BMC Atrium Orchestrator

BMC Atrium Orchestrator ties together the specialized components of ITIL processes for storage provisioning, service automation, and service management to deliver a seamlessly integrated storage environment to an enterprise. Prebuilt workflows rapidly deliver value by automating routine operational procedures across IT management functions and existing tools.

To achieve an integrated storage provisioning and management environment, BMC Atrium Orchestrator Run Book for NetApp Solutions requires the use of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform and several BMC Atrium Orchestrator Content components:

• BMC Remedy AR System application adapter
• BMC Atrium Orchestrator NetApp Storage adapter
• BMC Atrium Orchestrator NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility adapter
• BMC Atrium Orchestrator VMware Infrastructure adapter
• ITIL-based operations management modules

Once integrated, these products come together to provide seamless physical and virtual storage provisioning and management for your BSM environment. The sections that follow provide an overview of each of these components.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator components

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator Run Book for NetApp Solutions requires the following BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform components:

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for NetApp Storage

The actor adapter for NetApp Storage executes operations on the NetApp DataFabric Manager application by using its Java API.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility

The actor adapter for NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility integrates with the NetApp Data Fabric Manager. It executes operations on the NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility application by using its web services API. The actor adapter can clone operations.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Remedy AR System

The BMC Remedy AR System application adapter integrates with the BMC Remedy ITSM system.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for VMware Infrastructure

The actor adapter for VMware Infrastructure integrates with VMware and executes operations on the virtual center.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Common Actions Management modules

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator Common Actions (CA) Management modules are predefined processes that replicate discrete procedures generally performed by IT operations staff, such as managing changes and incidents that occur in data centers. The CA Management modules are designed around ITIL service management best practices.

CA Management modules integrate with BMC Remedy ITSM and HP Service Center service management systems.