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EMC Symmetrix Adapter
The EMC Symmetrix adapter is an embedded adapter that collects performance data for Symmetrix storage
arrays.
The EMC Symmetrix adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Collects performance data from TTP-formatted ASCII files. The EMC Solutions Enabler STP daemon
(storstpd) exports the TTP data files to a main input folder. You can configure the metrics that the
storstpd daemon exports.
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Requires access to the main input folder.
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Requires the user account that runs the Collector to have read and write permission to the main input
folder.
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Supports EMC Solutions Enabler 7.2 or later. The adapter is tested with EMC Solutions Enabler V7.3.0.1
(Edit Level: 1214).
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Requires the standalone version of EMC Solutions Enabler. The EMC Solutions Enabler virtual appliance
does not support TTP data file generation.
HP BAC Adapter
The HP BAC adapter is an embedded adapter that collects data from HP Business Availability Center (BAC).
HP BAC contains components for monitoring and managing business services and applications.
The HP BAC adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Reads data from HP Real User Monitor (RUM), HP Business Process Monitor (BPM), and HP SiteScope.
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Runs data collection tasks to retrieve and parse data and relationship tasks to define parent-child resource
relationships.
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Uses SOAP queries to the BAC Generic Data Engine API or SQL queries to the BAC database. The adapter
can also read data from a text file. You define connection information for tasks in XML configuration files.
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Requires the URL of the BAC Web Service for a SOAP connection and a JDBC URL and user credentials
for an SQL connection.
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Supports HP BAC 6, 7, 8, and 9. The adapter can read data from all HP RUM, HP BPM, and HP SiteScope
versions that can write to these HP BAC versions.
HP OpenView Adapter
The HP OpenView adapter is an integrated external adapter that collects and analyzes metrics from devices
that HP OpenView Operations monitors.
The HP OpenView adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Runs inside an HP OpenView agent.
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Uses a custom Smart Plug-In (SPI) to push metrics to the vCenter Operations Manager collector. The
custom SPI pushes almost all of the metrics that HP OpenView Operations collects. You can designate
specific metrics to analyze and store.
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Requires the SPI to be deployed in all relevant HP OpenView agents.
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Provides scalability. You can scale up the adapter by adopting additional SPIs or by implementing a
hardware load balancer. Scalability is limited only by the amount of network and drive I/O.
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Can use OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA) or CODA to collect metric data.
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