Working with timeframes and schedules
This topic will help you understand how you can create timeframes, schedules, and associate the schedules with CIs using the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Administrator Console and the CMDB form.
To create timeframes using the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Administrator Console
- Open the TrueSight Infrastructure ManagementAdministrator Console and select Tools > Timeframe Editor.
- In the Timeframes dialog, select the cell name from Cell.
- Click the New Timeframe
icon to create a new timeframe.
- In the following Timeframe New dialog, enter the details for the timeframe and click Save.
Click the Copy Timeframe
icon to export the timeframe and copy the export file to your local machine.
- From your local machine, open the export file in a text editor and search for the timeframes that you want to create.
- Copy the associated attribute information for these timeframes and enter these details in the timeframe form.
Open the BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME- Perform the following steps to create a new timeframe in the BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME form:
- Click New Request.
- Input the DatasetId as BMC.ASSET.
Click the expander to view the form fields that need to be populated to capture the new timeframe details in various tabs.
- Click Save.
To create schedules using the CMDB form
Open the BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_SCHEDULE form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_SCHEDULE- Click New Request.
- Input the DatasetId as BMC.ASSET.
Click the expander to view the form fields that need to be populated to capture the new schedule details in various tabs.
- Click Save.
To associate timeframes to schedules using the CMDB form
- Open the BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_FRAME_TO_SCHEDULE form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_FRAME_TO_SCHEDULE - Click New Request.
- Input the DatasetId as BMC.ASSET.
Click the expander to view the form fields that need to be populated to associate timeframes to schedules in various tabs.
- Click Save.
To edit timeframes using the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Administrator Console
- Open the TrueSight Infrastructure ManagementAdministrator Console and select Tools > Timeframe Editor.
- In the Timeframes dialog, select the cell name from Cell and the timeframe that you want to edit as shown in the following illustration:
- Click the Edit Timeframe
icon to edit the required timeframe.
- In the following Timeframe Edit dialog, edit the required details for the timeframe and click Save.
Click the Copy Timeframe
icon to export the edited timeframe and copy the export file to your local machine.
- From your local machine, open the export file in a text editor and search for the edited timeframe details.
- Copy the associated attribute information for the edited timeframes and enter these details in the timeframe form.
- Open the BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME - Perform the following steps to input the edited timeframe details in the BMC.SIM:SIM_TIME_FRAME form:
- Input the search criteria in any of the form fields to search the timeframe that you want to edit and click Search.
- From the following search results illustration, select the InstanceId of the timeframe that you want to edit.
- The form will open in edit mode for the selected instance of the timeframe. Update the required timeframe details in the form and click Save.
To edit schedules using the CMDB form
- Open the BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_SCHEDULE form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_SCHEDULE - Input the search criteria in any of the form fields to search the schedule that you want to edit and click Search.
- From the following search results illustration, select the InstanceId of the schedule that you want to edit.
- The form will open in edit mode for the selected instance of the schedule. Update the required schedule details in the form and click Save.
To assign schedules to CIs using CMDB form
- Open the BMC.CORE:BMC_BaseElement form by accessing the following URL:
http://<midTierServer>:<port>/arsys/forms/<ARServer>/BMC.CORE:BMC_BaseElement - Input the search criteria in any of the form fields to search the CI for which you want to assign the schedule and click Search.
- From the following search results illustration, select the InstanceId of the CI for which you want to assign the schedule.
- The form will open in edit mode for the selected instance of the CI. In the any of the Custom tabs, set the value of the ScheduleId field to the ReconciliationIdentity field value present in the BMC.SIM:BMC_TIME_SCHEDULE form and click Save.