Connectors; Connectors Overview; Emc Smarts Integration - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

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Connectors

This chapter describes the Connectors tab that enables you to integrate ADM with other applications. Topics
include:
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"Connectors Overview" on page 65
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"EMC Smarts Integration" on page 65
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"Custom Reports" on page 70
N The integration software requires a license to work with ADM. Contact your Customer Sales
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Representative for information on purchasing a license.

Connectors Overview

The Connectors tab enables you to integrate ADM with other applications, if you have them installed. You
must also have a license for them. Integration between ADM and other applications allows detailed
information to be discovered and populated into the other application.
Information about hosts, routers, switches, services, and connections are transferred between applications. For
example, you might want to use the network devices from EMC Smarts Service Assurance Manager (SAM)
with the applications from ADM. Information about ADM could be collected and displayed in the SAM.
To view the integration screen from the ADM Console, click Connectors tab. Depending on the applications
you have installed and licensed, you see the following tabs:
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EMC Smarts
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Reports
The VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help provides specific details and steps.

EMC Smarts Integration

Integration between the ADM and the SAM allows the detailed information collected by the ADM to be
populated into the SAM.
N Before ADM data can appear in SAM, you must verify that the ics.conf file has been edited to specify
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that the data is to flow from the SAM Adapter Platform to the SAM. The section "Defining Domain
Parameters" in the EMC Smarts Service Assurance Manager Configuration Guide provides detailed information
on editing the ics.conf file. Once all integration steps are complete, the ADM data is viewed using the
Smarts, Launch in Context feature.
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