Control-M for VMware By Broadcom

The VMware By Broadcom plug-in enables you to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server.

Control-M for VMware By Broadcom enables you to do the following:

  • Execute VMware operations, such as power on virtual machines, configure virtual machines, and take virtual machine snapshots.

  • Manage VMware By Broadcom credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any VMware By Broadcom endpoint.

  • Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for VMware By Broadcom, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

  • Integrate VMware By Broadcom jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

  • Monitor the status, results, and output of VMware By Broadcom jobs.

  • Attach an SLA job to the VMware By Broadcom jobs.

Control-M for VMware By Broadcom Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the VMware By Broadcom plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component

Version

Control-M/EM

9.0.21.200

Control-M/Agent

9.0.21.200

Control-M Application Integrator

9.0.21.200

Control-M Automation API

9.0.21.200

Control-M for VMware By Broadcom is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for VMware By Broadcom

This procedure describes how to deploy the VMware By Broadcom plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a VMware By Broadcom job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

  1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

  2. Download the VMware By Broadcom plug-in from the Control-M for VMware By Broadcom download page in the EPD site.

  3. Install the VMware By Broadcom plug-in with the Automation API Provision service:

    1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations:

      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

    2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:

      • Linux: ctm provision image VMware_By_Broadcom_plugin.Linux

      • Windows: ctm provision image VMware_By_Broadcom_plugin.Windows

  4. Create a VMware By Broadcom connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

  5. Define a VMware By Broadcom job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is VMW102024.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version

Details

1.0.02

  • Fixed the Snapshot operations

  • Added a new Snapshot ID parameter for Create and Revert functions

  • Changed the location of the VM location parameters in the UI

  • Added Kill and Monitor options for Snapshot Operations

1.0.01

  • Changed the Host parameter

  • Changed the CPU cores per socket to be optional
1.0.00 Initial version