Integrating TADDM with other Tivoli products
For extended capabilities in managing your IT environment,
you can integrate IBM® Tivoli
Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) with other Tivoli® products, including IBM Tivoli Business
Service Manager, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and event
management systems such as IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
Supported versions
You can use the following table to see which versions of the products that TADDM can be integrated with are supported.
Integrating TADDM with IBM Tivoli Monitoring via OSLC Automation
TADDM can be integrated with IBM Tivoli Monitoring by using OSLC Automation. If you want to integrate TADDM with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3, it is advised to use OSLC Automation. The old method of integration with the use of IBM Tivoli Monitoring Scope sensor is deprecated and will be removed from future releases.
Troubleshooting OSLC automation discovery
This section lists the best practices for TADDM ITM OSLC discovery with regard to performance. To discover multiple targets via TADDM ITM OSLC based discovery, consider the following:
Integrating TADDM with other products via OSLC Automation
TADDM can be integrated with other products using Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSCL) Automation. TADDM connects to OSLC Execute Automation Service Provider that provides data about other products infrastructure, which can be discovered by TADDM using OSLC Automation Session.
Integrating TADDM with IBM Tivoli Monitoring (old method)
Depending on the specific tasks that you must do in your IT environment, you can use the integration capabilities that are available between IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) and IBM Tivoli Monitoring. You can integrate TADDM with IBM Tivoli Monitoring by using IBM Tivoli Monitoring Scope sensor.
Registering configuration items for the Context Menu Service and Data Integration Service
If you are using the Context Menu Service (CMS) and Data Integration Service (DIS) to enable flexible cross-product launch points, you must register TADDM configuration items (CIs) in the CMS/DIS database.
Creating a Discovery Library store
A Discovery Library store is a directory or folder on a computer in the data center, and it represents the common location for all Discovery Library Adapters (DLAs) to write the XML files that contain resource information. XML data files to be bulk loaded into a TADDM system are placed in the Discovery Library store. To use the bulk loader program, you must create a Discovery Library store.
Configuring for launch in context
To see more detailed information about components in your environment, you can launch TADDM views from other Tivoli applications. To configure your application to launch TADDM views in context, you must specify a URL.
Sending change events to external systems
You can configure TADDM to notify an external event-handling system when a change to a discovered resource is detected.
Scheduling jobs with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
You can use the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler to schedule jobs in TADDM. The IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler is a software automation tool that provides the backbone for automated workload management and monitoring.
Integrating TADDM with IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
Depending on the specific tasks that you must do in your IT environment, you can use the integration capabilities that are available between TADDM and IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager. To use these capabilities, you must have IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 4.2.1 Interim Fix 3, but no additional configuration of TADDM is required.
Integrating TADDM with Jazz for Service Management
TADDM supports integration with Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) platforms. OSLC, when used with TADDM, enables you to get discovery data presented in a the form standard resource definitions. Jazz® for Service Management platform is an IBM integration tool that is based on OSLC open community specifications.
Tivoli Directory Integrator
When you purchase the IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM), you also receive the Tivoli Directory Integrator, which enables you to integrate TADDM with other data sources.
Business entities compatibility with earlier versions
A new function was introduced to enable integration between TADDM and products that read data from TADDM by using DataApi or directly from TADDM database by using SQL. The examples of such products are IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM), IBM SmartCloud Control Desk (SCCD), Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI). The current Business Application data model relies on CustomCollection interface, which has nothing in common with former Application and ITSystem interfaces. The new function enables integration with other products without introducing any modifications to those systems.
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