Configuring the BMC Atrium CMDB adapter

You configure an adapter in Grid Manager. The configuration provides information about how the adapter interacts with the BMC Atrium CMDB application. While each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapters with the same adapter type to allow for different configuration properties.

This topic describes the properties to configure the BMC Atrium CMDB adapter:

• • Before you begin
  • To configure the actor adapter

Before you begin

To obtain the Web Service URL for the adapter configuration, perform the following steps:

1. Go to http://host:port/cmdbws/services/listServices to open the list of services for the Atrium Web Service.
2. Verify that the list of services contains "cmdbws" and that the Service Status is Active.

3. Copy the Web Service URL specified under the Service EPR heading.

   Example

   For BMC Atrium CMDB 2.0: http://host:port/cmdbws/server/cmdbws
   For BMC Atrium CMDB 7.5 and later: http://host:port

4. Paste only the Server Name and Port into the Soap Url configuration element of your adapter configuration.

   Note

   You must only use the procedure when you want to use the CMDB Web Service version 2.0 to configure the BMC Atrium CMDB version 7.6.03.00 with a CMDB adapter.

   The form view provides an easy-to-use interface for configuring adapters. The form view prevents human errors that might occur as a result of copying the configuration XML from the XML sample into 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 using XML only. However, after you switch to the XML view, and save the configuration in the XML from that view, you cannot thereafter use the form view for modifying that configuration.

   Note

   The BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for BMC Atrium CMDB contains an actor adapter only; it does not include a monitor adapter. The default name for the actor adapter is BMCAtriumCMDBActorAdapter.

To configure the actor 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 Repository list, select the ro-adapter-bmc-atrium-cmdb-actor 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 using the form view or jump to step 7 to configure the adapter 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.
      The configuration elements for each adapter are described in that adapter's section. Include all required elements indicated with an asterisk (*).

   4. ( optional ) Click Switch to XML Viewand use the following steps to specify elements and attributes that are not in the form view.

      Note

      Switching to the XML view to specify those elements and attributes not included in the form means that you cannot thereafter use the form for modifying that configuration.

7. On the Warning message that appears, click Switch View.
8. In the Properties text box, use XML format to enter the configuration elements and attributes not available as fields in the form view.
9. Click OK.
10. (optional) Configure the adapter in the XML view using the following substeps:
    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 from the XML sample 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.

This saves the adapter configuration with settings in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

The following table describes the node elements required to configure the actor adapter:

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 7.5 application with out-of-box keystores:

XML template for configuring the actor adapter

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 9.1:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for BMC Atrium CMDB 9.1

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 7.5 application with out-of-box keystores:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter with out-of-box keystores

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 7.5 application (patch 001) with custom keystores:

XML sample for configuring the adapter with custom keystores

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for CMDB version 7.6.03 with default security settings:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for CMDB version 7.6.03 with default security settings

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for CMDB version 7.6.03 with all security policies turned on:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for CMDB version 7.6.03 with all security policies turned on

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 2.0 application:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using BMC Atrium CMDB 2.0

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using the BMC Atrium CMDB 8.1 application:

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter using BMC Atrium CMDB 8.1