration for the default HP-NNM Adapter. To enable the adapter, copy the hpnnm-spring.xml configuration file to the conf directory.
In the hpnnm-spring.xml file, the following is required to import the HP- NNM Adapter for the Event IT objects.<import resource="classpath:com/iwave/adapters/hpnnm/event-adapter.xml"/>
Running the Adapter Windows Service 4
The Adapters Windows Service is automatically installed during the installation process and if selected, automatically started after installation is complete. From the Windows Start menu, shortcuts are provided for starting and stopping the Windows Service.• To start the Adapters Service, select Start>All
Programs>install_root>adapters-2.3>Start Adapters Service.• To stop the Adapters Service, select Start>All
Programs>install_root>adapters-2.3>Stop Adapters Service.
Executable Location
Two executables are provided for interacting with the Windows Service:• adapters.exe: The main executable that launches the service (if installed).• adaptersw.exe: The executable for starting the Service Manager application.
These files are located in the installation bin directory:install_root/bin
Service Manager Application
The Service Manager application is an applicaiton that allows you to configure options of the service such as turning on debugging. The service can also be started and stopped from this console.
To start the Manager application, double-click on the adaptersw.exe file. The Adapters Properties screen displays (see Figure 4-27).
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Figure 4-27 Adapters Properties - Services Manager Console
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Installing Adapter Software UNIX 4
Before You Begin
Before installing the Adapters on the UNIX platform, you must complete the following tasks:• For UNIX platform:
— Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 11. — Java 6 must be installed and run on the local computer. If multiple Java
platforms are present on the local computer, make sure that %JAVA_HOME% points to Java 6 when running the Adapter.
• For both UNIX and Linux (optional):— Create an "admin" user for running the framework.
Installing the Software
To install the Adapter software on a UNIX platform, run the appropriate setup application from the Linux or Unix prompt.• Linux Installer: setup-Adapter-linux_2.3.bin• Other Unix Platforms: setup-Adapter-unix_2.3.bin
Running the Adapter UNIX Service 4
The bin/service.sh script starts and stops the framework as a service. A special file service.PID is created when the service is started. This is used to find the PID of the running service. Do not delete this file manually.
• Starting the service: ./service.sh start• Stopping the service: ./service.sh stop• Restarting the service: ./service.sh restart• Service Status: ./service.sh status
If you wish the service to start automatically at boot time, the following is a sample init.d script you can use to call the service.sh script:
#!/bin/shIWAVE_USER=adminIWAVE_SERVICE=/usr/IonixITA/adapters-2.3/bin/service.shsu - ${IWAVE_USER} -c "$IWAVE_SERVICE" $1
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Manual Installation Procedures 4
If an installation is being performed on an unsupported operating system, the EMC Adapter can be installed manually without the installer.
Before You Begin
Before manually installing the Adapter softwre, you must complete the following tasks:• Ensure that you are installing on either a Windows or UNIX platform.• Java 6 must be installed and run on the local computer. If multiple Java
platforms are present on the local computer, make sure that %JAVA_HOME% points to Java 6 when running the EMC Adapter.
• An Adapter license file (license.xml) must be copied to the install_root\conf directory. If you do not have a license file for your Adapter, contact your EMC Sales Representative.
Install the Files
To install the files manually on a Windows or UNIX platform, complete the appropriate steps.
For Windows:
1. Contact EMC Customer Support and request a zipped copy of the Adapter installer to be placed on the EMC FTP site.
2. From the Adapter server, download the zipped file.3. Unzip the file and place the extracted file(s) in any directory on any machine
with network access to the computer running the endpoint application.
Note: For Windows installations, there are no registry keys to edit. Thelocation of these files is referred to as %IonixITA_HOME%.
For UNIX and Linux:
1. Contact EMC Customer Support and request a tarred/zipped copy of the Adapter installer to be placed on the EMC FTP site.
2. From the Adapter server, download the tarred/zipped file in binary format. Place the .zip file in the directory where you want the software installed. For example: /opt/EMC
3. Extract the files included in the zip file. This will create an adapters directory with several sub directoriesjar xfv adapter-2.3.zip
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4. Change to the adapters/conf directory. 5. Copy your license file to the conf directory. Ensure that the license file is
named license.xml.6. Change to the adapters/endpoints directory. Access the directory for
your endpoint adapter.7. Copy the endpoint-spring.xml file to the adapters/conf directory.8. Using the propertiesEditor.bat utility, modify the following parameters in the
framework.properties file.— framework.username
— framework.password
— endpoint.datasource.jdbc.url
— endpoint.datasource.jdbc.username
— endpoint.datasource.jdbc.password
9. Change to the adapters/bin directory10. Run the setup.bat script.
./setup.bat
11. Install the Adapter as a service. ./service.bat install
12. Start the adapters service.13. After a few seconds, change to the adapters/log directory and view the
framework.log file. At the bottom of the file, the log should indicate that the adapter framework has started.
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Framework Properties 1During installation, the framework.properties file is installed in the conf directory. The framework.properties file includes configuration parametes for the Adapter Framework. Any parameters specified in this file are automatically recognized by the external (framework.xml) and internal (inside the framework jars) spring configurations. These parameters allow the base configuration to be used and only a few parameters should be changed.
The framework.properties file is in the standard Java Properties format. The file can be edited using a text editor or the properties in the file can be edited using the PropertiesEditor command.
The properties in the framework.properties file that are encrypted are shown in the format: "ENC;XXXXX" where XXXXX is the encrypted data.
Note: The Properties Editor tool is only capable of creating these propertiesand not reading them.
Properties Editor Tool 1
The Properties Editor is a tool used to edit configuration properties in the framework.properties file. This command allows encrypted parameters to be specified.
Starting the Tool
To start the Properties Editor tool, execute the following batch file or shell script from the command line:• For Windows: bin/propertiesEditor.bat
• For Unix: bin/propertiesEditor.sh
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Using the Command
When entering the PropertiesEditor command, multiple options can be specified in a single invocation of the command.
Usage
PropertiesEditor [options] <target-file>
Options
-p <key>=<value> Sets a property with the key and value specified in plain text.
-e <key>=<value> Sets a property with the key and value specified in encrypted data.
-h <key>=<value> Sets a property with the key and value specified in SHA-1 Hashed format. This is used for framework passwords.
-m <file> Merges multiple properties from the file specified to the target file.
