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Integrating Solutions with VPO
The Role of Configuration Data in an Integration
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To download configuration data from VPO you can either select
Actions:Server->Download Configuration... from the menu of the
administrator’s GUI or use the configuration download command
opccfgdwn(1M) at the command line. Both methods download
configuration information into a tree structure of flat files. You can later
upload configuration information into the VPO internal database using
the opccfgupld(1M) command.
Note that service data of the HP OpenView VantagePoint Navigator is
kept in a separate file and can currently not be downloaded or uploaded.
These configuration utilities enable a partner to define a configuration
using the VPO GUI and then to download the configuration to a file. The
resulting file can then be shipped and installed with the partner
software, or provided as a separate product that can be uploaded into the
customer’s VPO installation. From the customer’s perspective, an
“out-of-the-box” integration of the partner solution and VPO is provided.
Figure 2-4 on page 86 summarizes how the VPO configuration download
and upload capabilities are used to define a configuration and then to
distribute it to customers.
Figure 2-4 shows the following steps:
Step 1: Define the VPO configuration.
Step 2: Download the VPO configuration to the flat files using
the GUI or opccfgdwn(1M) command.
Step 3: Package the configuration with the product and ship to
the customer.
Step 4: Install the product, including the VPO configuration.
Step 5: Upload the VPO configuration from the flat files
Step 6: Use the new, uploaded configuration.