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The following table provides information about the administration tasks in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.

Task	Reference	Benefit
Understand data transfer scenarios and property files	Understanding data transfer scenarios	Understand the concept of data transfer scenarios and property files that are needed to run scenarios that are not provided in the default RunETL.properties file.
Run the extract, transfer, and load (ETL) process	Running ETL	Learn how to: Run ETL immediately from the command line or schedule it by using BMC Server Automation jobs to transfer data from the BMC Server Automation database to the reports data warehouse View ETL status on the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation console View the log files for ETL runs
Change the password for the BDSAdmin user ID	Changing the password for the BDSAdmin user ID	Learn how to change the password for the BDSAdmin user ID that you created during the product installation.
Manage your databases	Managing databases	Learn how to manage sites and databases: Manage sites and reports data warehouse Manage ETL master and work repositories Manage portal database
Manage the email server	Modifying email server details	Learn how to modify your email server details, such as email server name and port number.
Manage the Apache Web Server	Modifying Apache Web Server details	Learn how to modify your Apache Web Server details, such as communication protocol and port number.
Manage the reports server	Managing the reports server	Learn how to: Restart and stop the reports server Manage the reports server communication Maintain the temp directory Specify the logging levels
Manage the Authentication Service	Managing the Authentication Service	Learn how to start, stop, and restart the Authentication Service.
Manage all services	Managing all services	Learn how to start, stop, and restart all services simultaneously.
Manage data	Managing data	Learn how to: Update data model properties Import and export report definition, package, and content Manage reports data and user access Archive and restore data

Note

Many of the instructions in these topics require that the correct environment variables be set for the scripts to work. You can find the required environment variables in the Environment file in the product installation directory.
While performing administration tasks in the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console, use the menu commands and breadcrumbs to navigate through the console and to open a previous page again. The Back button in the browser does not allow you to open the previous pages.

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