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BSM Connector Overview

HP BSM Connector (BSM Connector) is a component of Operations Manager i (OMi) that enables you to integrate data from third-party systems (typically enterprise management systems) in OMi. You can integrate events, metrics, topology, and generic output data in OMi. Third-party systems are those not provided by HP. BSM Connector also works with some HP applications.

BSM Connector uses policies to access the data sources. If the data matches the conditions defined in the policies, the data is forwarded in the form of events or metrics to OMi. Policies can also report topology data to OMi in order to create CIs and CI relationships in OMi's Run-time Service Model (RTSM).