Entity types

BMC Helix Continuous Optimization contains the following categories of entities: Domains, Business Drivers, and Systems. Each of these categories has its own set of sub-types that can be assigned to the entity. In addition, relationships (see Entity-relationships) are also assigned their own types.

System types

A connector may assign a specific type to a system. If not assigned, the system type defaults to "Generic".

BMC Helix Continuous Optimization

uses system types in the following ways:

In the user interface, a system's icon denotes its type, and its summary page selects a few metrics to show depending on its type.
Certain analysis and modeling templates use system types to present the appropriate metrics.

The following table lists all available system types.

The Entity Icon column shows how the type appears in the user interface.
The Entity Prefix column provides the string to be used when developing connectors.

Entity Type	Entity Prefix	Entity Type ID	Entity type name
SYS	gen	0	Generic
SYS	aps	2	Application Server
SYS	wss	3	Web Server
SYS	db	4	Database Instance
SYS	as	5	Application Server Instance
SYS	ws	6	Web Server Instance
SYS	ln	7	Network - Link Node
SYS	nas	8	Network Attached Storage
SYS	san	9	Storage System
SYS	mf	10	Mainframe Instance
SYS	tv	11	IPTV Server
SYS	vh	12	Virtual Host
SYS	soa	15	SOA Server
SYS	gm	16	Virtual Machine
SYS	vhc	17	Virtual Cluster
SYS	fac:dev:pdu	18	Facility Device - PDU
SYS	fac:dev:ups	19	Facility Device - UPS
SYS	fac:dev:ac	20	Facility Device - Air Conditioner
SYS	fac:str:rk	21	Facility - Rack
SYS	fac:str:ln	22	Facility - Line
SYS	fac:str:rm	23	Facility - Room
SYS	net:lnk	24	Network - Link
SYS	gm:vmw	25	Virtual Machine - VMware (opt:meas, opt:meas.vn)¹
SYS	gm:zn	26	Virtual Machine - Solaris Zone
SYS	gm:lp	27	Virtual Machine - AIX LPAR
SYS	gm:xen	28	Virtual Machine - Xen (opt:meas, opt:meas.vn)¹
SYS	gm:hv	29	Virtual Machine - Hyper-V (opt:meas, opt:meas.vn)¹
SYS	gm:int	30	Virtual Machine - HP Integrity (opt:meas, opt:meas.vn)¹
SYS	vh:vmw	31	Virtual Host - VMware
SYS	vh:xen	32	Virtual Host - Xen
SYS	vh:hv	33	Virtual Host - Hyper-V
SYS	vh:zn	34	Virtual Host - Solaris
SYS	vh:lp	35	Virtual Host - AIX PowerVM
SYS	vh:int	36	Virtual Host - HP Integrity
SYS	net:dev	37	Network - Device
SYS	vhc:vmw	38	Virtual Cluster - VMware
SYS	vhc:xen	39	Pool - Xen
SYS	vhc:zn	40	Virtual Cluster - Solaris Zone
SYS	vhc:hv	41	Virtual Cluster - Hyper-V
SYS	dbc	42	Cluster Database
SYS	ds	43	Datastore
SYS	rp	44	Resource Pool
SYS	dc	45	Datacenter
SYS	gapp	46	Virtual Application
SYS	gapp:vapp	47	Virtual Application - VMware vApp
SYS	wk	48	Workload
SYS	gm:ldom	49	Virtual Machine - Solaris LDOM
SYS	cl	51	Cloud
SYS	clpod	52	Cloud - Pod
SYS	clsp	53	Cloud - Default Pool
SYS	rac	54	Oracle Rac
SYS	clsp:vhc	55	Cloud - Compute Pool Virtual Cluster
SYS	clsp:vh	56	Cloud - Compute Pool Virtual Host
SYS	clsp:rp	57	Cloud - Compute Pool Resource Pool
SYS	clsp:phy	58	Cloud - Physical Server Pool
SYS	rp:sto	59	Storage Pool
SYS	gm:wpar	60	Workload Partition - AIX WPAR
SYS	gm:dsd	62	Virtual Machine - Solaris Dynamic System Domain
SYS	gm:splp	63	Virtual Machine - AIX Shared Processor LPAR
SYS	vh:kvm	66	Virtual Host - KVM
SYS	gm:kvm	67	Virtual Machine - KVM (opt:meas, opt:meas.vn)¹
SYS	npar	68	HP nPartition
SYS	vpar	69	HP vPartition
SYS	nparc	70	Virtual Host - HP nPar/vPar
SYS	clnetc	71	Cloud - Network Container
SYS	lun	72	Storage - LUN
SYS	rp:dysto	73	Dynamic Storage Pool
SYS	filer	74	Storage Filer
SYS	vfiler	75	NetApp vFiler
SYS	aggregate	76	NetApp Aggregate
SYS	volume	77	Storage - Volume
SYS	rp:spp	78	Shared Processor Pool
SYS	net:fw	90	Network - Firewall
SYS	net:lb	91	Network - Load Balancer
SYS	net:rtr	92	Network - Router
SYS	net:swt	93	Network - Switch
