HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual page 69

This connection enables Automation Director to run services on storage systems registered with the
Configuration Manager REST API. Setting up connections requires the Admin role.
Prerequisites
Before you can use Data Mobility services, you must set up your environment so that the XP7
Configuration Manager REST API manages all of your storage systems. You must also register remote
storage system information across all your storage systems. This means that you must register
information about remote storage systems with the REST API server of the local storage system and
information about the local storage system with the REST API server of the remote storage systems. For
detailed information on these requirements and registering your storage systems with a XP7
Configuration Manager REST API, see the HPE XP7 Configuration Manager REST API Reference Guide.
NOTE: If you plan to use the XP7 Configuration Manager Settings option to register local and remote
storage systems, you must use XP7 Configuration Manager REST API server v8.6.1-00 or later.
When creating XP7 Configuration Manager REST API server connections, you must set up credentials as
follows:
• For Data Mobility services, create one connection that uses the same credentials for each storage
system managed by the Configuration Manager REST API. In addition to using the same credentials
to access all storage systems, ensure that these credentials are assigned the following roles:
◦ Security Administrator (View and Modify)
◦ Storage Administrator (Provisioning)
◦ Storage Administrator (Remote Copy)
• For the JavaScript Plug-in for Configuration Manager REST API and built-in CM-REST methods:
◦ When all storage systems managed by a Configuration Manager REST API use the same
credentials, create one connection. For example, when your environment uses a central repository,
such as Active Directory, to manage credentials.
◦ When each storage system managed by a Configuration Manager REST API uses different
credentials, create a connection for each set of storage system credentials.
Procedure
1. On the Administration tab, click Connection Settings > Web Service Connections.
2. Click Add or Edit and enter the following information:
• Category: Select ConfigurationManager.
• Name: Enter a name for the Configuration Manager REST API instance.
• IP Address/Host Name: Enter the host name or IP Address of the Configuration Manager REST
API server.
• Protocol: Select http (default) or https
• Port
• User ID
• Password
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