Setting Up and Configuring BSM Connector > Setup and Configuration > Getting Started

Getting Started

  1. Plan your integration strategy.

    Consider the type of information you want to view in OMi from your third-party system: events, metrics, or topology.

    Consider the data source: structured log files, databases, Web services data, SNMP traps, XML files, open message interface messages, or scheduled tasks.

  2. Install BSM Connector.

    You install BSM Connector locally on the third-party system that provides the integration data. Alternatively, install BSM Connector on any system that meets the installation requirements if you want to access remote data sources such as databases or receive SNMP traps or Web service data. For details on installing BSM Connector, see the interactive HP BSM Connector Installation and Upgrade Guide.

    Alternatively, upgrade from a previous version of BSM Connector as described in the BSM Connector Installation and Upgrade Guide.

  3. Run the bsmc-conf.[bat|sh] configuration script that is located in %ovdatadir%\installation\HPOprBSMC on Windows, and /var/opt/OV/installation/HPOprBSMC on Linux.

  4. Grant the BSMC certificate request on OMi side.

  5. Configure the BSM Connector instance as a BSM Connector connected server in OMi:

    Administration > Setup and Maintenance > Connected Servers

    For details on configuring a BSM Connector integration server in OMi, see How to Configure BSM Connector to Communicate with OMi.

  6. Log on to BSM Connector.

    To access BSM Connector from a Web browser or from within OMi, see How to Log on to BSM Connector.

  7. Create or import policies that collect the integration data from the third-party system.

    For details on obtaining out-of-the box integrations, see Available Out of the Box Integrations.

    For more information about importing policies developed on other servers (for example, HP Operations Manager, HP Network Node Manager i, or other BSM Connector servers), see How to Import Policies

  8. Activate the policies.

    When you create a new policy or import a policy, the policy exists in the BSM Connector policy repository but does not function yet. You must first activate the policy for it to start accessing the corresponding data source.

    For details on activating policies, see How to Activate and Deactivate Policies.

  9. View the data in OMi.

    In OMi, open the applications that consume the integrated data and make sure OMi receives the expected data. For details on the applications that consume BSM Connector integration data, see BSM Connector Data Consumers.

    For example, to view events in OMi, access OMi and open the Event Browser.