Planning considerations and worksheets for Infrastructure Management

Use the information in this topic to help define a new implementation of TrueSight Infrastructure Management. To plan the deployment of TrueSight Operations Management, see Planning worksheets for Operations Management.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of an TrueSight Infrastructure Management or BMC Impact Solutions installation, see Upgrading the Infrastructure Management components.

Data collection source worksheet

Plan your sources of event and performance data. Consult the following topics for details and requirements:

• Considerations and best practices for interoperability with PATROL components
• Integrating with SCOM to view performance data

Deployment sizing worksheets

Read the Sizing and scalability considerations for Infrastructure Management to understand the scaling and sizing requirements of the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server, Integration Service, and monitoring solutions. It is important to estimate the size of your deployment correctly because the steps to follow and the design elements vary depending on the size of the deployment. Note that migrating from a single-server deployment to a multiple-server deployment is difficult unless you plan for it.

Follow the sizing and scalability considerations and best practices for your type of deployment and enter the sizing values in the tables that follow, as applicable.

Sizing worksheet for TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server data collection

Decide the type and volume of data to be collected and prioritize your data collection needs.

• Identify what will be monitored in the environment and how that data will be used. Specifically identify from which systems, applications, and components in your environment you need performance metrics (and historic trend data), and from which components you will need events and alerts. This important decision dictates the requirements for all steps that follow.

• The volume of data and events collected might be constrained by the amount of hardware or budget allocated, so prioritize and categorize the data being collected to make it easier to adjust to any hardware or budget constraints.

Sizing worksheet for Integration Service data collection

Sizing worksheet for data collection with multiple Integration Services running on the same Integration Service host

Sizing worksheet for Integration Service event management

Sizing worksheet for impact management

Sizing worksheet for TrueSight Infrastructure Management users and consoles

Sizing worksheet for TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server memory configuration (MaxHeap metrics)

For information about tuning recommendations, see Performance benchmarks and tuning for Infrastructure Management.

Sizing worksheet for Integration Service memory configuration (MaxHeap metrics)

Sizing worksheet for the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management integration

Database selection for the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers

Infrastructure Management can use the embedded SAP SQL Anywhere database or an Oracle database in any deployment:

• An embedded SAP SQL Anywhere database must run on the same system as the core server components. The embedded database is optimized for Infrastructure Management.
• An Oracle database must run on a different system within the same subnet network.

For information on choosing and deploying the database, see the following topics:

• Considerations for selecting the database for the Infrastructure Management Server
• Considerations and best practices for deploying the Oracle database

Deployment architecture worksheet

After sizing the deployment, determine the number of TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers, Integration Services hosts, PATROL Agents, consoles, and other system needed. For guidance on selecting a deployment architecture, consult the deployment use cases in the worksheet.

Determine the location of all PATROL Agents and the respective Integration Services. At least one Integration Service must exist for each network, and generally the Integration Service must be close to the PATROL Agents connecting to it. This requirement minimizes the number of connections to the Infrastructure Management Server and makes firewall management easier because there is one connection per Integration Service. Consult the following topics for additional guidance about Integration Service host deployment:

• Integration Service host deployment and best practices for event processing and propagation

• Staging Integration Service host deployment and policy management for development, test, and production best practices

The following table lists which components must be installed on dedicated servers. For deployment on virtual machines, see Considerations for deploying Infrastructure Management on a VM.

^{1 The Integration Service host is not an installable component. It is a server dedicated to middle tier data and event collection processes.}

^{2 PATROL Agents for remote monitoring include solutions for remote operating system monitoring, VMware vSphere, and other domains that involve larger amounts of data collected by a single agent.}

Integration worksheet

Identify the integrations that you want to enable with TrueSight Infrastructure Management. Consult the following topics for details and requirements:

• Integrating
• Supported Infrastructure Management integrations with other products

System requirements worksheet

Consult the System requirements and product compatibility for Infrastructure Management information to determine value for the TrueSight Infrastructure Management system components.

Hardware worksheet

Specify the use for the hardware, such as TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server, Integration Service host, production, development, test, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), Oracle database, and so on. See Hardware requirements to support small, medium, and large environments for supported configurations. For supported OS languages, see Language information.

Where to go next

If you have not already done so, plan the deployment of the TrueSight Presentation Server and Remedy Single Sign-On. For information, see Planning the Presentation Server deployment.