Using data federation to view reports

BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration supports launch-in-context from the BMC Server Automation console and from the BMC Atrium Explorer.

The BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration installer prompts for information about BMC Remedy Mid Tier, BMC Atrium CMDB, BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, and BMC Server Automation.

Viewing server reports from the BMC Server Automation Console

1. In the BMC Server Automation Console, open the Servers workspace.
2. Right-click a server and select Run Custom Command.
3. In the Command Selection dialog box, select Launch CI Viewer, and then click OK.
4. In the Launch CI Viewer dialog box, confirm that the selected server is in the Selected Servers pane.
5. Click Execute.
6. The default web browser opens with the BMC Remedy Action Request System logon page.
7. Enter a user name and password for BMC Remedy AR System, and click Log In.
8. In the BMC Atrium Explorer, right-click a BMC Server Automation server, and select Launch in Context > BMC SA Reports > Configuration to view the server configuration report.
   To view the server compliance report, select Launch in Context > BMC SA Reports > Compliance.

Viewing server reports from the BMC Atrium Explorer

1. Navigate to the BMC Atrium Core console.
2. Click Browse Instances in the navigation bar.
3. In the Browse Instances window, type search criteria to search for instances of the BMC_ComputerSystem class, and then click Search.
4. In the Search Results table, select a server in the BMC.ASSET or BMC.IMPORT.BL dataset.
5. Click Atrium Explorer.
6. In the BMC Atrium Explorer window, right-click a server, and select Launch in Context > BMC SA Reports > Configuration to view the server configuration report.
   To view the server compliance report, select Launch in Context > BMC SA Reports > Compliance.