Examples
The following are examples of using the Properties Editor tool: • To set the framework username and password for authentication, enter the
following command:bin/propertiesEditor.bat -p framework.username=admin -h framework.password="Hashed String" conf/framework.properties
• To set the Adapter hostname, username and password, enter the following command:bin/propertiesEditor.bat -p adapter.host=hostname -p adapter.username=Demo -e adapter.password=password conf/framework.properties
Parameters 1
The framework.properties file includes two types of properties:• global framework properties• Adapter-specific properties
Global Framework Properties
These global framework properties are automatically configured for all Adapters.
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Framework Authentication
The following properties are used for the Web Services HTTP authentication:• framework.username - Username to log into our provided web services.• framework.password - Password to log into our provided web services.• framework.admin.password - Administrator password to restart the.
adapters over JMX.• framework.auth.enabled - If this is set to true, authentication will be
required. (Default: true)
Default base URLs to exposed services
The following properties configure the base URLs for the Adapter services:• services.url - Base URL for all adapter operations services (https://
${hostname}:9443/services).• client.url - Base URL for client acquisition service (https://
${hostname}:9443/services).• notification.url - Base URL for notifications (http://
${hostname}:9080/services/notification).• acquisitionevent.url - Base URL for acquisition events (http://
${hostname}:9080/services/acquisition-event).
DataSource Properties
The following properties can be modified to enable support for another database in addition to the Persistence database:• datasource.jdbc.driver – identifies the database driver (i.e.,
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver). • datasource.jdbc.url – identifies URL to the database (i.e.,
jdbc:sqlserver://hostname:1433;DatabaseName=testdb). • datasource.jdbc.username - identifies the username to log into the
database.• datasource.jdbc.password – identifies the password associated with
the database username. If required, the password can be encrypted.
Database Monitoring
The following properties can be modified to enable monitoring tasks on the database. Only one Adapter per database can have this enabled.• datasource.monitor.enabled - identifies if database monitoring is
enabled. (Default: true)
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Acquisition monitoring
The Adapters automatically sends the adapter.acquisition.queuesize and adapter.acquisition.queuewait events to the iMS based on the health of the Adapter queue. The following parameters are used to configure Acquisition monitoring. • acquisition.monitor.enabled - identifies if Acqusition monitoring is
enableding. (Default: true)• acquisition.monitor.queue-threshold - identifies the number of
items allowed in the queue before the queuesize event is sent. (Default: 1000)
• acquisition.monitor.queue-wait-hours- identifies the number of hours an item must be on the queue before the queuewait event is sen (Default: 24)
Automated Alerts
If iMS is on a different host from the Adapter, the following configuration are updated to include the connection settings for the iMS.T hese parameters identify the location to send automated alerts. If you are using an iMS and it is installed on the same server as your Adapter, leave these parameters blank.• framework.events.url - identifies the iMS URL location to send events.• framework.events.username - identifies the iMS server username for
basic authentication.• framework.events.password - identifies the password associated with
the iMS username. The password can be encrypted.
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HPNNM Framework Properties 1
The framework.properties file includes the following parameters for the HP-NNM Adapter:• hpnnm.xmlagent - the XML agent URL (Default: http://localhost:9008)• hpnnm.serviceId = the service identifier for the adapter.(Default: hpnnm)
Figure 5-1 Framework Properties for HP-NNM
HPNNM Agent Trap Sender Properties (nnmagent.txt)
The HP-NNM Agent trap sender requires the following properties to be set in the nnmagent.txt configuration file (case-insensitive):
Table 5-1 HP-NNM Agent Trap Sender Properties
Property Description
hpnnm.LogPath The pathname of the directory for Agent log files. Optional, default is ./log. The Agent log files are generational. The current log file is generation 0, the next oldest is generation 1, etc. The log file name for generation 0 is trapsend.log.0.
hpnnm.MaxLogFiles The maximum number of log file generations. Optional, default is 5.
hpnnm.MaxLogSize The maximum size for a log file. Optional, default is 1000000.
hpnnm.LogOptions A plus- delimited list of 0 or more log options. Optional. Specify ADET+EXIT for details.
hpnnm.PmdAddress The IP address or hostname of the HP-NNM pmd process. Optional, default is the local host.
hpnnm.SendEntityName The entity name of the HP-NNM Agent. Optional, default is OperationServices.
hpnnm.ListenPort The IP port at which the trap sender is to listen for Operation requests. Optional, default is 9008.
hpnnm.ListenHost The host name at which the trap sender is to listen for Operation requests. Optional, default is localhost
## HP-NNM Adapterhpnnm.xmlagent = http://localhost:9008hpnnm.serviceId = hpnnm
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HPNNM Agent Trap Receiver Properties (spring.properties)
The HP-NNM Agent trap receiver requires the following properties to be set in the spring.properties configuration file (case-insensitive).
Table 5-2 Agent Trap Receiver Parameters
Property Description
hpnnm.LogPath he pathname of the directory for Agent log files. Optional, default is ../log. The Agent log files are generational. The current log file is generation 0, the next oldest is generation 1, etc. The log file name for generation 0 is traprecv.log.0.
hpnnm.MaxLogFiles The maximum number of log file generations. Optional, default is 5.
hpnnm.MaxLogSize The maximum size for a log file. Optional, default is 1000000.
hpnnm.LogOptions A plus-delimited list of 0 or more log options. Optional. Specify ADET for details.
hpnnm.PmdAddress The IP address or hostname of the HP-NNM pmd process. Optional, default is the local host.
hpnnm.RecvEntityName The entity name of the HP-NNM Agent. Optional, default is AcquisitionServices.
hpnnm.URL The URL of the Acquistion Event Service. Optional, default is as described above.
hpnnm.StoreLocale The store directory for guaranteed deliver to the Acquisition Event Service. Optional, default is ../data/hpnnm-store.
hpnnm.Filter The filter defining which events the Agent is to receive from the HP-NNM pmd process. The format is described in the man page for OVsnmpEventOpen (3) and repeated below. Optional, default is ".*", which specifies that all events are to be forwarded to the Agent, excluding those generated from within the ECS engine. A customer is very unlikely to use the default. A knowledge of the specific MIB or MIBs used by the customer is needed to install the correct filter.
