Overview

The integration between Micro Focus APM and Universal CMDB (UCMDB) enables you to share information from UCMDB with Micro Focus APM.

You can use the integration to automate the creation and update of requests in Micro Focus APM, freeing you from repetitive and manual input of information in Micro Focus APM. This also ensures that Micro Focus APM is kept up to date with real, accurate, discovered data in your environment.

The following table provides an overview of the Micro Focus APM integration with UCMDB:

Integration direction From UCMDB to Micro Focus APM
Integration technology Push adapter
Pushed data CIs created in UCMDB are pushed to Micro Focus APM to create requests in Micro Focus APM
Universal CMDB adapter APM Push Adapter (APMPushAdapter)

How Data is Synchronized Between Micro Focus APM and UCMDB

When referring to the concept of data information, it is important to distinguish between a UCMDB CI (Configuration Item) and a Micro Focus APM Application. Both are defined in a different Data Model, and there must be a conversion before transferring CIs in UCMDB to Applications in Micro Focus APM.

The following graphic shows the high-level components of the integration:

Note The Push Adapter is executed in the Data Flow Probe/Integration Service process.

UCMDB stores its information using CIs. The integration chooses which data to pull from UCMDB by defining integration TQL queries. Each TQL query defines a superset of data relevant for the integration.

The UCMDB Push Engine:

  • Retrieves the required data from UCMDB, using the given TQL query.
  • Filters the data to include only the data that has changed since the last execution of this synchronization.

  • Splits the data into multiple chunks without breaking consistency.

  • Sends the information to the Probe/Adapter.

The Push Adapter is a generic framework for easily configuring push adapters, using only XML and Groovy. It allows easy mapping of the data from the UCMDB data model into the Micro Focus APM data model, and the transfer of this converted data into the Micro Focus APM database through REST APIs called from Micro Focus APM.

For more information about push adapter, see Developing Push Adapters in the Developer Reference section of the UCMDB Help.

For details about REST APIs that this integration call from Micro Focus APM, see REST APIs Called in the Integration.

For entity mappings and field mappings between Micro Focus APM and UCMDB, see Default Entity and Field Mappings between Micro Focus APM and UCMDB.