Converting external cloud constructs into the BMC ProactiveNet cloud format

The cloud environment introduced the hierarchical structure of nodes in traditional data centers. In the hierarchical structure, elements of the physical infrastructure such as virtual machines (VMs), physical machines, NICs and so on are arranged in hierarchical nodes all the connecting nodes are defined into logical constructs to organize the cloud environment.

The BMC ProactiveNet cloud framework uses a component called the BMC ProactiveNet cloud integrator. The cloud integrator consumes logical cloud constructs and their relationships with each other and creates the corresponding topology in the BMC ProactiveNet Operations Console.

The following figure depicts the hierarchical structure of nodes in a cloud environment.

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Why is the BMC ProactiveNet cloud integrator required?

The BMC ProactiveNet cloud integrator is required to convert the cloud constructs of different cloud vendors into a format that can be used by BMC ProactiveNet.

Benefits of the cloud integrator

By implementing the BMC ProactiveNet cloud integrator in your cloud environment, you can:

  • View cloud resource hierarchy in the BMC ProactiveNet Operations Console and easily understand and identify your operational issues
  • Aggregate resource performance and obtain a real-time utilization and health measurement of your resource pools, as well as reduce events noise
  • Analyze the health of resource pool in real time to prevent cascading errors and outage storm

Prerequisites for creating the cloud integrator

Before creating the cloud integrator, ensure that you perform the tasks listed below:

  • Identify the different cloud constructs that you want to create in BMC ProactiveNet
  • Create the topology and relationships on paper.
  • Finalize the configuration items (CIs) and the relationships for the cloud construct topology
  • Identify routing information from the cloud construct
  • Identify the top level node of your construct

For detailed information about these prerequisites, see Prerequisites-for-creating-the-BMC-ProactiveNet-cloud-integrator.

 

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