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Custom Configuration 1Topics covered in this section:• Client Acquisition Service• Adapter High Availability• Java to Adapter Integration• Persistence Database Management
Client Acquisition Service 1
The Client Acquisition service allows customers to leverage the EMC Acquisition Services with their data. Customer data can be added to the existing EMC Acquisition system. Processes in Automator can be configured to feed off of their data similar to the existing Adapter workflows. Two services are provided for getting data into the Acquisition Queue. Both provide the exact same features, but allow customers to choose the easiest integration point.
Data Format
The data must be provided in the following XML format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><client-object> <!-- Any client XML can go in here --></client-object>
Object Format
Schema for the client object (client-object.xsd):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><xs:schema version="1.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="client-object" type="clientDefinedObject"/>
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<xs:complexType name="clientDefinedObject" mixed="true"> <xs:sequence> <xs:any processContents="skip" namespace="##other" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType></xs:schema>
To provide data to the acquisition queue, customers must always specify the serviceId and objectType along with the object data.• serviceId: Unique identifier of the service that placed this data here. This is
used to differentiate between different applications that push data into the queue.
• objectType: Unique type of the object. This should not be one of the built in types (Incident, Event, CI, RFC, ITObject). It can be any unique name to identify the customer's data.
The return for the service provides the ID of the transaction back to the client. This can be used to correlate the call with the transaction that appears in the queue.
RESTful Client Acquisition
For the Client Acquisition endpoint, HTTP POST to the following address:
https://localhost:9443/services/client-acquisition/{serviceId}/{objectType}:
Replace {serviceId} and {objectType} with the desired values.
• HTTP Basic Authentication is expected to authenticate the user.• If a problem occurs, and HTTP 500 (Internal Error) response code is returned,
the content of the response contains the error message. A HTTP 200 code indicates the request was processed normally. Any HTTP 4xx codes indicate some sort of client error.
Note: If you have a form with a ":" colon in it, use the ASCII Hex decimal with a"%" sign prefix to escape it in the Restful service URL.
Calling the RESTful Client Acquisition from curl
In order to call the RESTful Client Acquisition from curl, the URLAgent must be installed. Once the URL Agent is installed, complete the following tasks: 1. Create an XML file with the root node of the client-object.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><client-object> <!-- Any client XML can go in here --></client-object>
2. From the command line, call the following command:
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python agent.py -l -v -x {filename} https://iwave:password@localhost:9443/services/client-acquisition/{serviceId}/{objectType}
3. An HTTP/1.1 200 OK response is sent and the data should be in the Acquisition Queue.
SOAP Client Acquisition Web Service
The following is the location of the SOAP Client Acquisition Service WSDL:https://localhost:9443/services/ClientAcquisitionService?wsdl
If an error occurs, a web service fault is thrown matching the framework exception com.iwave.acquisition.client.AcquisitionException.This exception contains a message with the details of the problem. HTTP Basic Authentication is expected to authenticate the user.
Extracting the ClientObject in the IDE
If you need to extract the client-object in the IDE, perform the following steps:1. Agree on a schema to use for pushing the data in and extracting the data. 2. Once you know the structure of the data that has been pushed in, create a
schema in the IDE and publish it to make it available as a variable type in your process.
3. For mapping this process, you need to pass the client-object through the XML Serialize and XML Deserialize object.
4. Once that is done, you can take the output and map it directly to the object created above. If you don't use the XML Serialize and XML Deserialize object, you will be getting a mapping error (objects have different content).
Running on another port
To run the Client Acquisition service from another port, you must modify the client-acquisition-spring.xml file. <XREF> identifies the spring configuration file for the client acquisition service. In this file, perform the following modifications:1. Replace the ${services.url} with the required URL and port number
(i.e., 9080).
Note: If you specify port 9443, you must use HTTPS in the URL.
2. If you need to disable authentication, delete the following three lines in the two places they occur.<jaxws:inInterceptors> <ref bean="securityInterceptor"/></jaxws:inInterceptors>
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3. To start a second copy of the Acquisition Service, copy the modified file to the conf directory.
Figure 6-1 Spring Configuration
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance xmlns:jaxws="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws" xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs" xmlns:lang="http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxws.xsd http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang/spring-lang-2.0.xsd">
<bean id="clientAcquisitionService2" class="com.iwave.acquisition.client.ClientAcquisitionService"> <property name="queue" ref="acquisitionQueue"/></bean>
<!-- Restful exception handler --> <bean id="acquisitionExceptionProvider2" class="com.iwave.acquisition.client.AcquisitionExceptionMapper"/>
<!-- Endpoints --> <jaxws:endpoint id="clientAcquisitionServiceEndpoint2" implementor="#clientAcquisitionService2" implementorClass="com.iwave.acquisition.client.ClientAcquisitionService" address="${services.url}/ClientAcquisitionService2"> <jaxws:inInterceptors> <ref bean="securityInterceptor"/> </jaxws:inInterceptors> </jaxws:endpoint>
<jaxrs:server id="clientAcquisitionServiceRest2" address="${services.url}/client-acquisition2"> <jaxrs:inInterceptors> <ref bean="securityInterceptor"/> </jaxrs:inInterceptors> <jaxrs:serviceBeans> <ref bean="clientAcquisitionService2"/> </jaxrs:serviceBeans> <jaxrs:providers> <ref bean="acquisitionExceptionProvider2" /> </jaxrs:providers> </jaxrs:server></beans>
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Adapter High Availability 6
The EMC Ionix IT Automator Adapter solution may be scaled to allow more Adapters in the network configuration. Adapter scaling may be performed for the following reasons:• to increase the number of transactions being processed• to provide high-availability (i.e., redundancy)• to handle additional simultaneous requests
Figure 6-2 provides an illustration of a network configuration with multiple Adapters utilizing an external Acquisition database.
Figure 6-2 Adapter Scaled Network Configuration
Operations Services Scaling
The Operations Web Services can be scaled easily. The operations are essentially stateless, allowing a second adapter to be installed on another system that can handle the operations. If the primary Adapter fails, workflows can be updated to switch to use a secondary Adapter’s operations services.
Acquisition Services Scaling
The Acquisition Services component of the Adapter architecture can be scaled by completing the following steps:1. Offload the Acquisition Queue to an external database.2. Use the external database with multiple Adapters.
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Use the External Database for Multiple Adapters
Each Acquisition Service is pulling from the same shared queue. A second adapter install can be used to handle additional acquisitions. Workflows can be updated to switch to the second adapter if the acquisition queue operations fail on the primary server.
