Browsing servers to assess software compliance

This use case lets you use BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping and BMC Server Automation to obtain real-time information about the current state of software applications deployed to servers.

Benefit

This use case lets IT managers and administrators operate more efficiently by quickly identifying the software installed on a server. With that knowledge, they can diagnose server deficiencies, such as incorrect versions or inappropriately installed software.

To browse servers to assess software compliance

The following table provides an overview of the tasks required to implement this use case. For each task the table provides more detail by referencing other BMC Software documents, available by clicking the links.

Task

Product involved

Description and reference

Step 1. Browse software information discovered for servers

BMC Server Automation

Using the Servers folder, navigate to a server. Right-click and select Browse. Expand the Atrium Discovery node to see lists of all discovered software applications.

For details on browsing servers, see Server browse options in the BMC Server Automation documentation.

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