Integrating with BMC Helix Operations Management


You can configure BMC Impact Integration for z/OS (BiiZ) to send events and publish ALERTs from Rules and EXECs to the BMC Helix Operations Management product. For more information about the BMC Helix Operations Management product, see BMC Helix Operations Management

Prerequisites

You must have the following items before you can integrate BiiZ with BMC Helix Operations Management:

  • A working curl  program  
  • An application key from BMC Helix Operations Management

    See Quick start to monitoring for information about acquiring the BMC Helix Operations Management application key.

  • In the BBPARM member BBISSPxx for the PAS, you must specify the following product code: 
    • PRODUCT=AAO
Warning

Important

This functionality is not available in BiiZ standalone.

Configuring BiiZ

Edit BBPARM member AAOGMExx and enter values for the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

TGTIP 

Specify the connection name  

TGTBIMCF 

Specify the BBPARM member IIMRSTxx, which is the configuration member for REST API.

TGTTYPE 

Specify the value: RESTAPI

Edit BBPARM member IIMRSTxx and specify values for the following parameters:  

Parameter

Description

Server_event_path

(Optional)

Specify the path to the events service.

Default value: /events-service/api/v1.0/events  

API_Key

(Required)

Specify the API key obtained from the BMC Helix Operations Management to be able to send events.

Server_event_port       

(Optional)

Specify the Helix port number.

The default value is 443.

Server_event_url

(Required)

Specify the Helix Portal URL, which is the base URL for your Helix Tenant, including the text HTTP/HTTPS 

For example: https://restapi.bmc.com/

Curl_path


(Required)

Specify the full path name, including the curl command to be used to send the events.

For example: /usr/bin/curl

Curl_parms

(Optional)

Specify the curl parameters.

Default value: --insecure --connect-timeout 10 --use-ascii

After you edit BBPARM member IIMRSTxx , BiiZ will send events to <serverEventUrl>:<serverEventPort><serverEventPath>.  

Defining BiiZ Classes in BMC Helix Operations Management

To define BiiZ classes, we supply a sample shell script in BBSAMP member IIMRESTC. Review and edit the following parameters at the top of the script:

LB=<HelixUrl>
curl_cmd='<curlPath>'
access_key=<HelixAccessKey>
secret_key=<HelixSecretKey>
tenant_id=<HelixTenantID>

You can run this script from USS. 

 

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