OMi 10.11 and later Integration

When you send BVD data to OMi by using forwarding rules, BVD creates data channels that uniquely identify the data you are sending.

Each data channel consists of tags and dimensions (dims). Tags are static labels and dimensions are names that are associated with a specific value. For more information, see Custom Integrations.

The data channels are structured differently depending on the data you choose to forward:

Event Status

<tags connected server><tags forwarding rule><dim monitoring dashboard><dim widget label><dim widget type>

KPI Status

<tags connected server><tags forwarding rule><dim view name><dim CI name><dim KPI name>

Performance Dashboard

<tags connected server><tags forwarding rule><metricName><instanceName><dSName><systemName><className>

<tags connected server> are all tags that are specified when adding a BVD Connected Server.
<tags forwarding rule> are all tags that are specified when creating a BVD Data Forwarding Rule.

To enable performance dashboard data forwarding to BVD, follow these steps:

1. In the Performance Perspective, select the charts that you want to forward and save them as favorites:

   1. In OMi, access Workspaces > Operations Console > Performance Perspective.
   2. In the View Explorer, select a view and then the CI for which you want enable data forwarding.
   3. In the Performance pane, choose a performance dashboard from the drop-down list.
   4. Click the title of the chart you want to save as favorite and click Add to Favorite.
   5. Choose to add the favorite to the default page, user-defined favorite page, or create a new user-defined favorite page. Click Save.
   6. Open the favorite in the Performance pane, access the menu and click Save. Check the Share as Public option and click Save

To forward OMi data to BVD, access Administration > Setup and Maintenance > BVD Forwarding Rules.

1. In the right pane, click Create. Alternatively, click New.

2. In the General section, complete the following information:

   1. Enter a display name and (optional) a description for the forwarding rule.

   2. Optional. Enter a comma-separated list of tags.

      Data channels can be tagged to separate data from incoming streams and to create more specific data channels. For example, if you have separate OMi servers for different regions and you want separate dashboards for each region, you can add a tag that identifies the region in which this OMi server is located.

      The tags you enter will be added to the data channel after the tags specified for the BVD Connected Server. For details, see BVD Data Channels for OMi Data.

3. In the Target BVD Server section, choose one or multiple Connected Servers from the drop-down list. This list shows all Connected Servers of the type BVD and Alias. If your BVD connection is not listed in the drop-down, access Administration > Setup and Maintenance > Connected Servers to ensure that the server connection was set up correctly.

4. Optional. In the Event Status section, choose one or multiple monitoring dashboards from which you want to forward data to BVD.

   Caution: If the monitoring dashboard name is changed, the data channel is not updated. Instead, a new data channel with the changed monitoring dashboard name is created. Widgets that use the old data channel in BVD will not receive data from OMi anymore and need to be updated to the new data channel.

5. Optional. In the KPI Status section, choose the one or multiple views from which you want to forward KPI status data. Click next to the view name to choose specific KPIs. If no individual KPIs are selected, KPI status data will be forwarded for all CIs that are associated with the chosen view.

6. Optional. In the Performance Dashboard Data section, choose one or multiple public favorites of your performance dashboards for which you want to forward data to BVD. For information on how to add performance dashboards as favorites, see Enable Performance Dashboard Data Forwarding on the OMi Server.

7. Optional. Clear the check box Activate after save if you want the status of the rule to be inactive after clicking Save. You can activate the rule at a later point in time.

8. Click Save to save the BVD data forwarding rule.