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An Introduction to Integrating Partner Applications with VPO
Integrating Partner Solutions with VPO
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We use the term tight integration if the capabilities offered by VPO are
fully exploited to maximize the uniformity of the integrated solution. For
example, consider integrating a business solution with VPO. To achieve
tight integration status, VPO capabilities should be employed to ensure
that the application is constantly monitored so that VPO operators are
immediately notified of problems related to the application. Whenever
possible, corrective automatic and operator-initiated actions should be
provided, and instruction text should help operators to solve any
problems. All mechanisms underlying VPO functionality are highly
configurable to enable a high degree of customization, and to provide
unique opportunities for the tight integration of partner solutions.
VPO also provides many capabilities to help the integration process and
to allow different integration strategies to be tailored to the type of
solution, including:
❏ Event integration using messages.
• Message generation is based on numerous message sources,
including logfiles, SNMP traps, threshold monitor values, MPE/iX
console messages, calls to opcmsg(1|3), Event Correlation
Services (ECS), etc.
• Instructions for operators, and automatic- and operator-initiated
actions can be associated with messages.
• Messages can be flagged to be forwarded to trouble-ticket and
notification services.
❏ Powerful and versatile threshold monitoring and graphing
capabilities.
❏ Predefined interfaces to trouble-ticket and notification systems.
❏ Integration of tools for operators and administrators in the VPO
application desktop, menu bar, submenus, or toolbar.
❏ APIs and command line interfaces to the agents and to the
management server.
❏ Access to NNM maps, submaps, symbols and the SNMP event system
from either ASCII files or programs.
To make integration as straightforward as possible, most definitions can
be done by way of the VPO GUIs. Tools to download configuration data
required for the integration, and then upload it at the customer’s site are
also available.