BMC - TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 extractor
Use the BMC - TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 extractor to collect the configuration and performance data of the TrueSight Operations Management entities. The collected data is used for analyzing and optimizing the capacity of the TrueSight Operations Management resources.
To collect data, this Java-based ETL makes the REST API calls to the Data Integration APIs of TrueSight Operations Management.
The ETL supports the following platforms:
- IBM AIX
- Oracle Solaris
- Stand-alone hosts supported for Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris
- Hyper-V (Clusters, hosts, and virtual machines)
- KVM
To collect data for any other platform, use the BMC - TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 Generic extractor.
This ETL can collect the TrueSight Operations Management data only for the systems that are locally monitored by the PATROL KMs, except for Standalone Linux platform; that supports systems that are remotely monitored.
Collecting data by using the BMC TrueSight Operations Management ETL
To collect data by using the BMC TrueSight Operations Management ETL, do the following tasks:
I. Complete the preconfiguration tasks.
II. Configure the ETL.
III. Run the ETL.
- Ensure that specific versions of PATROL Agents and Knowledge Modules are installed in your TrueSight Operations Management environment.
For information about the supported PATROL Agent and KM versions, see Supported Knowledge Modules (KMs) and PATROL Agents.
For information about PATROL agents, see BMC PATROL Agent . To collect the metrics and relationship data from AIX systems, ensure that your TrueSight Operations Management environment meets the following requirements:
The PATROL Agent is installed on the logical partitions (LPARs) that run or host workload partitions (WPARs).
The operating system monitoring is enabled for all partitions.
The HMC monitoring is configured to import AIX hosts and pools. Without HMC monitoring, only LPARs are imported. For information about configuring HMC monitoring, see Configuring Hardware Management Console .
You must configure the ETL to connect to TrueSight Operations Management for data collection. ETL configuration includes specifying the basic and optional advanced properties. While configuring the basic properties is sufficient, you can optionally configure the advanced properties for additional customization.
A. Configuring the basic properties
Some of the basic properties display default values. You can modify these values if required.
To configure the basic properties:
- Navigate to Administration > ETL & System Tasks > and select ETL tasks.
- On the ETL tasks page, click Add > Add ETL under the Last run tab. The Add ETL page displays the configuration properties. You must configure properties in the following tabs: Run configuration, Entity catalog, and TrueSight Operations Management Connection.
- On the Run configuration tab, complete these steps:
- From the ETL module list, select BMC - TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 extractor. The name of the ETL is displayed in the ETL task name field. You can edit this field to customize the name.
- From the platform list, select the required platform.
In the Extraction days box, specify a period for which the ETL collects data.
The maximum period that you can specify is seven days. If the specified period is greater than seven days, the period is reset to three days and the following message is displayed in the logs:
"Out of Bound Extraction days provided in the ETL run configuration. Defaulting to 3 days."
Click the Entity catalog tab, and select one of the following options:
Shared Entity Catalog: Select if the other ETLs access the same entities that are used by this ETL.
- From the Sharing with Entity Catalog list, select an entity catalog name that is shared between ETLs.
- Private Entity Catalog: Select if you want to use this ETL independently.
Click the TrueSight Operations Management Connection tab, and configure the following properties:
- The host name of the Presentation Server in the specified format:
- If you are using the host name to connect to the Presentation Server specify:
https://<host>/tsws. Replace <host> with the host name - If you are using the host name and port number to connect to the Presentation Server specify:
https://<host>:<port>/tsws. Replace <host> with the host name and <port> with port number
- If you are using the host name to connect to the Presentation Server specify:
- The user name and password to connect to the Presentation Server. The default user name is apiuser.
- The name of the tenant you want to collect data for. The default tenant is *.
- The host name of the Presentation Server in the specified format:
(Optional) Override the default values of properties in the following tabs:
- Click Save.
The ETL tasks page shows the details of the newly configured BMC TrueSight Operations Management ETL.
(Optional) B. Configuring the advanced properties
You can configure the advanced properties to change the way the ETL works.
To configure the advanced properties:
- On the Add ETL page, click Advanced.
Configure the following properties:
Click Save.
The ETL tasks page shows the details of the newly configured BMC TrueSight Operations Management ETL.
After you configure the ETL, you can run it to collect data. You can run the ETL in the following modes:
A. Simulation mode: Only validates connection to the data source, does not collect data. Use this mode when you want to run the ETL for the first time or after you make any changes to the ETL configuration.
B. Production mode: Collects data from the data source.
A. To run the ETL in the simulation mode
To run the ETL in the simulation mode:
- Navigate to Administration > ETL & System Tasks, and select ETL tasks.
