SRM framework concepts

DataMiner Service and Resource Management makes use of many dedicated DataMiner components to configure the management and orchestration of services end to end. This section provides a high-level overview of these components and explains how they can be used.

Before you set up and configure an SRM system, it is essential that you understand what these different components are and what their purpose is.

A distinction is made between "SRM definitions" and "SRM instantiations". An SRM definition determines what an object will be like. You could compare it to a class. The actual object based on the SRM definition is called an SRM instantiation. For example, a connector, which is considered an SRM definition, defines how to communicate. The element that is created based on that connector is considered an SRM instantiation.

The tables below summarize the components and their scope.

• SRM definitions

  	Resource Automation	Resource Scheduling	Resource Orchestration	Service Orchestration
  Connector	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Virtual function	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Profile parameter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Profile definition	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Service definition	No	No	No	Yes
  Service profile definition	No	No	No	Yes

• SRM instantiations

  	Resource Automation	Resource Scheduling	Resource Orchestration	Service Orchestration
  Element	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Virtual function resource	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Resource pool	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Profile instance	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Service profile instance	No	No	No	Yes
  Booking	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Contributing booking	No	No	No	Yes
  Virtual platform	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

• SRM scripting

  	Resource Automation	Resource Scheduling	Resource Orchestration	Service Orchestration
  Profile-Load Script (PLS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Life cycle Service Orchestration (LSO) script	No	No	No	Yes
  Data Transfer Rules (DTR)	No	No	No	Yes
  Custom events	No	No	No	Yes
  Contributing conversion script	No	No	No	Yes
  Created booking script	No	No	No	Yes

Note

The concepts explained in this section are the main concepts used within the SRM framework, which builds on the core DataMiner SRM functionality to provide a versatile toolset to manage services and resources. For more information on SRM concepts in the context of the core SRM functionality, see Concepts.