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    BMC Atrium - Create or Update Asset

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    BMC Atrium - Create or Update Asset creates, updates or creates and updates BMC Atrium assets retrieved from the saved query supplied as a trigger (or devices that have been selected in the asset table).

    See Creating Enforcement Sets to learn more about adding Enforcement Actions to Enforcement Sets.

    Note:

    General Settings

    • Action name - The name of this Enforcement Action. The system sets a default name. You can change the name.
    • Configure Dynamic Values - Toggle on to enter a Dynamic Value statement. See Creating Enforcement Action Dynamic Value Statements to learn more about Dynamic Value statement syntax.

    • Use stored credentials from BMC Atrium adapter - Select this option to use BMC Atrium CMDB connected adapter credentials.

      • When you select this option, the Select Adapter Connection drop-down becomes available. Select the adapter connection to use for this Enforcement Action.
      Note:

      To use this option, you must successfully configure a BMC Atrium CMDB adapter connection.

    Required Fields

    These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

    • Action Choice - Select the Action to perform: Create, Create and Update, or Update.

    • Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Connecting Additional Axonius Nodes.

    Additional Fields

    These fields are optional.

    • Exclude connections - Assets from the selected connections will not be included in the query results. You can select more than one.

    • Map Axonius fields to adapter fields - Use the Field Mapping Wizard to map Axonius fields to fields in BMC Atrium CMDB. In this way you can transfer data found in Axonius into BMC Atrium CMDB. The wizard shows you which fields exist on the Axonius system, allowing you to map them easily.

      NOTE

      For details, see Axonius to External Field Mapping.

    • Gateway Name - Select the Gateway through which to connect to perform the action.

    • Host Name or IP Address - The hostname or IP address of the BMC Atrium CMDB server.
    • User Name and Password - The credentials for a user account that has the permissions to perform this action.
    • API Source (default: arsys) - Select the type of API source from the dropdown:
      • If an AR System server, select arsys
      • If a BMC Atrium Configuration Management Database, select cmdb
    • Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
    • HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.
    • HTTPS Proxy User Name (optional) - The user name to use when connecting to the server using the  HTTPS Proxy.
    • HTTPS Proxy Password (optional) - The password to use when connecting to the server using the  HTTPS Proxy.

    APIs

    Axonius uses the BMC Atrium Core 9.0 API API.

    Version Matrix

    This Enforcement Action has only been tested with the versions marked as supported, but may work with other versions. Please contact Axonius Support if you have a version that is not listed and it is not functioning as expected.

    VersionSupportedNotes
    BMC Atrium CMDB 9.0Yes

    For more details about other Enforcement Actions available, see Action Library.



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