pre-con ed: integrate ca spectrum® and ca unified infrastructure management

World®’16

Pre-ConEd:IntegrateCASpectrum®

andCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement

Murali Chundru,ManagerSoftwareEngineering,CATechnologiesSheenam Gupta,PrincipalProductManager,CATechnologies

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DEVOPS– AGILEOPERATIONS

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Abstract

JoinusinadetailedlookatthebenefitsoftheCASpectrum®andCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementintegrationfrombothproducts.Wewillcoverthebi-directionalflowofinventoryandalertsaswellasvirtualmachinerelationshipsandtopologyviews.Pre-registrationstronglyencouragedasspaceislimited;pre-registeredattendeeswillbeadmittedfirst.

MuraliChundru

SheenamGupta

PrincipalProductManagerCATechnologies

PrincipalProductManagerCATechnologies


VALUEPROPOSITION

IMPACTOFINTEGRATION

WHAT’SNEXT

ARCHITECTURE

USECASE:USECASPECTRUMASPRIMARYNOCTOOL

USECASE:USECAUNIFIEDINFRASTRUCTUREMANAGEMENTASPRIMARYNOCTOOL

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Agenda


§ EnablemanagementoftheentireITenvironmentthroughasinglesolution

§ CASpectrumusersgetaccesstosystemsandvirtualenvironmentinformation&CAUIMusersgetaccesstonetworkdeviceinformation

§ CAUIMusersgetRCAandalarmsuppression&CASpectrumusersgetperformancemonitoring

Bi-DirectionalIntegrationValueproposition

CASpectrumCAUnified

InfrastructureManagement

Bestofboththeworldstogether!


ImpactofIntegration

CASpectrumServer

WebServerFarm

AppServerFarm

ReportingServer

DB,LDAP

vCenter

UnifiedManagementPortal

OneClick Client

EndUser

Router1 Router2

CAUIMServer

ApplicationLayer

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NOCcenter


ImpactofIntegration

WebServerFarm

AppServerFarm

ReportingServer

DB,LDAP

vCenter


OneClick Client

EndUser

Router1 Router2

ApplicationLayer

1

2

NOCcenter

CASpectrumServer

CAUIMServer


ImpactofIntegration

WebServerFarm

AppServerFarm

ReportingServer

DB,LDAP

vCenter


OneClick Client

EndUser

Router1 Router2

ApplicationLayer

1

2

3

NOCcenter

CASpectrumServer

CAUIMServer


ImpactofIntegration

WebServerFarm

AppServerFarm

ReportingServer

DB,LDAP

vCenter


OneClick Client

EndUser

Router1 Router2

ApplicationLayer

1

2

NOCcenter

CASpectrumServer

CAUIMServer


InventorySync

CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement

CASpectrum

NetworkInfrastructure

VMwareServers

Discover Model RootCauseAnalysis

CompleteInfrastructureview


AlarmSync

CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementCASpectrum

PerformancealarmsFaultalarms

Real-timealarmupdatessync

Alarmmanagement


Architecture

UMP OneClick

EMSSpectrumandEMS

alarms

NASNASalarms

UDMManager

UIMDiscoveryServer

spectrumgtwSpectrumOneClickServer

DRILLDOWN/CROSS-LAUNCH

AdminConsole

Mon

itorin

gProb

es SpectroServers

SERVERANDVIRTUALIZATIONINVENTORYSYNC(NIS RESTAPI)

ALARMSYNC

AlarmAPI

INVENTORYSYNC

INVE

NTORY

ALARMSYNC

RECONCILE


Interfacesraces

InventorySyncGoal:SynchronizeInventorytoEnsureAlarmsGototheRightCASpectrum/CAUIMDevice

Server1

Disk1

Server2

Disk2

Server1Server2Router4

Interfaces

Spectrum UIM

Server1Disk1

Server2Disk2

Server3Disk3

InventoryServer3

Disk3

Server1

Disk1

Server2

Disk2

Server3

Disk3

Server4

Router4

Server1Disk1

Server2Disk2

Router4Interfaces

Server3Disk3

Spectrum UIMServer1

Disk1Server2

Disk2Server3

Disk3Router4

Interfaces

Inventory

Before

After

Sync Sync

Interfaces

Router4

Key


ExampleInventoryandAlarmSync

Server1

Disk1

Server2

Disk2

Server1Server2Server4

Spectrum UIM

Server1Disk1

Server2Disk2

Server3Disk3

Inventory

Server1SServerAlarm1UServerAlarm1UDiskAlarm1

EventModelUServerAlarm3

Server4SServerAlarm4

Spectrum UIM

Server1SServerAlarm1UServerAlarm1UDiskAlarm1

Server3UServerAlarm3


Alarms

Server3

Disk3

Server4

Server1

Disk1

Server2

Disk2

Server3

Disk3

Server4

Server4

Server1Server2Server4

Spectrum UIM

Server1Disk1

Server2Disk2

Server3Disk3

Server4

Inventory



Spectrum UIM

Server1UServerAlarm1UDiskAlarm1

Server3UServerAlarm3

AlarmsBe

fore

After

Sync Sync Sync


RecommendedVersion

§ CASpectrum10.1.2andabove

§ CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement8.4.7andabove


EnableCASpectrumGatewayProbe

Admincanselecttheinventoryanddirectionforsync:– Select“VMwaremanagement”tosyncVMwareinventoryfromCA

