How to Generate Device Packs

How to Generate Device Packs

As a systems administrator or architect, you want to generate the device packs for CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management for deployment to Data Aggregator and Data Collector to monitor data from devices or the Element Management System (EMS).

Note: Currently, the device pack generator in CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management provides the following features:

• Monitors only the CSV file format.
• Generates the device packs with views.
• Provides raw vendor certifications and metric families. Does not map with existing CA Infrastructure Management vendor certifications and metric families.
• Provides for only console mode operations (the user interface is not currently available).
• Generates device packs for the English version of CA Infrastructure Management.
• Supports the following format for the CSV files:
  • Comments (optional, single line, or multiple line)
  • Header (optional, single line only)
  • Data (mandatory, single line, or multiple line)
  • Header and Data must have the same delimiter
  • Comment must come before Header
  • Data must follow Header

You use the application to generate your device packs. The application is installed after you extract the contents of the ems_installer.zip file and run the installation.

Note: For information about how to install, see the Install or Upgrade Device Packs section in the CA Mediation Manager and CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management Installation Guide.

After you extract the files, the directory named IMDevicePackGenerator_<version> contains the following subdirectories:

bin

Contains the following files and folder:

• createDevicePack.bat and createDevicePack.sh: Run the application.
• logging.properties: Provides log configurations.
• view_reserve_ids.properties: Provides the device pack view IDs range.
• doc: Contains the generated device pack information text files.

lib

Contains the java libraries that run this application

resources

Contains an empty device pack configuration file and different sets of sample CSV input files, each with their specific devicePackConfig.xml file:

• CASampleDPOne
• CASampleDPTwo
• CASampleDPThree
• devicePackConfig.xml

The configuration file contains the required information to create the CA Infrastructure Management device packs using these sample CSV input files. The sample CSV input files help you understand how the application functions. The files can also help you modify the input files in the devicePackConfig.xml file so that you can create a device pack.

The following diagram shows the work flow for this task:

To generate the device packs, follow this process:

1. Add the required information to the device pack configuration file.
   1. Specify the basic information.
   2. Specify the input file information.
   3. Specify the device pack elements information.
   4. Specify metric families for device pack reports.
   5. (Optional) Specify filtering options.
2. Run the application.
3. Install the Generated Device Pack
4. Configure the Device Pack