1 Introduction to the Connector

The Hewlett-Packard Operations Manager Connector (version 12.1.0.2.0) integrates Oracle Enterprise Manager with HP Operations Manager Unix, or OMU (version 9.0), through web services. Using this connector you can create, update, or close messages on the OMU system for any event generated in Enterprise manager, which ensures an active synchronization between OMU and Enterprise Manager.

The following sections in this chapter discuss these topics:

OMU Messages and Acknowledgements
Event Templates
Retry Option
Versions Supported

OMU Messages and Acknowledgements

Conceptually, events in Oracle Enterprise Manager are equivalent to messages in OMU. In OMU, a message is information generated for the operation whenever an event occurs.

In OMU, the term acknowledge has a different meaning than for most applications. Acknowledging a message in OMU means that an event has been resolved and the message is closed.

Event Templates

Event templates are XML transformation style sheets that map Enterprise Manager event attributes to SCOM alert attributes.

The OMU event connector contains predefined event templates for Create and Update event operations on the OMU system. You can customize these templates to fulfill your particular requirements. Oracle recommends that you back up these factory-built templates before customizing them.

Retry Option

The "Retry" section, available on the connector configuration page, enables you to specify whether failed operations need to be retried within a configurable expiration time.

When you enable the Retry option, you can specify whether you want to resend a Create or Update request if the request fails the first time, and specify the time period after which you want to abandon the retry. Enterprise Manager retries every five minutes until the request is successful or the retry interval expires.

Versions Supported

This connector supports the following versions of Oracle Enterprise Manager and HP Operations Manager:

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1 with Bundle Patch 1) and higher versions
HP Operations Manager 8 and 9

You can install the HP Operations Manager Agent, which is part of the connector bundle, on the following platforms:

HP-UX on Itanium architecture with OS version 8 and above
Solaris on SPARC architecture with OS version 10 and above
Linux Red Hat Enterprise OS version 5.2 and above

The base Enterprise Manager version number for HP Operations Manager Release 12.1.0.2.0 is Enterprise Manager 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1 with Bundle Patch 1).