Monitoring enterprise systems in real time

Project: The Universal Agent created by OC Systems in partnership with Computer Associates (CA) uses Aprobe technology to integrate applications with Unicenter NSM (Network and Systems Management).

Problem: CA's Unicenter NSM monitors mission-critical enterprise systems and displays the information it collects in a central console. CA built "agents" to monitor a few enterprise applications, including PeopleSoft and Oracle Applications. Organizations that wanted to monitor any other applications had to build their own agents using CA's Unicenter SDK, acquiring source code and making changes to the third-party application.

Solution: OC Systems developed the Universal Agent, an easy-to-use alternative that eliminates the need to learn and use the Unicenter SDK. The Universal Agent includes already-written code for the NSM side of the agent. The application side is created using a small set of API routines. Instead of taking months to create an agent, a developer can now build a prototype in an hour or two, and complete the full integration in about a week.

Remarks: The Universal Agent can integrate any application with Unicenter NSM, without making any changes to the application or even requiring access to source code. The cost of integrating an application with Unicenter is now a fraction of what it once was. CA awarded the Universal Agent its ca smart certification, giving it the company’s stamp of approval.