Purpose of the XML Platform
XML Platform
An adapter controls the communication of information between devices or applications and a . An adapter normalizes
topology and event information from sources other than
VMware Smart Assurance Server Manager
. Typical sources include SNMP traps or system log files. Once normalized to the ICIM data model, the information is transferred
to a (including either Global Manager
or Domain Manager).Adapters work with
third-party applications in a variety of ways to import topology and event information and prepare it for use by the
Global Manager
. The XML Platform
is ideal for exchanging topology information with a system for which there is no native VMware Smart Assurance
adapter. The XML Platform
can import topology
into a Global Manager
or underlying domain as well as export from a Global Manager
or Domain Manager. Using the XML Platform
, topology information can be exchanged between Global Manager
s or underlying domains.