Integrating UMA with Other Network Management

Chapter 5. Integrating UMA with Other Network Management Programs

The UMA program is a product of the work being done through the Intel®-IBM® Advanced Manageability Alliance.
As such, it integrates seamlessly into the Intel® LANDesk family of products. UMA components, such as Events, Alarms, and Responses, appear as items on the LANDesk menus.

You can also configure the UMA program to forward SNMP traps to workgroup- and enterprise-level network-management applications, such as Microsoft SMS, Tivoli NetView, and Computer Associates Unicenter.
For details about configuring SNMP for use with UMA, see 'Configuring SNMP for UMA'.

The UMA program also integrates into the following network-management software:

•  Microsoft server Software: The UMA components also integrate into the Microsoft Server  Management Software (SMS) in the following ways:
  •  You can add data collected by the UMA Inventory Data feature to the native SMS inventory by  creating static MIF files. You can create the MIF files in one of two ways: Click on the Update  SMS Inventory icon at the client, or click on Update Client Inventory from the Tools menu on  the SMS Console.
  •  You can use the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to forward UMA events to the  SMS Console as SNMP traps (see 'Configuring SNMP for UMA').
  •  You can enable additional features on the SMS Tools menu when a UMA client workstation is  selected at the SMS Console (see 'Configuring SMS for UMA').

•  IBM Netfinity Software Products: You can view and manipulate the UMA components with Netfinity  Manager if you installed the Netfinity agent during the UMA installation. No further configuration is  required.

  Note: If you already have Netfinity installed on your computer, you must uninstall it before installing  UMA, and then reinstall it by checking the Enablement for IBM Netfinity Manager box during  the UMA Custom Installation. If you decide to install Netfinity after the initial UMA installation,  you must install it by running the UMA Custom installation again, and check only the Enablement for IBM Netfinity Manager box. You can not use the Netfinity CD to install Netfinity.

•  Microsoft Management Console: You can view and manipulate the UMA program by using Internet  Explorer as a stand-alone browser or by using Internet Explorer within the Microsoft Management  Console (MMC). The UMA setup program provides a sample file, UMA. MSC, which enables you to  view the local client from within the MMC. MMC integration allows the UMA program to be used with  other network-management tools. The MMC also allows network administrators to create their own  MSC files, which can be used to route information from the UMA program across multiple workstations  on the network.

•  Tivoli Framework and Tivoli NetView: You can integrate UMA components into the Tivoli Framework  and Tivoli NetView products if you installed the Tivoli agent during the UMA installation and configure  the program correctly (see 'Configuring Tivoli Inventory for UMA' for details).

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