Grouping servers by installed software
This use case lets you use BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping and BMC Server Automation to group servers by the applications they have installed on them. You can also use additional information, such as software vendors or operating system when grouping servers.
Benefit
This use case lets administrators operate more efficiently by using various factors to group servers, including software type and software version. After you have grouped servers, you can use these groups for running Patching, Snapshot, Audit, and Compliance Jobs as well as performing software upgrades. Using BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, you generate reports based on job activity. These reports can be used for software license management or other purposes.
To group servers by installed software
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 |
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Step 1. Create a component template | BMC Server Automation | The component template should include a signature that can be used to discover the existence of software applications. The signature can consist of a basic condition that checks for the existence or number of occurrences of a software application object that you choose from the discovered software applications. |
Step 2. Create and run a Component Discovery Job | BMC Server Automation | Using the component template, create and run a Component Discovery Job. The components that the job discovers should correspond to instances of a software application. |
Step 3. Create a component smart group | BMC Server Automation | Create a smart group based on the component template you created in the first step. The smart group will be automatically populated with components that were discovered based on the signature in the component template. |
Step 4. Use the smart group | BMC Server Automation | Use the smart group you have created as a target when running Snapshot, Audit, Patching, and Compliance Jobs. |
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