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Integration Framework Overview
Integration Framework Architecture 7
Operational Management
Product Integration
Operational management product integration facilitates the automation of
information technology services, such as software deployment. A process
management product calls an integration module which in turn communicates
with the operational management product to perform a logical management
operation.
With this framework, you can automate logical management operation actions,
such as software deployment. The process management product initiates the
integration module to invoke the operational management product to perform
automated actions.
By using the integration framework, you can configure integration modules to
support specific logical management operations and operational management
products. You configure an endpoint and handler to identify the communication
protocol (HTTP, Web service) that the integration module uses to invoke the
operational management product.
The integration module can map the service response so that it is returned to the
process management product. The service response then can be processed in
multiple ways. The service can open a response in a user interface application, or
save the response data to the application database.
You use the integration framework to integrate operational management products
by using an assisted approach.
The following integration framework components use operational management
product integration:
Web services Query message and receive data by
the integration framework.
Content System content that is configured to
enable various integration
components.
Component Description
Component Description
Logical management operations An application that you use to define
the actions that the integration
module supports for an operational
management product, such as
software deployment.
Integration modules An application that you use to define
the configurations and the
relationships to integration modules,
logical management products, and
operational management products.