This section contains information about the prerequisites to using BMC Impact Model Designer and also contains instructions on how to launch BMC Impact Model Designer.
The prerequisites to using BMC Impact Model Designer are as follows:
You can open BMC Impact Model Designer from the BMC Remedy AR System UI by performing the following steps:
http://<
AR server mid-tier hostname >:<
mid-tier port >/arsys
where:BMC Atrium Core Console is displayed. BMC Impact Model Designer is part of BMC Atrium Core Console.
BMC Impact Model Designer is leveraged from BMC Atrium Explorer and uses the same UI as that of BMC Atrium Explorer. You can use both of these products to create service models. However, BMC Impact Model Designer contains some unique functionality not available in BMC Atrium Explorer.
BMC Impact Model Designer = BMC Atrium Explorer + unique features listed in the BMC Impact Model Designer features section.
You can even create service models using BMC Atrium Explorer. However, you cannot use the suite license to create service models only in BMC Atrium Explorer independent of Infrastructure Management. To do this, you need a BMC Remedy AR System user license.