Introduction to Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack

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This section describes how to use the automation policies and automation actions found in the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack.

This PowerPack is available with a ScienceLogic SL1 Standard solution. Contact your ScienceLogic Customer Success Manager or Customer Support to learn more.

What is the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack?

The Dell EMC Unity AutomationPowerPack includes automation policies that:

  • Enrich SL1 events for Dell EMC devices (for example, from the Dell: EMC Unity PowerPack) by automatically running diagnostic commands from the Unisphere REST API and adding the output to the SL1 event log or an associated incident.

The Dell EMC Unity Automation actions are executed on the SL1 All-In-One Appliance or Data Collector.

Installing the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack.

IMPORTANT: You must install the Datacenter Automation Utilities PowerPack before using the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack.

The Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack requires SL1 version 8.10.0 or later. For details on upgrading SL1, see the appropriate SL1 Release Notes.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see the section on Global Settings.)

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.

If you will have the Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack installed and are monitoring your Dell EMC devices, no other configuration is necessary. The automation policies in the Dell EMC Unity Automation PowerPack will run in response to aligned events.