Integrating Hardware Sentry KM with BMC Portal

How to integrate Hardware Sentry KM with BMC Portal v.2.3. and higher.

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Description

How to integrate Hardware Sentry KM with BMC Portal.

Solution

An integration component for BMC Portal is released along with the Knowledge Module (KM) in the form of a PAR file. It enables visualization of parameter data of all objects monitored by the KM, in the BMC Portal.

Note: This integration component is valid on BMC Portal v 2.3 upwards.

Procedure

To integrate Hardware Sentry KM with BMC Portal:

  1. Make sure a PATROL Agent has been installed on each server whose hardware needs to be monitored,
  2. Follow the steps described in the Hardware Sentry Installation Guide to install the KM on each PATROL Agent. Only install the KM on the PATROL Consoles if you want to use both PATROL and BMC Portal to monitor hardware,
  3. Refer to the BMC Performance Manager Express for Hardware documentation to load the integration .par file into BMC Portal.