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Preparing for BMC Atrium CMDB integration

If you are integrating Infrastructure Management with BMC Atrium CMDB, you must install the BMC CMDB Extensions and components before you configure the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server to integrate with the CMDB.

Note

If you are integrating with the BMC Atrium CMDB, all BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers in your environment must be synchronized with a single CMDB for probable cause analysis and event propagation to work properly.

Installation scenarios

The following scenarios help you to determine the installation and integration process appropriate for your environment:

Integrating BMC Atrium CMDB with Infrastructure Management

The following steps describe the general procedure to install or upgrade Infrastructure Management with BMC Atrium CMDB integration. The location of each installation component is listed in the table below:

  1. Ensure that you have installed the latest supported BMC Atrium CMDB version. For information about the latest supported BMC Atrium CMDB versions, see System-requirements-and-product-compatibility.
  2. Integrate Infrastructure Management with BMC Atrium CMDB by performing one of the following steps:
    • (install or upgrade, no previous BMC Atrium CMDB integration) Install BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. During the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server installation process, specify the BMC Atrium CMDB details.
    • To configure the integration between BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and BMC Atrium CMDB manually, see Configuring BMC Atrium CMDB integration. 

The table below lists the location of the BMC Atrium CMDB installation components. See the documentation provided with the installation files for details.

BMC Atrium CMDB installation component directories

 

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