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CA NSM Connector Import

The CA NSM connector imports information from CA NSM as follows:

WorldView Import

Automatic CI and service synchronization

Provides this support.

Object updates

Receives WorldView notifications for add, update, and delete actions of managed objects and inclusions.

Events and Alarms

Receives WorldView notification of status updates. Status text specifies the reason for an alarm.

Object types and classes

Imports the following object types as the following classes:

• BPV—All objects of the Worldview class BusinessView and its subclasses are imported as services.
• Managed Objects—All WorldView managed objects are imported as CIs.
• DSM granular objects—All DSM granular objects used in WorldView BPVs are imported if you use the SAMP functionality in CA NSM to store these objects in the WorldView repository.

Alarm types

Sends all WorldView status updates as state change alarms.

WorldView has no true alarms, only object severity and status text properties. The connector creates an alarm for any object with non-normal severity. Because each object can have only one severity, only one alarm can exist for an object at any time. If a state changes, a new alarm replaces the previous one, or clears the alarm if the state changes to Normal.

DSM Import

Connection to Silo

Uses the DSM ObjectFactory to connect to ORB.

Automatic CI and service synchronization

Provides this support for DSM objects. Services are not imported from DSM.

Object updates

Registers for DSM callbacks for additions, deletions, and updates to DSM objects.

Events and Alarms

Uses the DSM Object Factory to call the connector event handler. Text provided as reason in the ObjectFactory callback is imported as alarm text.

Starting with CA NSM r11.2 SP2, the DSM connector imports more detailed information for each event.

Object types and classes

Imports DSM objects of following types as CIs. All standard classes for these objects are supported.

• Host-level objects
• Agent objects
• Leaf node objects (metrics)

Note: No DSM objects are imported as services.

Alarm types

Supports all standard DSM alarm types.

Note: The metrics and resources being monitored by DSM agents that appear in the WorldView topology under the agent objects (DSM granular objects) do not exist in the WorldView repository by default. The WorldView connector only imports objects that exist in the WorldView repository, so these DSM granular objects are not automatically included in any imported BPV service definition. However, you can insert the DSM granular objects into the WorldView repository using SAMP. With this feature enabled, the WorldView connector can automatically import services containing DSM objects.