Integrating with CA Oblicore Guarantee › Test the Adapter

Test the Adapter

After you have imported and installed the adapter, test it to verify that it works properly in your implementation. This task is required to enable the integration between CA Service Catalog and CA Oblicore Guarantee.

To test the adapter

1. Open the Windows Control Panel and verify that the following CA Oblicore Guarantee services are running. If necessary, start them:
   • Oblicore - AdapterDeployment
   • Oblicore - AdaptersListener
   • Oblicore - ScriptHost
   • Oblicore - TaskHost (For translation)
2. Verify that your CA Service Catalog implementation includes active services and requests.
3. Log in to CA Oblicore Guarantee and use its scheduler to schedule the adapter to run every 30 to 60 minutes.

   For details about using this tool, see your CA Oblicore Guarantee documentation.

4. Wait for the first scheduled run of the adapter to complete, log in to CA Oblicore Guarantee, and select Configuration, Translation, Translation Entries.
5. Verify that the adapter has generated at least a few pending entries.

   Note: The adapter cannot process the pending entries now, because the event types and resources related to these entries are not yet created.

6. Wait for the next scheduled run to complete, log in to CA Oblicore Guarantee, and select Configuration, Translation, Translation Entries.
7. Verify that the following have occurred:
   • The pending entries are translated.
   • New resources of the type named Catalog Request Management System are created. These represent service option elements in requests that CA Service Catalog users have submitted.
   • New event types are created, similar to the following examples:
     • 101-2-CatalogRequestStatusChangeEvent
     • 101-200-CatalogRequestStatusChangeEvent
     • 101-2000-CatalogRequestStatusChangeEvent

Using these event types, resources, and other imported artifacts, you can optionally create new contracts with metrics and link them to CA Service Catalog services.