Adapter Failover Infrastructure
Since it is difficult to add logic for Adapter failover within workflows, specific infrastructure must be implemented to handle Adapter failover. The following are options for implementing high-availability for the EMC Adapters:• Round-Robin DNS Server - A Round-Robin DNS can be used to allow a single
hostname to provide access to multiple IP addresses representing the multiple Adapter environments installed. With this configuration, if the primary Adapter server goes out-of-service, the DNS server can point users to the secondary Adapter server that is in-service.
• Highly Available HTTP Proxy Server - A highly available HTTP Proxy server can be used to forward requests between Adapters. When the primary Adapter server goes out-of-service, the HTTP proxy server should be able to forward requests to a secondary Adapter server that is in-service.
Agent Scaling
It is assumed that if the endpoint application is up and running, it should be able to invoke the Agent script running within that environment. The agent needs to only notify one acquisition adapter that is running. The reason is that the message only needs to be added to the queue once.
There are two options for this:• If the customer has a Round-Robin DNS or proxy set up that allows access to
any of the installed adapters that are running, this can be used from the agent. The agent would point to the single hostname. One of the adapters receives the request and add it only once to the queue.
• If multiple URLs are present on the agent command line, it makes the request to only one of them, the first available one. Store-forwarding is still provided but is only used if none of the services can be reached.
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Java to Adapter Integration 6
If a Java application must be used to push information into any of the Adapter RESTful web services, specific Java code must be used. Figure 6-3 includes a Java code sample used to perform an HTTP POST or GET with the EMC Adapter.
Prerequisites
In order to use this code, you need to download the Apache Commons HTTP Client version 3.1. The Commons HTTP Client can be downloaded from the following location:
http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi
From the Apache HttpComponents Downloads page, scroll down and select to download the Commons HttpClient 3.1. To use this client, you also need the following jar files:• commons-httpclient-3.1.jar • commons-codec-1.3.jar • commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
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Figure 6-3 Sample Java code
package com.iwave.net;import java.io.IOException;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.StringRequestEntity;/** * Example of making an HTTP GET or POST in Java. * * */public class SimpleHTTPClient { public String post(String url, String xml) throws HttpException, IOException { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); PostMethod method = new PostMethod(url); try { if (xml != null) { method.setRequestEntity(new StringRequestEntity(xml, "text/xml" , "UTF-8")); } // Execute the method. int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method); if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) { throw new IOException("HTTP POST method failed: " + method.getStatusLine()); } return method.getResponseBodyAsString(); } finally { method.releaseConnection(); } } public String get(String url) throws HttpException, IOException { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url); try { // Execute the method. int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method); if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) { throw new IOException("HTTP GET method failed: " + method.getStatusLine()); } return method.getResponseBodyAsString(); }
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Persistence Database Management 6
This section discusses the following maintenance tasks that can be performed on the Persistence database.• Removing Transactions• Reclaiming Unused Disk Space• Connecting to the Database• Changing the Database Port Number• Offloading the Acquisition Queue to an External Database
Removing Transactions
The pruning service removes all transactions that are older than 7 days and are in the "Error" state from the Persistence database. The service runs every night at 3:00 a.m.
Reclaiming Unused Disk Space
After large amounts of data have been deleted or updated on the Derby database, a Derby table or index can contain unused space. By default, Derby does not return unused space to the operating system. However, Derby does provide a way to reclaim unused space in tables and associated indexes.
If you determine that a table and its indexes have a significant amount of unused space, use one of the following procedures to reclaim the space: • SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE - is guaranteed to recover the
maximum amount of free space, at the cost of temporarily creating new tables and indexes before the statement in committed.
• SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE - attempts to reclaim space within the same table, but cannot guarantee it will recover all available space. This procedure uses no temporary files and moves rows around within the same table or index.
For more information, refer to the Apache Derby Administration Guide.
To reclaim space in the table and recreate the indexes, execute the following script from adapters/bin directory:
runScript.bat derbyMaint
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Connecting to the Database
To connect to the Adapter Derby database over the network, use the Java driver derbyclient-10.4.2.0.jar. The following URL will connect to the Derby database running in the Adapter.
jdbc:derby://HOST:1528/persistence-db
Changing the Database Port Number
To change the port number of the database, modify the derby.drpa.portNumber in the system.properties file located in the conf directory.
Offloading the Acquisition Queue to an External Database
In addition to the Apache Derby database, the Acquisition Queue can be offloaded to an external database. To enable support for another database, complete the following steps:1. Download the JDBC driver for the required platform.2. Modify the following properties in the Adapter framework.properties
file:— datasource.jdbc.driver: identifies the database driver name
(i.e., com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver).— datasource.jdbc.url: identifies the URL to the database
(i.e., jdbc:sqlserver://hostname:1433;DatabaseName=testdb).— datasource.jdbc.username: Username— datasource.jdbc.password: Password. This can be encrypted if
desired.3. Restart the Adapter.
For the database to be highly available, database clustering technologies should be used. Refer to the appropriate database documentation for more information.
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Deploying Automator Projects 1Automator projects can be used to access the HP NNM Adapter and process the data in the project workflows. In a production environment, Automator projects are deployed with an Automator Virtual Server and selected jobs are scheduled for execution. You can deploy an Automator project onto a virtual server from either an Automator project archive file or directly from the Automator IDE.
If you have an Automator IDE and want to use it to create new jobs, complete the following steps. Refer to the corresponding sections for more information.1. Create a New Project from the IDE.2. Create New Metalinks for Operations and Acquisitions - Based on the
WSDLs for the Adapter, you will create the specific Web Service Metalinks.3. Create a Virtual Server.4. Deploy the IDE Project to the Virtual Server.5. Start the Metalinks on the Virtual Server - The Service URL may need to be
changed based on the hostname required for the endpoint application.
If you have already built an archive project file, complete the following steps to load and deploy the archived file. Refer to the corresponding sections for more information.1. Creating a Virtual Server from an Archive2. Start the Metalinks on the Virtual Server
If you receive the job as an IDE Accelerator project, use the Automator IDE to open the project, customize it, and then deploy to the Virtual Server.
For more information on these procedures, refer to the Automator IDE User Guide and Automator Server Management Console User Guide.
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Create a New Project from the IDE 1
To create a new project, complete the following steps:1. Open the EMC Automator IDE. The Projects tab is selected by default.
