Creating a discovery library adapter output file using the web client

Use the instructions in this topic to create a discovery library adapter (DLA) output file.

Before you begin

You must be a repository administrator or a community administrator to create a connection.

Procedure

  1. In the Rational® Asset Manager web client, click Administration.
  2. Click the name of the community that you want to connect to CCMDB.
  3. Click Connections.
  4. In the Change and Configuration Management Database section, click New Connection.
  5. On the connection properties page, complete the form with the details of the CCMDB installation.
    1. Name: Type a name for the connection. The name can include spaces and special characters.
    2. Description: Optionally, type a detailed description of the connection. The description can include spaces and special characters.
    3. URL: Enter the fully qualified URL, including the port number, to use when accessing the CCMDB application; for example, https://www.example.com:9443.
    4. Login: Type the user ID of a user authorized to access CCMDB.
    5. Password: Type the user's password for accessing CCMDB.
    6. Default asset owner: Click Select Owner to choose the Rational Asset Manager user who will own the assets that are created in the Rational Asset Manager repository from the CCMDB CIs.
    7. Synchronization schedule: Click Edit to modify how frequently the Rational Asset Manager repository will synchronize with the CCMDB repository. You can choose to synchronize daily or weekly at a specific time, or at an interval specified in minutes or hours.
  6. Click OK.
  7. When configuring CCMDB to use the Rational Asset Manager repository as a definitive library, you can generate a Discovery Library Adapter (DLA) output file that contains a list of specific software assets that CCMDB will consume. To specify which assets will be included in the DLA output file, you must define a search shortcut that uniquely identifies those assets:
    1. Click Assets to go to the Search for Assets page.
    2. Type a search string to use as the filter for your asset list; for example, my_filter.
    3. Click the View search shortcut icon below the search text field. A text field opens beside the icon with the search shortcut; for example, ramSearch:(1txt,my_filter).
    4. Copy the entire search shortcut from the text field.
  8. Return to this Connection Properties page and paste the search shortcut into the Search Text field.
  9. Now, generate the DLA output file:
    • To create an output DLA file to be saved on the file system, click Generate DLA Output.
    • To generate the file and transfer the file using File Transfer Protocol to a remote location, click Generate and Send DLA Output.

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