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Integrating NerveCenter with HP OpenView IT/Operations      The NerveCenter IT/Operations Platform Adapter

The OpenView Platform Adapter

The NerveCenter component that allows NerveCenter to retrieve node data from HP OpenView IT/Operations is known as the OpenView Platform Adapter.

For integration to take place between NerveCenter and IT/Operations, the following must occur:

• The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter must be installed on the machine hosting IT/Operations.

  For detailed instructions on installing the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter, see Installing NerveCenter.

• IT/Operations must be running.
• The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter must be enabled.

  Enabling the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter registers it to start as a service whenever you start IT/Operations. See How to Enable and Disable the Platform Adapter.

• The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter must be running.

  The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter typically starts at the same time IT/Operations starts. See How to Start and Stop the OpenView Platform Adapter.

How to Enable and Disable the Platform Adapter

A typical NerveCenter installation automatically enables the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter. However, there may be times you will need to disable the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter. Once you disable it, you will need to enable it manually before NerveCenter will be able to integrate with IT/Operations again. You can enable or disable the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter by following the procedures described in this section.

Enabling the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter

If the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter is disabled or was never enabled during NerveCenter installation, you can enable it at any time by adding the OpenView Platform Adapter local registration file (ovpa.lrf) to the list of services that are started by ovstart.

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   If you are unsure if the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter is registered to run with ovstart, you can check IT/Operations's start-up file. When the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter is registered, its data, including the pathname to the executable, appears in the file ovsuf typically found in the conf directory under IT/Operations's installation directory. If either the ovpa data does not appear or the line with the ovpa data begins with a 1, then the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter will not run with ovstart.

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  To enable the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter:

1. From the command line of the machine hosting HP OpenView IT/Operations, run ovstop.

   The IT/Operations services stop running.

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      On Windows, you can also select the Services - Stop utility from the Windows Start menu.

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2. Navigate to the following directory:
   • Windows: installation_path\lrf where installation_path is the installation directory for IT/Operations.
   • UNIX: installation_path/OV/lrf where installation_path is the installation directory for NerveCenter.
3. Run the following command:

   ovaddobj ovpa.lrf

4. Run ovstart.

   IT/Operations's services, including NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter, start running.

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      On Windows, you can also select the Services - Start utility from the Windows Start menu.

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The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter will now automatically run every time you start IT/Operations.

Disabling the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter

If the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter is enabled, you can disable it at any time by removing the OpenView Platform Adapter local registration file (ovpa.lrf) from the list of services that are started by ovstart.

 
  To disable the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter:

1. From the command line of the machine hosting HP OpenView IT/Operations, run ovstop.

   IT/Operations's services stop running.

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      On Windows, you can also select the Services > Stop utility from the Windows Start menu.

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1. Navigate to the following directory:
   • Windows: installation_path\lrf where installation_path is the installation directory for IT/Operations.
   • UNIX: installation_path/OV/lrf where installation_path is the installation directory for NerveCenter.
2. Run the following command:

   ovdelobj ovpa.lrf

3. Run ovstart.

   IT/Operations's services, including NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter, start running.

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      On Windows, you can also select the Services > Start utility from the Windows Start menu.

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The NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter will no longer automatically run every time you start IT/Operations.

How to Start and Stop the OpenView Platform Adapter

The NerveCenter component that allows you to integrate NerveCenter with HP OpenView IT/Operations is known as the OpenView Platform Adapter. Following a typical installation of the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter component, NerveCenter enabled the OpenView Platform Adapter to run automatically as a service of IT/Operations.

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   If for some reason, the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter was not enabled during installation or has since been disabled, see How to Enable and Disable the Platform Adapter.

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Therefore, whenever you start IT/Operations services by typing ovstart, the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter will automatically start with any other IT/Operations services.

In the same way, typing ovstop stops all IT/Operations services, including the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter.

• If you want to start only the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter, you can type at the command line:

  ovstart ovpa

• If you want to stop only the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter, you can type at the command line:

  ovstop ovpa