BMC Atrium Orchestrator overview

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator product is composed of the following components, which enable you to develop and execute workflows across multiple functional areas, systems, and geographic locations:

Content (adapters, modules, and run books) that communicate with systems, processes, and devices
Graphical development studio for developing workflows
Operator control panel for control and monitoring of workflow execution
Scalable grid architecture with load balancing and high-availability

The following figure provides a high-level view of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator components:

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BMC Atrium Orchestrator content

BMC Atrium Orchestrator content includes base and application adapters, operations actions and workflows, and run books. Operations actions and workflows are groups of processes, schedules, rules, and configuration items for specific operational disciplines. The processes, schedules, rules, and configuration items are based on the IT infrastructure Library (ITIL).

You can use BMC Atrium Orchestrator content to develop additional workflows specific to your environment.

Adapters

Adapters establish connections and facilitate communications between BMC Atrium Orchestrator workflows and the external applications and support systems. BMC Atrium Orchestrator provides the following classes of adapters:

Base adapters, which interact with external systems using standard protocols, such as JDBC, Telnet, SSH, JMS, and through the native operating system command line
Application adapters, which interface with the API of an external application to issue remote calls to the application

Modules

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Operations Actions Management modules and utilities are predefined workflows that perform functions common to an operations center's daily activities.

Operations Actions Management modules contain workflows that perform tasks that are common to a specific system type, such as Create Changes and Update Incidents in a Change Management system.
Operations Action Utilities contain workflows that perform tasks that are common to an operating system, such as Create Directory and Delete File.

Run books

BMC Atrium Orchestrator run books contain solutions to specific use cases. They include predefined adapter and module workflows that perform functions that offer solutions to targeted IT management problems.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio is a graphical authoring tool that you can use to create, modify, and test workflows. This development tool provides easy access to a library of subroutines, or utilities, that enable you to quickly build workflows. In addition to the utilities, BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio enables you to call adapters, which interface with standard protocols, BMC products, and third-party programs.

For more information about adapters and modules, see Adapters-modules-and-run-books.

For more information about BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio, see Developing-workflows

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Operator Control Panel

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator Operator Control Panel application enables you to run workflows in a semi-automated mode. Using this web-based application, you can manually launch a workflow, follow its progress in a graphical view, and provide input as required. This application is a server component of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator platform. For more information about BMC Atrium Orchestrator Operator Control Panel, see Using.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform

BMC Atrium Orchestrator is built on a grid architecture that offers high-availability, load-balancing, and industry-leading performance out of the box.

For more information about the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform, see Architecture.