Importing Device Data to Inventory

You are the system administrator and want to import device information from HP OpenView, a network management system (NMS) that resides on a remote server, to the Inventory database. You are importing the information to a UNIX machine.

(Refer to the online help for procedures on importing device information from other NMS platforms.)

What You Need---Prerequisites

In this scenario, you will use only the Inventory application.

Before you can import device data, make sure that the following tasks have been completed:

The NMS is a supported system (refer to the Essentials release notes for the supported versions.)
The NMS database resides on a remote server that is a UNIX (not a Windows NT) machine.
You made sure that your local Essentials server has the proper permissions for remotely accessing the remote username and for running the remote shell as the specified user on the remote host, by verifying the following on the remote server:
- An .rhosts file is in the remote user's home directory and contains an entry for the Essentials server. The username entry is +bin.
- The /etc/hosts. equiv file on the remote server does not contain any statements that disallow access by the Essentials server.
- HP OpenView is running on the remote host.
- The CWSI remote user is a member of the group bin and a member of the CWSI "Known Network" database.
- Tivoli NetView is running on the remote host.
- Cisco WAN Manger default user name is svplus.
- The CiscoWorks remote user is a member of the CiscoWorks group. On UNIX, the remote user ID is part of cscworks (or the group entered when CiscoWorks was installed) in /etc/group.
- The CiscoWorks Sybase server is running on the remote host and the Sybase database uses the default query server name CW_SYBASE.
The remote shell daemon is running on the remote host.

For a complete description of all the required tasks, refer to the online help.

Note The purpose of this scenario is to show you how a specific application can be used to perform this task. Seeing the application being used in this way might help you understand how to use the application to perform a similar task in your network.

Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > Administration > Inventory > Import from Remote NMS. The Remote Database Import dialog box appears.

Step 2 Select the database from which you are importing from the NM Product drop-down list.

Step 3 Enter the network name of the host on which the remote NMS resides in the Host Name field.

Step 4 Enter the name of the remote user in the User Name field.

Step 5 Select one of the choices from the Reconciliation Criteria list.

This list is used to specify the resolution method to apply if there is a conflict between a device you try to import and a managed device with the same host and domain name.

Use data from imported devices---When a conflict occurs, the imported device information overwrites existing device information.
Use data from managed devices---When a conflict occurs, the existing device information remains and the imported information is ignored.
Resolve conflicts after importing (the default)---After the import, select the information for the device integration process used to manage each device.

Step 6 Select Cisco Devices Only or Customize or both from Special Options, then click Next. If you are importing non-Cisco devices or you want to enter device information, click Customize.

If you select Cisco Devices Only, devices are filtered based on the SNMP variable "sysObjectId". (Devices are not filtered on CWSI.)
If you select Customize or CWSI, the Import Options dialog box appears. Enter the import options that apply to your NMS database.
If you installed the NMS at a user-specified location (instead of the default), click Customize and enter the Source location.
If you select Check Device Attributes, device attribute information is verified after the import.

Step 7 Click Finish. The Add/Import Status Summary displays for you to verify that the import was successful.

Where You Should End Up---Verification

The Add/Import Status Summary displays device states of managed, alias, conflicting, suspended, not responding, or pending. You can do any of the following:

Click on any of the statuses to view the devices in that state.
If you selected Check Device Attributes, the number of device attribute errors is also shown. Click this field to view details.

Click Update to display the most recent information.

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