SYS	clsp:ds	94	Cloud - Virtual Datastore Pool
SYS	mf:cpc	100	Mainframe - CPC
SYS	mf:splx	101	Mainframe - Sysplex
SYS	mf:lpar	102	Mainframe - LPAR
SYS	mf:zos	103	Mainframe - z/OS Image
SYS	mf:lcsp	104	Mainframe - Software Prod. Group
SYS	mf:suit	105	Mainframe - Suite
SYS	mf:ap	106	Mainframe - Application
SYS	mf:ssas	107	Mainframe - Subsystem A/S
SYS	mf:srcls	108	Mainframe - S/R Class
SYS	mf:stg	139	Mainframe - Storage Controller
SYS	mf:pool	140	Mainframe - Storage Pool
SYS	hc:vmw	109	VMware Hypothetical Cluster
SYS	vcd	110	vCloud
SYS	ovdc	111	vCloud - Organization vDC
SYS	pvdc	112	vCloud - Provider vDC
SYS	gm:violp	114	Virtual Machine - AIX VIO LPAR
SYS	dsc:vmw	115	Datastore Cluster - VMware
SYS	cp:vmwh	116	VMware Hosts Capacity Pool
SYS	cp:vmwc	117	VMware Clusters Capacity Pool
SYS	cp:aix	120	AIX Power VM Hosts Capacity Pool
SYS	cp:dst	121	VMware Datastores Capacity Pool
SYS	ds:xen	122	Datastore - Xen
SYS	rp:aix	123	Physical Pool - AIX PowerVM
SYS	share	124	Storage - Share
SYS	cp:rp:sto	125	Storage Pools Capacity Pool
SYS	hh:vmw	126	VMware Hypothetical Host
SYS	hh:lp	127	AIX Hypothetical Host
SYS	cp:kvmh	128	KVM Hosts Capacity Pool
SYS	hh:kvm	129	KVM Hypothetical Host
SYS	sto:rg	151	Replication Group
SYS	cp:spp	200	AIX Shared Processor Pool Capacity Pool
SYS	hh:spp	201	AIX Hypothetical Shared Processor Pool
SYS	cp:hvc	204	Hyper-V Clusters Capacity Pool
SYS	cp:hvh	205	Hyper-V Hosts Capacity Pool
SYS	cp:agg:os	207	OpenStack Host Aggregate Capacity Pool
SYS	cl:os	311	Cloud - OpenStack
SYS	agg:os	312	Host Aggregate - OpenStack
SYS	vhc:rhev	313	Virtual Cluster - RHEV
SYS	dc:rhev	314	Datacenter - RHEV
SYS	sd:rhev	315	Storage Domain - RHEV
SYS	sh:rhev	316	Storage Host - RHEV
SYS	shc:rhev	317	Storage Cluster - RHEV
SYS	cl:aws	322	Cloud - AWS
SYS	rg:aws	323	Region - AWS
SYS	gm:aws	324	Virtual Machine - AWS
SYS	asg:aws	325	Auto Scale Group - AWS
SYS	volume:aws	326	Storage Volume - AWS
SYS	ds:kvm	327	Datastore - KVM
SYS	az:os	328	Availability Zone - OpenStack
SYS	rg:os	329	Region - OpenStack
SYS	netapp:hapair	330	NetApp HA Pair
SYS	netapp:cluster	331	NetApp Cluster
SYS	netapp:vserver	332	NetApp Vserver
SYS	netapp:volume	333	NetApp Volume
SYS	netapp:lun	334	NetApp LUN
SYS	vhc:hadoop	335	Hadoop Cluster
SYS	node:hadoop	336	Hadoop Node
SYS	rp:hadoop	337	Hadoop Resource Pool
SYS	gm:azu	338	Virtual Machine - Azure
SYS	depl:azu	339	Deployment - Azure
SYS	role:azu	340	Role - Azure
SYS	rm:yarn:hadoop	341	Hadoop YARN Resource Manager
SYS	rm:hdfs:hadoop	342	Hadoop HDFS Resource Manager
SYS	srv:hbase:hadoop	343	Hadoop HBASE Service
SYS	srv:spark:hadoop	344	Hadoop Spark Service
SYS	srv:hadoop	345	Hadoop Service
SYS	sto:das	346	Direct Attached Storage
SYS	sto:cas	347	Content Addressable
SYS	sto:bak	348	Backup Storage Device
SYS	kubernetes:cluster	351	Kubernetes - Cluster
SYS	kubernetes:node	352	Kubernetes - Node
SYS	kubernetes:pv	353	Kubernetes - Persistent
SYS	kubernetes:ns	354	Kubernetes - Namespace
SYS	kubernetes:pod	355	Kubernetes - Pod
SYS	kubernetes:deployment	356	Kubernetes - Deployment
SYS	gm:gcp	358	Virtual Machine - Google Cloud
SYS	sp	362	Service Pool
SYS	vhc:ahv	366	Virtual Cluster - Acropolis
SYS	vh:ahv	367	Virtual Host - Acropolis
SYS	gm:ahv	368	Virtual Machine - Acropolis
SYS	spc:ahv	369	Storage Pool - Acropolis
SYS	pcf:domain	380	PCF - Domain
SYS	pcf:organization	381	PCF - Organization
SYS	pcf:space	382	PCF - Space
SYS	pcf:application	383	PCF - Application
SYS	pcf:foundation	384	PCF - Foundation
SYS	pcf:node	385	PCF - Diego Node
SYS	pcf:service	386	PCF - Service
SYS	kubernetes:pod:wk	387	Kubernetes - Pod Workload
SYS	cl:ibm	388	Cloud - IBM Cloud
SYS	vh:ibm	389	Virtual Host - IBM Cloud
SYS	gm:ibm	390	Virtual Machine - IBM Cloud
SYS	volume:ibm	391	Storage Volume - IBM Cloud
SYS	as:azu	392	App Service - Azure

