Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector Version 1.0 User's Guide March 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 2: Key features................................................................................................................ 5 Chapter 3: Topology collection and forwarding .............................................................................6 Viewing Dell EMC devices.............................................................................
1 Introduction This guide provides information about using the Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector features such as activating event and topology policies, monitoring and viewing devices, and monitoring and viewing events using HPE Operations Manager i (OMi) console. The Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector provides capabilities to integrate the Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials (OME) with HPE Operations Manager i (OMi).
2 Key features The key features of the Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector Version 1.0 are as described in the following table: Table 1. Key features Feature Functionality Topology collection and forwarding The Operations Connector for OME collects the device topology from OME and makes it available to OMi. For more information, see Topology collection and forwarding on page 6.
3 Topology collection and forwarding The Operations Connector for OME synchronizes the topology information from OME to OMi by performing the following steps: 1. The topology information is collected from OME using the REST API. 2. In Operations Connector for OME, the collected topology information by REST API is stored in an XML file. 3. The stored topology information is processed by the Topology Integration policy, and then forwarded to OMi.
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4 Event collection and forwarding The Operations Connector for OME synchronizes the event information from OME to OMi by performing the following steps: 1. The event information is collected from OME using the REST API. 2. In Operations Connector for OME, the collected events by REST API are stored in an XML file. 3. The stored event information is processed by the Event Integration policy, and then forwarded to OMi. You can view all the events associated with respective device.
Table 4. Events mapping in OME and OMi (continued) Events in OME Events in OMi Figure 9. Unknown event icon Figure 10. Unknown event icon Viewing device events 1. Launch the HPE Operations Manager i console. 2. Click Workspace > Event perspective. 3. In VIEW EXPLORER, select the custom view that you created. The devices monitored by the Operations Connector for OME are listed. 4. Click on the device. Events associated with the selected device are listed in the EVENT BROWSER window.
5 Node count collection and forwarding After every topology collection and forwarding cycle, Operations Connector for OME counts the number of nodes that were collected from OME and forwarded to OMi. This node count information is then forwarded by the Operations Connector for OME as an informational event to OMi, and can be viewed in Event Perspective in the OMi console. NOTE: Ensure that the node count policy is activated.
6 Launching OME console from OMi The Operations Connector for OME enables you to launch the OpenManage Essentials (OME) console from a node and an event. By launching the OME console, you can perform troubleshooting, configuration, and management activities for the Dell EMC devices. To launch the OME console, you must configure the OME URL tool in OMi.
7 Configuration Configuring the Operations connector for OME involves: ● Configuring the Topology and Event integration using the Operations Connector Task Schedulers. For more information, see Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector Task Schedulers on page 12. ● Activating the Operations Connector policies. For more information, see Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector policies on page 12.
8 Troubleshooting This section lists the problems that you may encounter while using the Operations Connector for OME and their workaround. When you upgrade your system from OME versions 2.2 to 2.3, a few CI collections are displayed twice with different names in the OMi console If the topology synchronization is already done in OMi by using the OME 2.2, and later when you upgrade to OME 2.3, few CI collections are displayed twice with different names after the topology synchronization cycle.
The devices, events, and node count information are not displayed in the OMi console To resolve this issue, perform the following steps: 1. Ensure that you have activated the following Operations Connector for OME policies: ● Topology Integration policy ● Event Integration policy ● Node Count Information policy 2. Run the task scheduler. Unable to launch the OME console by using OMi Ensure that the OME URL provided is in the format—https://:.
9 Licensing for Dell EMC OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector The OpenManage HPE OMi Operations Connector is a licensed product and implements an honor-based licensing structure. Licenses must be purchased based on the number of devices you need to monitor. For information about licenses, contact the Dell EMC Sales representative.
10 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. ● Direct links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management—https:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions—https://www.dell.com/SoftwareManuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://www.dell.