- On the ETL tasks page, click the ETL. The ETL details are displayed.
- In the Run configurations table, click Edit to modify the ETL configuration settings.
- On the Run configuration tab, ensure that the Execute in simulation mode option is set to Yes, and click Save.
- Click Run active configuration. A confirmation message about the ETL run job submission is displayed.
- On the ETL tasks page, check the ETL run status in the Last exit column.
OK Indicates that the ETL ran without any error. You are ready to run the ETL in the production mode. - If the ETL run status is Warning, Error, or Failed:
- On the ETL tasks page, clickin the last column of the ETL name row.
- Check the log and reconfigure the ETL if required.
- Run the ETL again.
- Repeat these steps until the ETL run status changes to OK.
B. To run the ETL in the production mode
You can run the ETL manually when required or schedule it to run at a specified time.
To run the ETL manually
- On the ETL tasks page, click the ETL. The ETL details are displayed.
- In the Run configurations table, click Edit to modify the ETL configuration settings. The Edit run configuration page is displayed.
- On the Run configuration tab, select No for the Execute in simulation mode option, and click Save.
- To run the ETL immediately, click Run active configuration. A confirmation message about the ETL run job submission is displayed.
When the ETL runs, it collects data from the source and transfers it to the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization database.
To schedule the ETL run in the production mode
By default, the ETL is scheduled to run daily. You can customize this schedule by changing the frequency and period of running the ETL.
To configure the ETL run schedule:
- On the ETL tasks page, click the ETL, and click Edit task. The ETL details are displayed.
On the Edit task page, do the following, and click Save:
- Specify a unique name and description for the ETL task.
- In the Maximum execution time before warning field, specify the duration for which the ETL must run before generating warnings or alerts, if any.
- Select a predefined or custom frequency for starting the ETL run. The default selection is Predefined.
- Select the task group and the scheduler to which you want to assign the ETL task.
Click Schedule. A message confirming the scheduling job submission is displayed.
When the ETL runs as scheduled, it collects data from the source and transfers it to the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization database.
Verify that the ETL ran successfully and check whether the TrueSight Operations Management data is refreshed in the Workspace.
To verify whether the ETL ran successfully
- Click Administration > ETL and System Tasks > ETL tasks.
- In the Last exec time column corresponding to the ETL name, verify that the current date and time are displayed.
- In the Last exit column corresponding to the ETL name, verify that the status is OK.
In case of WARNING or ERROR, click in the last column of the ETL name row to review the log files.
To verify that the TrueSight Operations Management data is refreshed:
- In the Workspace tab, expand BMC TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 extractor > Systems.
- In the left pane, verify that the hierarchy displays the TrueSight Operations Management instances.
- Click a TrueSight Operations Management instance, and click the Metrics tab in the right pane.
- Check if the Last Activity column in the Configuration metrics and Performance metrics tables displays the current date.
The following image shows sample metrics data. To learn more about these metrics and other related concepts, see Entities, metrics, lookup information, and API calls for the BMC - TrueSight Operations Management 10.7/11.0/11.3 extractor.
Supported Knowledge Modules (KMs) and PATROL Agents
The following table lists the platform-specific versions of PATROL Agents and KMs that are required for collecting TrueSight Operations Management data.
BMC Helix Continuous Optimization platform | PATROL Knowledge Module (KM) | PATROL Agent version | |
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Name | Version | ||
AIX | BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux | 9.11.20, 9.12.00, 9.13.00, 9.13.20, 9.13.21 | 9.5.00 or later |
BMC PATROL for AIX1 | 1.1, 1.1.10 | ||
KVM | BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux | 9.11.20, 9.12.00, 9.13.00, 9.13.20, 9.13.21 | |
BMC PATROL for Linux | 1.1, 1.2, 20.05 | ||
Solaris | BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux | 9.11.20, 9.12.00, 9.13.00, 9.13.20, 9.13.21 | |
Standalone | BMC PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers | 4.7.00, 4.8.00, 4.8.10, 5.0.00, 5.1.00 | |
BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux | 9.11.20, 9.12.00, 9.13.00, 9.13.20, 9.13.21 | ||
BMC PATROL for Linux | 1.1, 1.2 | ||
Hyper-V | 5.1 |
1 - Supported with TrueSight Operations Management 10.7 or later.
Comments
Users with TrueSight OM ETL configured having HP UX instances in TSOM should make sure to cover those with BMC PATROL for UNIX version 9.13.21 released at the end of 2020. using an older version of the UNIX KM can prevent HP UX instances from showing up on HCO side.
Thanks for the comment, Nir.
I have updated the UNIX version number.
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