¹ - For some of the technologies, metrics are collected from two sources: hypervisors and operating systems. For each metric, the following namespaces are used to differentiate between these two sources:

opt:meas - Namespace assigned to the metrics that are collected from the hypervisor.
opt:meas:vn - Namespace assigned to the metrics that are collected from the operating system.

Application types

The following table lists all available application types.

Domain Type	Domain Prefix	Domain Type ID	Domain type name
APP	svc	0	Business Service
APP	gen	1	Generic
APP	sys	2	Systems
APP	dom	3	DomainServers
APP	net	4	NetworkDevices
APP	wkld	6	Workloads
APP	wapp	7	WebApplications
APP	ts	8	TicketSystems
APP	mf	9	Mainframes
APP	san	12
APP	fg	13	Facilities
APP	soa	14	SOA
APP	tsvc	16	Technical Service
APP	tnt	17	Tenant
APP	soi	18	Service Offering Instance
APP	so	19	Service Offering
APP	org	20	vCloud - Organization
APP	ovdcapp	21	vCloud - Organization vDC vApps
APP	vapp	22	vCloud - vApp
APP	cs:azu	23	Cloud Service - Azure
APP	app	26	Application

Business driver types

The following table lists all available business driver types.

Prefix	Business driver type ID	Business driver type name	Description
ass	8	Application Server	Business driver related to application server instances (for example, servlet calls)
bat	1	Batch	Business driver running in batches
dbs	7	Database	Business driver on databases instances (for example, the number of queries executed on a specific instance)
fac	9	Facility	A business driver measurement for facility equipment
ws	10	Web service	Business driver related to web service
gen	0	Generic	A generic business driver
ltg	12	Load Test Group	Load test group
lts	11	Load Test Summary	Load test summary
ln	6	Network Link	Business driver related to data networks (for example, the outbound bit rate from a specific node)
soa	14	SOA	Business driver that applies to service-oriented architecture
tc	3	Tickets	Business driver related to ticket systems
web	4	Web	Business driver related to web servers (for example, a visit to a web page)
mf:bsap	5	Mainframe – Business Application	Mainframe – Business Application

Relationship types

The Workspace navigation tree shows all of the visible relationships that are currently valid. The available relationship types are CONTAINS and USES. The parents entities are represented by CONTAINS relationship and child entities are represented by USES relationship. For details, see Relationships.

Entity types

System types

Application types

Business driver types

Relationship types

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