Roadmap for integration
Use the roadmap as a guideline for determining the kinds of imports required for your implementation and to plan schedules for integrating data into Control Desk.
Table 1 provides a general guideline to help you integrate data required for IT asset management. It does not address all possible configurations or integration scenarios.
Customers who have IBM® Tivoli® License Compliance Manager must upgrade to Asset Discovery for Distributed. They should consult the documentation for installing Asset Discovery for Distributed for additional information about the upgrade.
Customers who have IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager for z/OS® must upgrade to Asset Discovery for z/OS. They should consult the documentation for installing Asset Discovery for z/OS for additional information about the upgrade.
Customers who have discovery tools other than Asset Discovery for Distributed and Asset Discovery for z/OS should consult the documentation for the appropriate discovery tool. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details.
| Your existing solution | Your target solution | Install the following... | Configure integrations for... |
|---|---|---|---|
| None. This is a new installation. | Control Desk 7.6 | Control Desk Integration Composer |
Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from your asset discovery tool into Control Desk This integration uses Integration Composer along with the integration adapter for the appropriate asset discovery tool to import discovered data. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |
| None. This is a new installation. | Control Desk 7.6 with Asset Discovery for Distributed | Control Desk Integration Composer Asset Discovery for Distributed |
Importing software catalog data into Asset Discovery for Distributed This integration must be implemented before you can integrate data from Asset Discovery for Distributed into Control Desk. See the documentation for Asset Discovery for Distributed for details. Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from Asset Discovery for Distributed to Control Desk After you use Asset Discovery for Distributed to collect data about hardware and software that you have installed, use Integration Composer to import the data into Control Desk. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |
| None. This is a new installation. | Control Desk 7.6 with Asset Discovery for z/OS | Control Desk Integration Composer Asset Discovery for z/OS |
Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data provided by IBM. See Importing software catalogs for details. Note that this process does not import software catalog data for Asset Discovery for z/OS. Importing software catalog data from Asset Discovery for z/OS to Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data provided by Asset Discovery for z/OS. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from Asset Discovery for z/OS to Control Desk After you use Asset Discovery for z/OS to collect data about hardware and software that you have installed, use Integration Composer to import the data into Control Desk. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |
| Control Desk 7.5.3 | Control Desk 7.6 | Control Desk Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk Integration Composer |
Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from your asset discovery tool into Control Desk This integration uses Integration Composer along with the integration adapter for the appropriate asset discovery tool to import discovered data. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |
| Control Desk 7.5.3 | Control Desk 7.6 with Asset Discovery for Distributed | Control Desk Integration Composer Asset Discovery for Distributed |
Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Asset Discovery for Distributed This integration must be implemented before you can integrate data from Asset Discovery for Distributed into Control Desk. See the documentation for Asset Discovery for Distributed for details. Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from Asset Discovery for Distributed to Control Desk After you use Asset Discovery for Distributed to collect data about hardware and software that you have installed, use Integration Composer to import the data into Control Desk. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |
| Control Desk 7.5.3 | Control Desk 7.6 with Asset Discovery for z/OS | Control Desk Integration Composer Asset Discovery for z/OS |
Importing software catalog data provided by IBM into Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data. See Importing software catalogs for details. Note that this process does not import software catalog data for Asset Discovery for z/OS. Importing software catalog data from Asset Discovery for z/OS to Control Desk This integration uses the integration framework to import software catalog data provided by Asset Discovery for z/OS. See Importing software catalogs for details. Importing data about deployed assets from Asset Discovery for z/OS to Control Desk After you use Asset Discovery for z/OS to collect data about hardware and software that you have installed, use Integration Composer to import the data into Control Desk. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. Optional: Importing data from other discovery tools to Control Desk This integration uses Integration Composer along with the integration adapter for the appropriate asset discovery tool. See Using Integration Composer to import deployed asset data from discovery tools for details. |