Configuring the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager monitor adapter

You can configure an adapter in BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager. The configuration determines how the adapter interacts with the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager application. Although each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapters with the same adapter type to allow for different configuration properties. 

The form view provides an easy-to-use interface for configuring adapters. It prevents human errors that might occur as a result of copying the configuration XML from the adapter documentation to the UI when configuring an adapter. You can switch to the XML view to configure those elements and attributes that are not available as fields or to configure all the elements and attributes by using XML only. However, after you switch to the XML view and save the configuration in XML from that view, you cannot use the form view to modify that configuration.

To configure the monitor adapter

1. Log on to the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager.
2. Access the adapters page by clicking the Manage tab; then click the Adapters tab.
3. In the Adapters in the Repository list, select the bmc-adapter-ms-sccm-monitor check box.
4. Click Add to Grid to include the adapter in the Adapters on Grid list.
5. Click Configure corresponding to the newly added adapter.
6. On the Add an Adapter Configuration page, perform the following substeps to configure the adapter by using the form view or skip to step 7 to configure the adapter by using the XML view:
   1. Enter a name for the adapter.
   2. Enter a description for the adapter.
   3. Under Properties, enter or select values for the configuration elements.
      
      Include all the required elements indicated with an asterisk (*).

7. (optional) Configure the adapter in the XML view by using the following substeps.

   Note

   Switching to the XML view means that you cannot thereafter use the form for modifying that configuration.

   1. Enter a name and a description for the adapter.
   2. Click Switch to XML View.
   3. On the Warning message that appears, click Switch View.

   4. Copy the configuration elements and attributes from the adapter documentation into the Properties text box, and then click OK.

      Note

      If the default value for an optional element is acceptable, omit the element. Do not include empty elements.

   5. On the Warning message that appears, click Save.
      
      The adapter configuration with settings is saved in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

The following table describes the configuration elements for the monitor adapter. You cannot use the form view to configure elements and attributes that do not have an entry in the UI label column.

Node elements required for configuring the monitor adapter

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the monitor adapter:

XML sample for Base64 configuration

<config>
  <target>machine.domain.com</target>
  <user-name>domain\username</user-name>
  <password encryption-type="Base64">cGFzc3dvcmQ=</password>
  <namespace>root\sms</namespace>
  <component>
    <value>SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER</value>
    <value>SMS_POLICY_PROVIDER</value>
  </component>
  <machine-name>
    <value>machine</value>
  </machine-name>
  <message-id>
    <value>2301</value>
    <value>5101</value>
  </message-id>
  <message-source>
    <value>Server</value>
    <value>client</value>
    <value>provider</value>
  </message-source>
  <message-type>
    <value>Milestone</value>
  </message-type>
  <severity>
    <value>Informational</value>
    <value>Error</value>
    <value>Warning</value>
  </severity>
  <site-code>456</site-code>
  <library-path>C:\sccm</library-path>
  <polling-interval>180</polling-interval>
  <message-duration>300</message-duration>
  <timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
</config>