Introduction to the Skylar Compliance Automation PowerPack

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This section describes how to use the Skylar One automation policies, automation actions, and custom action types found in the "Skylar Compliance Automation" PowerPack. You can use this PowerPack to enrich Skylar One events for Skylar Compliance (formerly Restorepoint) devices by automatically running diagnostic commands, and the command output is added to the Skylar One event log or associated incident.

This PowerPack requires the "Datacenter Automation Utilities" PowerPack, version 103 or later.

What is the Skylar Compliance Automation PowerPack?

The "Skylar Compliance Automation" PowerPack includes automation policies that enrich Skylar One events for Skylar Compliance devices (for example, from the "Skylar Compliance" PowerPack) by automatically running diagnostic commands. The command output is added to the Skylar One event log or associated incident.

The Skylar Compliance run book actions are executed on the Skylar One All-In-One Appliance or Data Collector.

In addition to using the standard content, you can use the content in the "Skylar Compliance Automation" PowerPack to:

  • Create your own automation policies that include the pre-defined actions that run different sets of diagnostic commands.
  • Use the supplied "Restorepoint: Generic Action type" custom action type to configure your own automation action by supplying a set of commands.

Installing the Skylar Compliance Automation PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the "Skylar Compliance Automation" PowerPack.

You must install the"Datacenter Automation Utilities" PowerPack version 103 before using the "Skylar Compliance Automation" PowerPack.

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.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks, login required).
  2. In Skylar One, 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.

Downloading and Compiling the Skylar Compliance MIB Files

After installing the PowerPack, you will need to download the following MIB files from Skylar Compliance and compile the MIB files in Skylar One:

  • RESTOREPOINT-APPLIANCE-MIB.txt
  • RESTOREPOINT-MIB.txt

You can access the Skylar Compliance MIB files from your Skylar Compliance system.

To download the MIB files in Skylar Compliance:

  1. In your Skylar Compliance system, go to the Systems Settings page (Administration > System Settings).
  2. Click the SNMP tab and navigate to the Download MIBs field.
  3. Click both of the MIB file names to download them to your local drive.

To compile the Skylar Compliance MIB files in Skylar One:

  1. Go to the MIB Compiler page (System > Tools > MIB Compiler) and click the Import button.
  2. In the MIB Import modal page, navigate to the location of the MIB file on your local computer and click the Import button. The new MIB file appears in the list of MIB files in the MIB Compiler page.
  3. Repeat steps 1-2 to upload the second MIB file.
  4. You must compile both MIB files before Skylar One can use them. To compile a MIB, click its lightning bolt icon ().
  5. To enable Skylar Compliance to send trap events to Skylar One, go to Administration > System Settings > Logs/Alerts in the Skylar Compliance user interface and change the following:
  • SNMP Traps: Check this checkbox.
  • SNMP Server: Enter the IP address of the Skylar One All-In-One or Data Collector.