Figure 7-1 EMC Automator IDE
2. From the Automator IDE menu bar, click File > New…. to display the New Item screen with the General tab pre-selected.
Figure 7-2 New Item General
3. Click the Project icon to display the New Project dialog with no values entered.
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4. Enter the name of the new project in the Name field, for example, Remedy v7.1 Adapter.
Figure 7-3 New Project
5. Change the default directory (if applicable), enter your name in the Author field, and optionally enter a description in the Description field.
6. Click OK. The project is added to in the left pane of the Automator IDE screen.
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Figure 7-4 Automator Project List
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Create New Metalinks for Operations and Acquisitions 7
When configuring the Automator to use the Adapter, specific Web Service metalinks must be created from the Automator IDE for the Adapter Operations and Acquisition Services. Create a Web Service Metalink for all the URLs listed for your Adapter.
For the HP-NNM Adapter, add the following URLs:
— Acquisition Service:https://<hostname>:9443/services/AcquisitionService?wsdl
— Operations Services:https://localhost:9443/Services/Hpnnm/Eventservice?wsdl
— Acquisition Event Service:http://localhost:9080/services/acquisition-event/hpnnm/event
To create Web Services metalinks for Operations and Acquisitions:1. Go to File > New. The New Item screen displays. Select the Metalinks tab and
click on Web Service Metalink. Figure 7-5 New Item screen
2. On the Metalink Name screen, enter a name (required) and server package (optional). Click Next.
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Figure 7-6 Specifying the Metalink name
3. The Metalink Description screen is displays. Enter the author's name and a description of the metalink. Both fields are optional. Click Next.
Figure 7-7 Enter the Metalink Description
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4. The WSDL File screen displays. Based on your Adapter’s list of URLs, enter the URL or the local path to the WSDL file for the Web Service this metalink will invoke. WSDL’s used should conform to the WS-I Basic Profile specification. Click Next.
Figure 7-8 WSDL File screen
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5. The Service Port Select Page screen displays. From this screen, select the appropriate port type for your Adapter. In this example, only one port type was identified in the selected WSDL. Click Next.
Figure 7-9 Service Port Selection Page
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6. The Select a Method screen displays. By default, all methods are selected. You may deselect the operations that are not required. However, it is recommended to include all functions. Click Next.
Figure 7-10 Select a Method screen
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7. The Web Service Information screen displays. From this screen, specify the following information and click Next:— Target URL - identifies the primary service URL. This field is automatically
populated after the WSDL is inspected. In the Target URL field,you can replace localhost with the host name of the server running the EMC Adapter.
— Secondary Target URL - Enter the URL to be used as a backup in case the primary service URL is unavailable.
Figure 7-11 Web Service Information
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8. The Client Authentication screen displays. Enter the authentication details you are invoking using the client certificate authentication. From this screen, specify the following information:— Enabled - Click this checkbox if the WebService has security enabled.— Type - Select the Basic Auth authentication type.— Username - Enter the username for the Web Service. This must be the
same user name specified during installation.— Password - Enter the password associated with the username. This must
be the same user name specified during installation.
Figure 7-12 Client Authentication screen
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9. The Method Type screen displays. This screen allows you to specify the method type as the initialization method, the termination method, or not assigned. For more information, see the Automator IDE User Guide. Select the default Do not assign option and click Finish.
Figure 7-13 Method type screen
10. The new metalink is added to the Metalinks tree in the Project Explorer. The method icon will vary depending on whether the method is designated for initialization, termination, or not assigned.
Create a Virtual Server 7
In order to run the Web service for the Automator, a virtual server must be created from the Management Console. A default virtual server with the name automator is automatically created during installation. To create a virtual server, complete the following tasks:1. Access the Automator Management Console. Select Start > All Programs >
install_root > Tools > Management Console
2. The Server Management Console window displays. From this window, enter the username and password: — Username: The default username is admin.— Password: The default password is admin.
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Note: It is recommended that you change the default username and passwordimmediately after logging in.
Figure 7-14 Server Management Console - Login Screen
3. Enter your assigned Username and Password, and click Login. The Management Console screen displays the Virtual Servers Home page
Figure 7-15 Server Management Console - Virtual Server
4. Click the Create Virtual Server link (or select Create under the Virtual Servers heading in the left pane). The Management Console screen displays the Create Virtual Server page.
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Figure 7-16 Create Virtual Server
5. In the New Virtual Server Name field, enter a unique name (starting with an alpha character). Click the CreateThe Management Console screen displays a successful virtual server creation message. The new virtual server (AutomatorVS) appears under Virtual Servers on the screen and in the left pane.
6. Click Start to start the virtual server.
Note: If you do not start the Virtual Server, projects will not deploy.
Deploy the IDE Project to the Virtual Server 7
To deploy the IDE project to the Virtual Server:1. Start the IDE. The IDE opens with the Project tab active.
Figure 7-17 IDE Main Screen
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2. Right-click the Project Name select Deploy from the pop-up menu to display the Deploy Wizard: Select Elements screen.
Figure 7-18 Select Elements to deploy
3. All the relevant components are already checked. Click Next to display the Select Destination screen.
Figure 7-19 Select Destination for Element Deployment
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4. Accept the default selection of Virtual Server and click Next to display the Select a Virtual Server screen.
Figure 7-20 Select a Virtual Server
5. Click Add to open the Add a Virtual Server dialog.Figure 7-21 Add a Virtual Server
6. Enter the name for the virtual server in the Virtual Server field and click OK to redisplay the Select a Virtual Server screen with the virtual server.
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Figure 7-22 Select a Virtual Server
7. Click Finish. The project deploys to the virtual server.
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Creating a Virtual Server from an Archive 7
To create a virtual server from an archive:1. Log in as an Server administrator.2. From the Server Home page, click Create From Archive.Figure 7-23 Create Virtual Server From Archive
3. Enter or browse to the Virtual Server Archive File name and click Next. This displays the following page.
Figure 7-24 New Virtual Server Name
4. Enter a new name for the archived server and click on Finish to save your changes.
5. The Management Console returns to the Home page with an confirmation message that the server has been created.
Table 7-1 Create Virtual Server From Archive Field Descriptions
Field Description
New Virtual Server Name
Unique, alphanumeric string that starts with a letter and does not exceed 32 characters. Not case-sensitive, no underscores or hyphens.
