Altiris® Connector for HP OpenView

Altiris® Connector for HP OpenView provides seamless integration that extends and enhances HP OpenView solutions, including Network Node Manager, Service Desk, and Operations. The complementary strengths of Altiris and HP solutions allow IT managers to implement a more comprehensive management solution that will prevent downtime, resolve problems faster, and keep systems running efficiently. 

Complete Technology Lifecycle Management

HP OpenView provides a proactive, service-centric approach to monitoring the network, system, applications, and storage. By leveraging the complementary strengths of HP OpenView and Altiris solutions you can implement a more comprehensive management solution that will provide alerts, detailed system information, and access to problem resolution solutions that will keep your systems running optimally. HP OpenView and Altiris integration will help you achieve a higher return on your IT investment.

The Altiris IT lifecycle management strategy extends HP OpenView management to provide inventory, asset, software and configuration management for desktops, notebooks, handhelds, and servers.

Key Features & Benefits

Features and benefits of HP OpenView NetWork Node Manager (NNM) and Operations:

• Event forwarding via SNMP traps
• Right-click access to detailed Altiris inventory
• Launch Altiris solutions from within the HP OpenView console

Features and benefits of HP OpenView Service Desk (OVSD)

• Import Altiris hardware and software inventory into the Service Desk configuration management database (CMDB)
• Automatically create parent/child relationships between hardware, software, and host systems
• Create new hardware and software records as components are added to the environment
• Standard and user-configurable inventory data and category mapping between Altiris solutions and OVSD
• Import uses ITIL business rules to establish parent/child relationships, record changes and add new records in OVSD

Screen Shots

	This conceptual overview shows how the HP OpenView integration for Altiris solutions extends HP OpenView by forwarding alerts and adding inventory and menu integration. Other Altiris solutions such as Altiris® Client Management Suite™ and HP Client Manager™ also add integration value.
	Right-clicking on a node allows you to launch the Altiris Resource Explorer from within HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) and access detailed hardware and software information about a specific device. You can also launch directly into other Altiris solutions from within the NNM console to further troubleshoot or perform problem-solving actions.
	Detailed hardware and software inventory gathered from the many OS platforms that Altiris supports can be imported into the Service Desk configuration management database (CMDB). The import process maps parent/child relationships and flags the Configuration Item’s (CI) record status based on ITIL business rules. Use the integrated Altiris menus to access the highlighted CI for detailed inventory information.
	HP OpenView Operations integration allows many types of hardware, software, and management function events from Altiris to be forwarded to the Operations console. This allows Operations policies to perform actions based on the event, including severity and sending messages to the IT manager. Access to Altiris solutions is also available from within the Operations console.