CA Cohesion Connector

This section of the documentation contains technical specifications about the connector that is implemented to link ASM Core and CA Cohesion systems.

It describes the details of the third-party application, that is, CA Cohesion, including:

The name of the .NET assembly file
Connection methodology
The resource and link types that can be discovered on the application
The attributes of each resource and link types that can be imported into ASM Core Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

You should familiarize yourself with the information in Installing Connectors before installing any connectors, and read the Integration topics for more information on how to configure them.

Use Case Scenario

Connector Description

Field Name

Description

Connection Parameters

The table below provides a description of the CA Cohesion connection parameters.

Customization

This connector permits extensions to the schema through customization of the configuration file. The possible customizations are listed below. However, the customizations are not limited to these:

New resource types
New resource properties
New link types

Connector Diagnostics

The connector has the facility to trace information. The data can be obtained through Polling tracing or Application tracing.

Resource Types

Service

A Service is an application offering a service or performing a function. It can run across multiple hosts and be dependent on multiple software components.

Service ID
Name
Full Name
Short Name
Description
Version
Last Updated
Is Gold Standard
Is Baseline
Notes
Cluster
Cluster Description

(Host)

A generic class of types covering the individual machines on a network. This class is divided into 7 resource types that share the same properties. The resource types are:

Unknown Host
Server
Load Balancer
Switch
Router
Firewall
Unknown Device

The common attributes are:

Host ID
Host Name
Domain
IP Address
MAC Address
Agent Heartbeat
Agent Alive
Last Updated
Platform
OS Type
OS Version
Processor
Type
Status
Manufacturer
Model
Serial No
Capacity (GB)
Processor Speed (GHz)
Memory (MB)

Software Blueprint

This consists of settings defined by the user within Cohesion by which Cohesion identifies instances of specific software components or group of software components installed on individual hosts.

Component ID
Name
Full Name
Short Name
Description
Qualifier
Version
Type
Last Updated
Vendor

(Software Component Instance)

This is a generic class of types covering the instances of a specific Software Component on a particular host. It is divided into 15 resource types that share the same properties. The resource types are:

Custom Component
Directory Server Application
Web Server Application
Utility
IT Management System
Cendura Component
Application Platform
Enterprise Application
Imported Component
Messaging System
Network Device
OLAP Engine
Relational Database
Operating System
Reporting Engine

The common attributes are:

Component ID
Name
Full Name
Short Name
Description
Qualifier
Version
Type
Last Updated
Vendor

Link Types

This section lists the link types that the connector has to discover on Cendura Cohesion V4.1 systems and then allow for their importation into the ASM Core CMDB.

(Software Component Instance) Component

This is a class of link types indicating that a particular Service uses and/or is dependent on a particular Software Component Instance.

Running On (Host)

This is a class of link types indicating that a particular Service runs on a particular Host.

(Software Component Instance) Installed On (Host)

This is a class of link types indicating that a particular Software Component Instance is installed on a particular Host.

(Software Component Instance) Instance of Software Blueprint

This is a class of link types indicating that a particular Software Component Instance is an instance of a particular Software Blueprint definition.