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Start the Metalinks on the Virtual Server 7
To start the Metalinks on the Virtual Server:1. From the Server Management Console, click the server name (automator in
the example below) to display the Service Manage Distribution screen.Figure 7-25 Server Management Console
2. From the Repository menu, select the Metalinks option.Figure 7-26 Repository Menu
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3. The Repository screen displays. Select the Web Service to deploy and click Deploy to Service Manager(s). You must repeat this process for each Web Service.
Figure 7-27 Repository Metalinks screen
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4. The Web Services Metalink: metalink_method_name screen displays. This screen displays all Metalink properties and methods for the Web Service. Verify the information that the information is correct. You may change the Service URL to the correct hostname. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Next.
Figure 7-28 Web Services Metalink Properties and Methods deployed to Service Manager
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5. The Select Service Managers screen displays. Click Save. The Repository redisplays with a confirmation message.Metalink configuration saved successfully.
Figure 7-29 Web Services Metalink - Select Service Managers
6. Click the virtual server name (automator in our example) in the left pane to return to the Service Manager Distribution screen.
7. The Service Manager Distribution screen displays. From the Running field, change 0 to 1 and click Save. The page refreshes, showing the services as running; the red box icon turns to the green triangle icon.
Figure 7-30 Service Manager Distribution
8. Click Home in the left pane to display the home page.9. From the Virtual Server Home page, click Archive to save the virtual server.
This enables the Server application to load this virtual server automatically in its current operating state. The IDE is no longer needed.
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Configuring Automator for Acquisition Push 7
In order to call into Automator, the new RESTful API is used. As a prerequisite, the RESTful API must be installed on the (same or separate) adapters framework.
A process must be created in Automator to 'accept' a transactionRecord from the adapters. This process can be named whatever is desirable for the project. This process must take a single input parameter called transactionRecord. It must accept this in the schema defined by IT Object model.
Note: This is the true ITOM schema format and not necessarily what you willsee in Automator when using a web service. This means an Incidentfrom a push may not be able to be directly passed to an operations call.
The Acquisition Push mechanism needs to be configured with the URL of the process. A list of processes can be found by accessing the following URLS:• https://localhost:9443/services/automator/vs/automator• https://prime:9443/services/automator/vs/automator/processes/push.tests.push -
This can be considered for a test process. This URL needs to be used in the configuration. That process returns the following parameter information: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><parameters>
<parameter><defaultValue/><direction>input</direction><name>transactionRecord</name><required>false</required><type>#transactionRecord</type>
</parameter></parameters>
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Managing the Adapter 8In order to manage the EMC Adapters, the Java Console application may be installed on your workstation. The Java Console graphical user interface is a management tool that complies to the Java Management Extensions (JMX) specification. Java Console uses the Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) to provide information about the performance and resource consumption of the Adapters installed in your network.
This application allows you to perform the following functions:• list the names of the Adapters that are licensed and loaded• provide the status of the endpoint applications• restart all Adapters• provide a status of items in the Acquisition Queue
Note: For information on monitoring Events that are generated on the EMCAdapter and Automator, refer to the “EMC Monitoring ServerInstallation and Configuration Guide”.
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Figure 8-1 Jconsole – List Adapters
Prerequisites 8
In order to use the Java console to manage the Adapter services, the following tasks must be completed:• The Adapter software must be installed on your computer.• The following Java Development Kit (JDK) package must be installed on your
computer:Java JDK1.6.0
Connecting to the Adapter Java Process 8
There are two ways you can connect to the Adapter Java process: • Connect to the local JMX instance. By default, JMX is not available for remote
connection. Java allows you to connect to a Java process running as the same user using the jconsole.
• JMX can be enabled in the process itself for remote access. Remote access can make use of SSL and authentication. setEnv – Enable JMX monitoring in
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setEnv20 identifies the Java properties that can be set to enable JMX without any security or authentication. These properties are included in the setEnv.bat/.sh file, which is located in the install_root\adapters-2.3\bin directory. The JMX monitoring properties are disabled by default. To enable JMX monitoring, delete the rem comment from the setEnv file. PORT can be replaced with any port name that is desired. — -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=PORT
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
Figure 8-2 setEnv – Enable JMX monitoring in setEnv
Starting the Java Console 8
The Java Console is started by the jconsole executable. This executable can be found in the JDK_HOME/bin directory, where JDK_HOME is the directory in which the JDK software is installed. If this directory is in your system path, you can start the Java Console by typing jconsole in a command (shell) prompt. Otherwise, you have to type the full path to the executable file.
Management Beans 8
The following Adapter management beans can be used through JMX to manage the Adapter:• com.iwave:name=Adapters • com.iwave:name=AcquisitionQueue • com.iwave:name=FrameworkAdmin
com.iwave:name=Adapters
The Adapters Management bean allows the user to see which Adapters are loaded and the status of the endpoint applications.
Methods
The following Methods are supported for the Adapter Management bean:• listAdapterNames() - Gives a list of the names of the adapters that are
licensed and loaded.
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• getEndpointStatus(endpointName) - Gives the status of an adapter. The supplied parameter endpointName should be one of the values returned from listAdapterNames(). Possible values for endpoint status are: — Unknown - Indicates that this adapter does not support the status
check. Currently the only adapters that support this operation are BMC Remedy and CA-USD.
— Available - Indicates that the endpoint application is running and responds to a simple command.
• NotAvailable - Indicates that the endpoint application cannot be reached or fails to respond to a simple command.
com.iwave:name=AcquisitionQueue
The Acquisition Management bean allows the user to see the status of the Acquisition Queue without directly querying the database.
Methods
The following Methods are supported for the Acquisition Queue bean:• countErrors(serviceId, objectType) - Gives a count of the items
on the queue in the Error state. This is the same as the acquisition service countErrors() method.
• countPoll(serviceId, objectType) - Gives a count of the items on the queue in the Poll state. This is the same as the acquisition service count() method.
• countBlocked(serviceId, objectType) - Gives a count of the items on the queue in the Blocked state.
• countTotal(serviceId, objectType) - Gives a count of all of the items on the queue regardless of state.
• queueWaitingTime() - Gets the queue waiting time for the top item on the persistence queue. The date of the first transaction is returned. This can give an idea of when the last transaction was processed and if the queue processor is stalled.
Each of the count methods take parameters of the serviceId and objectType. These must be valid serviceId and objectType or part of a word. % is a valid wildcard. If no objectType and serviceId are specified, the default will be to query all.
