User's Manual

Working with Resource Adapters
Repository Management 9-21
In Active System Manager software, a Value-Source is a context-based list of values that dynamically
displays values to choose from, based on operation properties. It is the categorization of system managed
objects into possible list of broad categories, from where an operation can fetch parameter values. The Sub
Type of Value Source further categorizes each categorized object in Value Source, to provide you with a
double defined value-set; for example: consider Resource Properties to be a managed object, which serves
as a Value Source for fetching parameter value for any operation while execution (if you define Resource
Properties as a Value Source in operation definition). However, the Resource Properties can further be
categorized into Provisioning properties, which serves as the Sub Type of Value Source and is supplied
as a parameter value while execution (if you further select Provisioning parameter as Sub Type in
operation definition).
Note In the Active System Manager software, the Value Source is referred to as the Primary Source and
its Sub-Type is referred to as the Secondary Source.
Table 9-10 displays the possible Value Sources and its Sub-Types as defined in the Active System Manager.
Table 9-10 Value Source and its Sub-Types
Value Source Value Source Description Sub-Types Defined for Value Source
Custom
Repositories
Manages Image files, Configuration files
and Elements for particular type of
Custom Repositories in the Active System
Manager.
Lists all Custom Repositories existing in the
Active System Manager and displays Image files,
Configuration files, and Elements contained in
the each repository.
File Servers Manages Image files, Configuration files
and Elements for particular type of File
Servers in the Active System Manager.
Lists all File Servers in the Active System
Manager and displays Image files, Configuration
files, and Elements contained in each File
Server.
Operation Output Manages Output Parameters of existing
custom operations that can be used as
input parameters of some other custom
operation. These Output parameters are
defined for custom operations in
Resource Adapters.
Lists all output parameters of custom operations
that are defined in Resource Adapter of the
selected resource.
Organization Manages all Organizations in the Active
System Manager.
Sub Type not applicable.
Resource
Properties
Manages inventory parameters,
provisioning parameters and Interface
elements of a specific resource on which
the operations are executed.
Lists Resource Properties namely inventory
parameters, provisioning parameters, and
interface of a specific resource on which the
operations are executed.
Session Objects Manages all resources and links of a
Template with respect to the
Orchestration being created or operation
being executed.
Lists four types of session objects namely
resources, links, resource properties, and link
properties for Orchestration being created or
operation being executed.
Session
Properties
Manages all provisioning properties
related to a Template.
Lists provisioning parameters related to a
Template.
Software
Configurations
Manages all software configurations. Lists all software configurations.
• Custom Operations—A set of RA operations that are associated with the resources in a template.
• Virtual Operations—A set of RA operations that are associated with the resources in Operation Center
view.