Database size requirements

Before you install the product, determine the database size requirements. The following topics provide guidelines for determining your database size requirements:

• Impact of BMC Server Automation use cases on database size
• Sizing tools
• Sizing for new product installations and new BMC Server Automation installations
• Sizing for new product installations and existing BMC Server Automation installations
• Sizing for existing product installations and existing BMC Server Automation installations

The reports data warehouse size depends on the amount of historical data that you transfer from the BMC Server Automation databases (sites). It is important to carefully evaluate your database size requirements to ensure that your environment is set up properly to successfully transfer and store reports data.

The reports data warehouse has an indefinite data retention policy unless you set up archiving.