Note: The Acquisition Management Service is also exposed as a web service.The following is the WSDL for the Acquisition Management Service:
https://localhost:9443/services/AcquisitionManagementService?wsdl
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com.iwave:name=FrameworkAdmin
The Framework Administration bean allows administration tasks to be performed on the Adapters.
Methods
The following Methods are supported for the Adapter Management bean:• restart(password) - Restarts the adapters. All services are shutdown,
configuration files reloaded and the services restarted. A parameter of the admin password is required.
• framework.admin.password - This is the new setting in framework.properties that contains the admin password hash. The default value for this password is adminpw. If the JMX service will be enabled, this password should be changed from the default.
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Maintenance and Troubleshooting 9This chapter covers the following topics pertaining to themaintenance and troubleshooting of the EMC Adapter software.• Logging• Error Types and Meanings• Re-Installing or Uninstalling the Windows Service• Starting and Stopping the Adapter• Uninstalling the Adapter Software - Windows
Logging 9
Logging is provided for both the Adapter Framework and the URL Agent. Before logs can be generated, logging must be turned on and the amount of details specified.
Log Location
Based on the operating system, the EMC Adapter stores logs in following directories:• For Windows: C:\install_root\adapters\log
• For UNIX : /opt/install_root/adapters/log
Turning on Adapter Logging (Windows)
To turn on Adapter Windows logging, you must edit the log4j.properties file.1. From Windows Explorer, navigate to the conf directory:
C:\install_root\Adapters\conf2. Right-click log4j.properties file and click Open on the pop-up menu. If
this is the first time you have opened the properties file, Windows displays the following dialog:
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Figure 9-1 Windows Unknown File Type
3. Click Select the program from a list option and click OK.4. From the Open With List, select Notepad. Select Always use the selected
program to open this kind of file and click OK to open Notepad.5. In the log4jproperties file, find the Production Environment
Configuration section and the line: log4j.rootLogger=INFO,File,ErrorAppender
6. Replace the word INFO with DEBUG.7. Find the line: log4j.logger.com.iwave=INFO8. Replace the word INFO with DEBUG. The log4j.properties file should look
like the file identified in Figure 9-2.9. From the menu, select File > Save to save the changes.10. From the menu, select File > Exit to close the file.
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Figure 9-2 log4j.properties File
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Error Types and Meanings 9
The URL Agent and EMC Adapter generates their own errors. Several types of errors can occur when several complex software applications interact. This complexity is expanded when considering that the applications may be communicating over vast distances (via the Internet) and that they are typically asynchronous.
The following types of errors that may occur when using the EMC Adapter:• Recoverable• Permanent• Global Errors
Recoverable Errors
Recoverable errors go away in time without involving any particular change to the EMC configuration or the endpoint application. For instance, if the EMC URL Agent attempts to send an event notification to the EMC Adapter and the connection is down, the Agent continues sending the notification until the connection is restored. In this case, there is an error message in the log, but no action needs to be performed to return the Adapter to service. The Adapter is returned to service automatically.
Permanent Errors
Permanent errors cannot be recovered automatically and require some form or corrective interaction. For example, if the EMC user for the endpoint application does not have a high enough privilege to open a new incident, the attempt fails. No matter how many times the EMC user attempts to open a new Incident, the action continues to fail until the user account is modified to allow the action.
Global Errors
An error can thrown from either the Adapter, Automator or Integration workflow. Some of these errors are results of errant configurations such as an incorrect workflow assumption, incorrect URL, or a bad SSL configuration. Other errors could result from an error in the software itself.
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Adapter Errors
The table below indicates errors that can occur in the EMC Adapter. These errors can be generated by either the Acquisition or Operations Services.
Table 9-1 Adapter errors
Error Cause
AcquisitionException A problem occurred while trying to retrieve a transaction from the adapter.
ObjectNotFoundException Occurs when the object requested on a get, update, or remove operation is not found
UnsupportedOperationException The method used on the adapter is not supported by the adapter.
OperationsException Typically a recoverable error such as connectivity issues
NonRecoverableOperationsException
Permanent error condition.
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ReInstalling or Uninstalling the Windows Service 9
If the Windows Service needs to be re-installed or un-installed, complete the following steps:
Reinstalling the Windows Service
To re-install the Windows Service:
1. Access the bin directory:install_root/adapters-2.3/bin
2. Run the installation script.service.bat install
Uninstalling the Windows Service
To uninstall the Windows Service:
1. Access the bin directory:install_root/adapters-2.3/bin
2. Run the un-install script.service.bat uninstall
Starting and Stopping the Adapter 9
If the Windows Service has been uninstalled and the Adapter needs to be started, the startAdapters.bat file is included in the following directory:
install_root/adapters-2.3/bin/startAdapters.bat
This command starts the Adapter framework with a command window. To stop the Adapter framework, close the command window.
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Uninstalling the Adapter Software Windows 9
To uninstall the EMC Adapter software, complete the following tasks:1. From the Start menu, select the Uninstall Adapters option.2. The Uninstall EMC Adapters Introduction screen displays. From this screen,
click Uninstall.Figure 9-3 Uninstall Introduction
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3. The Uninstaller begins to remove features associated with the installed Adapter. It then uninstalls the EMC Adapter files, shortcut, LaunchAnywhere features, folders, and registry.
Figure 9-4 Uninstall In Progress
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4. The Uninstallation Complete screen displays. The files that were not installed may be displayed on the screen. These files must be removed manually. Click Done.
Figure 9-5 Uninstallation complete
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IT Object Model (ITOM) 1Table 10-1 identifies the Event mappings for the HP-NNM Adapter.
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The uuid of the NNM event related to a trap.
