Setting up the connection to BMC Atrium Orchestrator

Using the BMC Server Automation Console, you must add the configuration information required to connect to BMC Atrium Orchestrator.

Before you begin

From the BMC Server Automation Console, ensure that your role is granted the AOConfig.* and the AutomationPrincipal.* authorizations.

To set up the connection to BMC Atrium Orchestrator

1. Select Configuration > AO Configuration.
2. On the AO Configuration dialog box, click Add.
3. On the Add new AO configuration dialog box, enter the configuration information required to connect to BMC Atrium Orchestrator, and then click OK.

   Parameter	Description
   Host	IP address or fully-qualified host name of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator CDP server.
   Port	Port number used to connect to the BMC Atrium Orchestrator CDP.
   Grid Name	Name defined for the BMC Atrium Orchestrator grid. Specify the name of a grid only if this is the first defined CDP connection. For additional CDP connections (see step 4), this field is read-only, as all defined connections must be on the same grid.
   User Name	Name of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator user used to log on to the CDP. This user must be associated with the ADMIN role in BMC Atrium Orchestrator.
   Password	BMC Atrium Orchestrator password for the specified user.
   Time-out	Amount of time, in seconds, before a BMC Server Automation job that connects to BMC Atrium Orchestrator times out. The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
   Primary AO	Specifies this CDP as the primary instance. In a high-availability environment with multiple CDP instances, ensure that you select the correct CDP, as defined in BMC Atrium Orchestrator.
   SSL enabled?	Specifies if the connection to the CDP is SSL-enabled and based on an HTTPS connection (as described in Enabling HTTPS support for the BMC Atrium Orchestrator connection).

   
   To test if you can connect to the CDP using the host, port, grid name, user name, and password details that you specified, click Check Connection.
4. To add additional CDP connections to BMC Atrium Orchestrator to ensure high availability, repeat step 2 and step 3 for each additional CDP instance of the same grid.
   If you define multiple BMC Atrium Orchestrator CDP instances, ensure that only one of your CDPs is set as the primary instance (using the Primary AO check box). Multiple CDPs installed on a grid form an HACDP environment and allow communication to continue even if a connection with one CDP fails.
5. In the AO Configuration dialog box, click Close.