Control-M for Azure Virtual Machine
Azure Virtual Machine (VM) enables you to create, manage, and delete virtual machines in the Azure cloud.
Control-M for Azure VM enables you to do the following:
- Create, update, delete, empty, reboot, start, and stop an Azure virtual machine.
- Manage Azure Virtual Machine credentials in a secure connection profile.
- Connect to any Azure Virtual Machine endpoint.
- Integrate Azure VM jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
- Monitor the status, results, and output of Azure VM jobs in the Monitoring domain.
- Attach an SLA job to your Azure VM jobs.
- Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Azure VM including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
- Run 50 Azure VM jobs simultaneously per Agent.
Control-M for Azure VM Compatibility
The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Azure VM plug-in, each with its minimum required version.
Component | Version |
---|---|
Control-M/EM | 9.0.20.200 |
Control-M/Agent | 9.0.20.200 |
Control-M Application Integrator | 9.0.20.201 |
Control-M Web | 9.0.20.200 |
Control-M Automation API | 9.0.20.250 |
Control-M for Azure VM is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.
To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.
Setting up Control-M for Azure VM
This procedure describes how to deploy the Azure VM plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Azure VM job in Control-M Web and Automation API.
Before You Begin
Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.
Begin
Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
- Download the Azure VM plug-in from the Control-M for Azure VM download page in the EPD site.
- Install the Azure VM plug-in via one of the following methods:
- (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
- Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
- Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
- Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
- Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
- Linux: ctm provision image ZVM_plugin.Linux
- Windows: ctm provision image ZVM_plugin.Windows
- Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
- (9.0.20.200 or lower) Use the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
- (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
- Create an Azure VM connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Define an Azure VM job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Creating a Job with Azure VM Job parameters
- Automation API: Job:Azure VM
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