Traps do not have anything in their fixed fields that is equivalent to this; everything other than uuid is in variable bindings, which are specific to a particular MIB and therefore cannot be mapped in advance in a universally applicable model
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Table 10-1 ITOM Event Mapping for HP-NNM
Name Description Type Name (Label)
Type
Base.Identifier The unique identifier for an Event xs:string uuid
Base.Summary Summary of the Event xs:string
Base.Description Detailed description of the Event xs:string
Type Event type xs:string
Status The status of the event xs:string
Severity The severity of the event
Impact The impact that this event has on the system
xs:string
Urgency The urgency of the event xs:string
Priority The priority of the event xs:string
RepeatCount A count of the number of duplicate events
xs:integer
LastRepeatDate Date of the last duplicated event xs:datetime
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Owner Owner that is responsible for resolving this event
xs:string
CreateDate Date that this event was created xs:datetime
ResolvedDate Date that this event was resolved xs:datetime
ResolvedBy User that resolved the event xs:string
LastModifiedBy User that made the last modification
xs:string
LastModified Date of the last modification to this event
xs:datetime
StatusLastModified Date that the status of this event was last modified
xs:datetime
LastModifiedByNonConnector Date that this event was last modified by a non-connector
xs:datetime
MaintenanceModeLastModified Date of the last modification to this event while in maintenance mode
xs:datetime
MonitorEvent Flag to indicate whether this is an event generated by a monitor
xs:boolean
ExternalEventIdentifier The unique identifier for this event in the external system
xs:string
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ExternalIncidentIdentifier The unique identifier for an incident associated with this event
xs:string
Escalation Indicates information about the escalation of this event
Escalation.Escalated Unique identifier of the group associated with this event
xs:boolean
Escalation.Server Server that escalated this event xs:string
Escalation.EscalatedBy User who escalated this event xs:string
Group Group that encompasses the components associated with this e
Group.Identifier Unique identifier of the group associated with this event
xs:string
Group.Name Name of the group associated with this event
xs:string
Group.Version Version number of the group associated with this event
xs:string
Class Class of object targeted by this event
Class.Identifier Unique identifier of the class xs:string
Class.Name Formal name of the class xs:string
Class.DisplayName Console display name of the class
xs:string
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Class.Description Description of the class xs:string
Class.Container.Identifier Unique identifier of the container where the class is defined
xs:string
Class.Container.Name Formal name of the container where the class is defined
xs:string
Class.Container.DisplayName Console display name of the container where the class is defined
xs:string
Class.Container.Description Description of the container where the class is defined
xs:string
Object Object targeted by this event
Object.Identifier Unique identifier of the target object
xs:string
Object.ComputerName Name of the computer where this object is located
xs:string
Object.DisplayName Display name of the target object xs:string
Object.Name Formal name of the target object xs:string
Object.State State of the target object xs:string
Object.InMaintenanceMode Flag that indicates whether the object is in maintenance mode
xs:boolean
Metric Metric that was violated to trigger the event
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Metric.Category Name of the metric category that was violated
xs:string
Metric.Subcategory Name of the metric subcategory that was violated
xs:string
Metric.KeyValues Array of key values associated with the metric
xs:string
Source Notification source that generated the event
Source.Identifier Unique identifier of the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Type Type of source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.DisplayName Console display name of the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Name Formal name of the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Description Description of the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Domain Domain of the computer that generated this event
xs:string
Source.ComputerName Fully qualified name of the computer that originated this event
xs:string
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Source.Container.Identifier Unique identifier of the container that defines the source that originated this event
xs:string
Source.Container.DisplayName Console display name of the container that defines the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Container.Name Formal name of the container that defines the source that generated this event
xs:string
Source.Container.Description Description of the container that defines the source that generated this event
xs:string
Knowledge Knowledge entry associated with this event
Knowledge.Type Type of knowledge entry xs:string
Knowledge.Summary Brief description of the knowledge entry
xs:string
Knowledge.Description Description of the knowledge entry
xs:string
Knowledge.DisplayName Console display name of the knowledge entry
xs:string
Knowledge.Name Formal name of the knowledge entry
xs:string
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Knowledge.Content Knowledge entry information in a common format. Format to be used is TBD
xs:string
Knowledge.Identifier Unique identifier of the knowledge entry
xs:string
Knowledge.LanguageCode Language used in the knowledge information
xs:string
Knowledge.LastModified Date the knowledge entry was last updated
xs:datetime
Knowledge.Status Status of the knowledge entry xs:string
Knowledge.dateCreated Date the knowledge entry was created
xs:datetime
Log Logging Activity
Log.Identifier Log unique identifier for each instance
xs:string
Log.Type Type of Log activity xs:string
Log.Summary Log Summary xs:string
Log.Source Log Source xs:string
Log.Description Log Description xs:string
Log.Submitter User who submtted the log entry xs:string
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Log.SubmitDate The date and time the log entry was submitted
xs:datetime
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Aacquisition
monitoring 73WSDL URL location 26
acquisition pushconfiguring Automator 108
acquisition service 20polling methods 26process flow 20scaling 80
adapterfailover infrastructure 81management 110
Adapter Framework 14running as a Windows service 64starting 121stopping 121
AgentProperties 74
agentscaling 81
agent propertiesHP-NNM 74
alertsautomated 73
Apache Derby 35
Bbase URLs 72blocking methods 27
Cclient acquisition service
running on another port 78client-object
extract in the IDE 78core methods 30
Ddatabase
monitoring 72databases
enabling support for another database 72external
user for multiple adapters 81supported 35
datasource properties 72discovery service 29
Eerror messages
types 119error types
permanent 119recoverable 119
errors 119Adapter 120
event service 31
Fframework HTTP authentication 72framework properties 70
for the global framework 71
Gglobal framework properties 71
Hhigh availability 80
IInformation Technology Service Management 15install folder 45install set 42, 44
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installerLinux 66starting 40Unix 66
ITIL services 15supported object types 16
ITSM 15applications 12
JJava console
starting 112Java Management Extensions 110Java to Adapter integration 82JMX 110
management beans 112
Llicense file 47
directory location 39installing 39
loglocation
for UNIX 116for Windows 116
methods 30, 31log4j.properties file 116logging 116
turning onfor Windows 116
Mmetalinks 104
creating 90starting on the virtual server 104
Ooperating systems
supported 34operations service 23
event service 31process flow 23scaling 80
Ppassword
iMS 50web service authentication 49
permanent errors 119persistence database 84
changing the port number 85connecting to 85removing transactions 84
polling methods 26project
creating from the Automator IDE 87properties editor 70
command 71starting 70
Rrecoverable errors 119relationship methods 30RESTful Client Acquisition 77
Ssecurity 48shared service operations 30shortcut folder 46SOAP client acquisition service 78software
uninstallWindows 122
software installation 36for Windows 40manual 67
UNIX 67Windows 67
system configuration 34system requirements 34
Tterminal methods 27troubleshooting 116
error types and meanings 119
UURL
iMS 50username
iMS 50web service authentication 49
Vvirtual server
creating 97
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Console 97deploying 99starting metalinks 104
Wweb service authentication 49Windows service
exectuable location 64manager application 64manual install or uninstall 121re-installing 121running 64uninstalling 121
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