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How can I see if IDP with PA is correctly installed

Solved941 views18th July 2023IDP process automation
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Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler]9.44K 13th September 2021 0 Comments

Is there a way that I can see if my IDP with PA solution is correctly installed/configured? Is there a script that can execute a health check?

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 18th July 2023

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Jan-Klaas Kesteloot [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]1.13K Posted 14th September 2021 0 Comments

Hi Jens, DataMiner IDP does not offer a health check to see if the Process Automation (PA) Framework was correctly configured. However, what the IDP setup wizard will do is the following :

  1. Create a view for the Processes to be stored
  2. Create Skyline Booking Manager element
  3. Configure Skyline Booking Manager to be used with IDP in the context of Process Automation:
    1. Admin > Booking Wizard Options: Permanent is Disabled
    2. Admin > Booking Wizard : Friendly Booking Reference Format : PA_IDP_[yyyyMMdd]_[4]
    3. Admin > Application Setup: Default Virtual Platform : PA_IDP
    4. Admin > Application Setup: Applications Services View: is configured with the view name specified by the user in the first screen of the IDP setup wizard.
    5. Admin > Application Setup: Copy To History: Disabled
    6. Admin > Application Setup : Create Booking Script : IDP_ProcessAutomationWizard
    7. Admin > Application Setup : Column Configuration : IDP Process Automation
    8. Admin > Booking Configurations: Allow Pre-Roll is Enabled
    9. Admin > Booking Configurations: Allow Post-Roll is Enabled
    10. Admin > Booking Configurations: Persistent Service is Disabled
    11. Admin > Booking Configurations: Booking Locking is Enabled
  4. Import profile parameters from Documents\Skyline Infrastructure Discovery And Provisioning\Parameters.  There’s a JSON file per profile parameter and IDP comes with the following parameters:
    1. Configuration_Type
    2. Data_Source_Input_Type
    3. Data_Source_Input_Value
    4. Element_Selection_Type
    5. Element_Selection_Value
    6. IDP_CIType
    7. IDP_ConvertScanRange_Type
    8. IDP_ConvertScanRange_Value
    9. IDP_DNSLookup
    10. IDP_FindAllMatchingCITypes
    11. IDP_IgnoreUnknown
    12. IDP_PingFirst
    13. IDP_ProvisioningSource
    14. IDP_SaveScanRange
    15. IDP_ScanRange
    16. IDP_ScanRange_Type
    17. IDP_ScanRange_Value
    18. IP Address
    19. Port
  5. Import profile definitions from Documents\Skyline Infrastructure Discovery And Provisioning\Profile Definitions. There’s a JSON file per profile definition and IDP comes with the following definitions:
    1. Auto Assign Rack Position (node profile)
    2. Convert To Element (node profile)
    3. Convert To Scan Range (node profile)
    4. Data Source
    5. Delete Element (node profile)
    6. Discover Data Sources (node profile)
    7. Element
    8. IP
    9. Provision Element (node profile)
    10. Reapply CI Type (node profile)
    11. Reassign CI Type (node profile)
    12. Scan Range
    13. Take Backup (node profile)
    14. Update Software (node profile)
  6. Import service definitions from Documents\Skyline Infrastructure Discovery And Provisioning\import. The setup wizard calls the script SRM_ServiceDefinitionImportExport to do this (part of SRM solution). There’s a JSON file per service definition and IDP comes with the following service definitions
    1. IDP Auto Assign Rack Position
    2. IDP Discovery
    3. IDP Discovery & Provisioning
    4. IS-04 Provision New Nodes
    5. IS-04 Update Existing Nodes
    6. IDP Provisioning
    7. IDP Take Configuration Backup
    8. IDP Update Software Image
  7. Create resources for the functions provided in the IDP package. Ten resources will be created, one for each function
    1. SLC IDP Auto Assign Rack Position
    2. SLC IDP Convert To Element
    3. SLC IDP Convert To Scan Range
    4. SLC IDP Delete Element
    5. SLC IDP Discover Data Sources
    6. SLC IDP Provision Element
    7. SLC IDP Reapply CI Type
    8. SLC IDP Reassign CI Type
    9. SLC IDP Take Configuration Backup
    10. SLC IDP Update Software Image
  8. Create pools for these resources. Ten pools in the virtual platform will be created, one for each function (see #7). The pool property ProcessAutomation is set to True.
  9. Run script SRM_Setup (part of PA framwerk solution, original  RN26829)

Things you can also try :

  • run the IDP Setup Wizard again
  • check information events during the setup wizard to see if the (sub)scripts throw exceptions
  • remove the IDP pools and resources, remove the Queue en Pool Resource elements used by PA (and run the wizard again).
Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 18th July 2023
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