Posts from — June 2007

• Project Zero
  Project Zero is an incubator project started within IBM that is focused on the agile development of the next generation of dynamic Web applications.
  (tags: ajax development dojo ibm mashup php project web web2.0)
• TouchGraph
  TouchGraph’s powerful visualization solutions reveal relationships between people, organizations, and ideas.
  (tags: visualization search tools web2.0 touchgraph charts data)
• CMDB Federation of the Planets
  “The interop test was an anti-climax.” - CA account of interop testing
  (tags: cmdb cmdbf IBM HP CA Microsoft Fujitsu BMC cmdbfederation)

• John M Willis - ESM BLOG
  John “the ITM Guru” Willis has a new blog
  (tags: johnwillis esm blog)
• Tech Confidential Blog: Investing in Quest ‘not for everyone’
  If it does become a target, numerous companies could come calling, among them Hewlett-Packard Co., CA Inc., EMC Corp. and BMC Software Inc. *Compuware*
  (tags: questsoftware)

Finally put some time into updating Wordpress and changing the theme for this blog. Please let me know if you see or experience any issues, errors, layout problems, etc. as you navigate. Feedback appreciated on new look and feel.

A new Tivoli OPAL submission for TBSM 4.1 and the integration with the Tivoli TADDM and CCMDB product. If you want to know the gory details of how to customize the integration to fit it into the more realistic solutions you may be building within TBSM 4.1, this is something you will want to review.

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The TBSM 4.1 Discovery Library Toolkit provides the capability to import discovered resources and relationships from either the CCMDB (formerly known as TADDM) or from IDML books produced by discovery library adapters such as the TMS, ITCAMfSOA, or z/OS DLAs. This whitepaper describes the discovery process and provides the information on how to customize this process to better meet their enterprise requirements.

http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal?NavCode=1TW10BM01

A new Tivoli OPAL submission today for Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) 4.1. This package introduces a method for leveraging the legacy Tivoli Business Systems Manager (TBSM) 3.1 backend with the new TBSM 4.1 front end to make use of the more advanced visualization and management capabilities within TBSM 4.1.

You should review this even if you do not have the legacy TBSM 3.1 as there are some really good things in here related to TBSM 4.1 ESDAs, custom scorecards and even incorporating custom icons into the TBSM 4.1 system.

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The IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager (TBSM 3.1) ESDA feature is designed as an aid for representing TBSM 3.1 Business System folders in an IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM 4.1) system. The feature utilizes the External Service Dependency Adapter (ESDA) capabilities of TBSM 4.1 to accomplish this task. This feature of TBSM 4.1 incorporates knowledge of the TBSM 3.1 database schema that would not generally be known to a customer trying to develop this capability on their own.

The TBSM 3.1 ESDA feature provides rules that will retrieve high level TBSM 3.1 business system folders and create service instances in TBSM 4.1. This helps preserve the customer investment in building the TBSM 3.1 business systems tree by reflecting at least the executive level business systems in a TBSM 4.1 service model. In addition, the TBSM 3.1 status can be reflected on the 4.1 services. Thus, TBSM 3.1 and TBSM 4.1 can be run in parallel and will stay consistent with regards to the high level service content and status.

Beyond simply reproducing the TBSM 3.1 high level service model, this feature exposes the model to all the many capabilities that TBSM 4.1 has to offer. By exploiting the SLA, data integration, and visualization capabilities of 4.1, TBSM 3.1 executive users can be provided with a greatly enriched Executive Dashboard.

http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal?NavCode=1TW10BM02

New Tivoli OPAL submission for Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) 4.1 out today. Check this out if you’ve got both TBSM 4.1 and ITCAM for SOA. This integration will allow ITCAM for SOA “services” to be consumed within TBSM 4.1 and SOA oriented service models to be built automatically. Events will then be mapped to bring the service model and dashboards to life.

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TBSM V4.1 integrates with various Tivoli products including ITCAM for SOA using Discovery Library Technology. This white paper describes the customization required to have the flow of status events from ITCAM for SOA to TBSM.

http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal?NavCode=1TW10BM03

Some videos on EMC’s AppDisco stuff - former nLayers products. You have to register first to see this stuff - they should be using YouTube these days and stop collecting info on folks!

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Learn how to get the most from EMC Smarts Application Discovery Manager. Through this series of videos, EMC’s Glenn O’Donnell, principal product marketing manager, discusses the benefits of automated change, configuration, and incident management. See what Application Discovery Manager can do for you.

EMC on Smarts Application Discovery Manager

Review the basics of EMC’s Smarts Application Discovery Manager (ADM) and learn how you can benefit from automatic, real-time discovery of applications and their distributed components. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/eTEXTCHALK1062707/7/80060916/

EMC on Defining a Configuration Management Database Strategy

Discover how you can easily automate data collection, relationship mapping, and object-oriented federation—all with EMC’s Smarts Application Discovery Manager. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/eTEXTCHALK2062707/7/80060916/

EMC on Automating Data Center and Server Consolidation

If you’re looking to remove the risk from your data center and server consolidation efforts, watch this video.
http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/eTEXTCHALK3062707/7/80060916/

• CA launches new network fault software
  CA Spectrum 8.1 will immediately notify network managers of any recent configuration changes that may have led to an outage or network slowdown.
  (tags: CA spectrum networkmanagement monitoring via:bushwald)