UnifiedInfrastructureManagementtoCASpectrum– Select“Servermanagement”tosyncserverinventoryfromCAUnified

InfrastructureManagementtoCASpectrum– Select“CASpectrum-UIMBidirectionalManagement”tosyncalarms


Configurespectrumgtw Probe

– Adminshouldenablethe“spectrumgtw”probeintheCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementadminconsolebyselecting“Activate”

– Admincanthenconfiguretheprobebyselecting“Configure”option


UseCase:UseCASpectrumasPrimaryNOCTool

UserName:Tom

UserPersona:NOCengineer

KeyResponsibilities:- Infrastructureavailability- Speedissueresolution

ProblemStatement:- ApplicationhostedonaVMisnotaccessible- RouterInterfaceisdownduetowhichdownstreamVMsarenotreachable


ViewEntireInventoryinCASpectrumCAUIMInventory IsSyncedwithCASpectrum


ViewTopologyforServers&VirtualizationinCASpectrum


ViewPerformanceMetricsinCASpectrumQoS MetricsAreSyncedwithCASpectrum


ViewFaultandPerformanceAlarmsinCASpectrumCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementAlarmsAreSyncedwithCASpectrum

SourcecolumninthealarmsviewindicatesifitisaCAUIMalarm;thevalueslikeNASandEMSareusedforCAUIMalarms


ManageCAUIMAlarmsthroughCASpectrumSyncTroubleshooter

ThetroubleshooterisassignedviaCAUIMforanalarm


TroubleshooterAssignedthroughCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement


ManageCAUIMAlarmsthroughCASpectrumAlarmClearedinCASpectrum


ManageCAUIMAlarmsthroughCASpectrumTicketIDGeneratedinCASpectrumsyncedwithCAUIM


Usecase:UseCAUnifiedInfrastructureManagementasPrimaryNOCToolUserName:Harry

UserPersona:NOCengineer

KeyResponsibilities:- Monitorinfrastructureperformance- Speedissueresolution

ProblemStatement:- UsesCAUIMasaNOCtool- Monitorsinfrastructurehavingnetworkdevices,

serversandvirtualenvironment(VMware)


ViewEntireInventoryinCAUIM

InventoryfromglobalcollectionconfiguredinthespectrumgtwconfigurationissyncedfromCA

SpectrumtoCAUIM

CASpectrumInventoryIsSyncedwithCAUIM


ViewFaultandPerformanceAlarmsinCAUIM

CASpectrumalarmsaresyncedtoCAifadminselected“Bidirectional”or“SpectrumtoUIM”optionforsynchronizealarms

configurationintheSpectrumgtwprobeconfigurationpage

CASpectrumAlarmsAreSyncedwithCAUIM


SymptomaticAlarmsSyncedtoCAUIM


ManageCASpectrumAlarmsthroughCAUIMSyncCleared/AcknowledgedAlarm


What’sNext– UnderConsideration

§ MonitorcloudinfrastructurethroughCASpectruminadditiontoCAUIM


AWSMonitoring– UnderConsideration


What’sNext– UnderConsideration

§ MonitorcloudinfrastructurethroughCASpectruminadditiontoCAUIM

§ AddpopularvirtualizationtechnologiesinadditiontoVMware

§ Providecapabilitytomonitormulti-tenantenvironment


RecommendedBestPractices


RecommendedDeploymentPractices

§ CASpectrum– EnableintegrationonaOneClick serverthatisconnectedtotheMLSandnot

integratedwithCASpectrumReportManager

§ CASpectrumGatewayprobe– EnsureprobeisdeployedinthesamenetworkwhereCASpectrumOneClick

serverisinstalled

§ CAUIM– NISAPI– Deploythenisapi(wasp)onserverwhereCAUIMUMPisdeployed


§ CAUnifiedInfrastructureManagement– HostingvCenters onvirtualmachinesthatarebeingmonitoredbyavmware probecan

causeself/cross-hostingissues

§ Solution:Setprevent_vcenter_correlation rawconfigureoptionastrueinthevmware probe.

– Ensurenooverlapsbetweenorigins

– Donotmonitoraserver/VMfrommultipleorigins

– MakeNASalarmsvisibletosynchronizeCAUIMalarmswithCASpectrum

§ VMwareenvironment– EnsureVMwaretoolsinstalledonallVMs

RecommendedConfigurations


ConfigurespectrumgtwProbe

ProvidetheCASpectrumOncClickConsoleinformation

here

Setthefrequencyforfullinventorysyncandincrementalinventorysync

- Setthefrequencyforfullalarmsyncandincrementalalarmsync

- Selectthedirectionofsync,defaultbeingbidirectional

- ConfiguretheCAUIMcustomfieldwhereTicketIDshouldbeshowninCAUIM

Performon-demandfullorincrementalsyncforinventoryand/oralarmsthroughActions


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