The BMC Server Automation product is a comprehensive system for the initial provisioning and ongoing automated management of data center servers. Using this system, administrators can provision operating systems onto servers and then specify how the server should be configured. BMC Server Automation lets administrators manage servers with a consistent user experience, regardless of whether the servers are physical or virtual.
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BMC Education Services provide Foundation courses covering the topics discussed in the walkthroughs available in this section. The education classes discuss when and why to make use of various features as well as the “how-to”. If you are interested in looking deeper into these topics, we recommend that you check out the Server Automation education offerings at BMC Server Automation Training.
The following topics are designed to enable you to quickly leverage the many automation capabilities of BMC Server Automation.
Installing the product with the unified product installer
Getting started with automation
Getting started with configuration management
Getting started with patch management
Walkthrough: Restricting permissions for a patching administrator
Walkthrough: Setting up and managing an online patch catalog for Windows
Walkthrough: Setting up and managing an online patch catalog for Linux
Walkthrough: Setting up and managing an offline patch catalog for Windows
Walkthrough: Setting up and managing an offline patch catalog for Linux
Walkthrough: Basic Microsoft Windows patch analysis
Walkthrough: Basic Red Hat Linux patch analysis
Walkthrough: Basic patch remediation
Walkthrough: Identifying potential patching and deployment problems
Getting started with compliance
Setting up the Rapid Deployment Stack
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The BMC Server Automation quick start page introduces you to the main use cases of BMC Server Automation and allows you to execute them from a centralized UI. You can use the option in the Configuration menu to launch the quick start page manually when required.
To see a playlist of all Automation Academy videos, click here.
Overview
Content Tools
Apps
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Tasks