Control-M for Azure Resource Manager

The Azure Resource Manager service enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account and to secure and organize your resources after deployment.

Control-M for Azure Resource Manager enables you to do the following:

Manage Azure Resource Manager credentials in a secure connection profile.
Connect to any Azure Resource Manager endpoint.
Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Azure Resource Manager, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.
Integrate Azure Resource Manager jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
Monitor the status, results, and output of Azure Resource Manager jobs.
Attach an SLA job to the Azure Resource Manager jobs.

Control-M for Azure Resource Manager Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Azure Resource Manager plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.21.100
Control-M/Agent	9.0.21.100
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.21.100
Control-M Automation API	9.0.21.125

Control-M for Azure Resource Manager is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client. You cannot use Promotion with the plug-in.

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

Setting up Control-M for Azure Resource Manager

This procedure describes how to deploy the Azure Resource Manager plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Azure Resource Manager 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 Java is installed, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.
Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
Download the Azure Resource Manager plug-in from the Control-M for Azure Resource Manager download page in the EPD site.
Do the following to install the Azure Resource Manager plug-in with the Control-M Automation API provision service:
1. Log in as an administrator to the Control-M/EM server host and save the downloaded ZIP file to the following location:
  - Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
  - Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Agent is installed and run the following provision image command:
  - Linux: ctm provision image Azure_Resource_Manager_plugin.Linux
  - Windows: ctm provision image Azure_Resource_Manager_plugin.Windows
Create an Azure Resource Manager connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Azure Resource Manager Connection Profile Parameters
- Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Azure Resource Manager
Define an Azure Resource Manager job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Create a Job with Azure Resource Manager Job parameters
- Automation API: Job:Azure Resource Manager

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in from the Agent. The plug-in ID is ZRM082023.

Change Log

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

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.00	Initial version