Moving from BMC Decision Support for Server Automation

If you are using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation 8.9.x, you can move to the latest version of TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation. This topic describes the considerations to plan this move.

To know the differences between BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, see  Orientation for BMC Decision Support for Server Automation users .

BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation can be installed on the same server or different servers. For more information, see Supported scenarios.

The following video explains how to migrate to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation (2:31 minutes).

 https://youtu.be/McckGrF45L0

Before you begin

Ensure that you do the following actions before moving to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation:

• Back up the Master, Work, Warehouse databases.
• Stop ETL on BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. Ensure that you move the run_etl.nsh file from $BDS_HOME/shared/odi/bin to the $BDS_HOME/shared/odi directory.
• Ensure that there are no schedules for archival or ETL jobs in TrueSight Server Automation.

• If you are using custom reports in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation, note down the attributes used in the custom reports because after you migrate to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, you need to create the custom reports again. For more information about how to create custom reports in TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, see Creating reports.

• If you are using schedules in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation, note down the schedules for the reports because after you migrate to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, you need to add all the schedules again by using the Broadcast option for the reports. For more information about how to create schedules for reports in TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, see Broadcasting reports. As a TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform administrator, you can log in to TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform to view all the schedules in Administration > Schedule Management.

Scenarios for moving to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation

TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation includes the following components: TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform

Depending on where you want to install TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, the following scenarios are supported:

• TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and BMC Decision Support for Server Automation on separate servers
• TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and BMC Decision Support for Server Automation on the same server

You can install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform on the same server as BMC Decision Support for Server Automation or a different server. After installing these components, you can configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse to use the existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation databases (Master, Work, Warehouse, and TrueSight Server Automation) and users or create new databases and users.

TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and BMC Decision Support for Server Automation on separate servers

You can install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on a server other than the server where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed. After you install and configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse, you can also access your existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation reports, which are updated with the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse ETL run.

Do the following:

TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform on the same server as BMC Decision Support for Server Automation 

You can install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on the same server where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed. However, after you install and configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse, you cannot access the existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation reports.

Do the following:

1. If you are using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation 8.7 or 8.8, upgrade BMC Server Automation to TrueSight Server Automation 8.9.04 or later. Also, upgrade RSCD and NSH to 8.9.04 on the server where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed. For the upgrade instructions, see Upgrading to TrueSight Server Automation .
2. Log in to the system where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed.
3. Uninstall BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.
4. Remove the reports folder from the BDSSA_Home directory.
5. Install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse. For the installation instructions, see Installing TrueSight Server Automation Data Warehouse .
6. Configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse to use the existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation databases and users or create new databases and users. For more information, see Configuring TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse .
7. Install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform. For the installation instructions, see Installing TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform .

8. If you want to use the existing TrueSight Server Automation jobs to run the ETL or archive data, do the following:

   1. Log in to the TrueSight Server Automation console.
   2. In the left pane, navigate to the following folder: Depot/BladeLogic Reports Scripts/Run ETL from OM
   3. Double-click Run ETL from OM Script and do the following:
      1. On the Parameters tab, double-click ETL_Home.
      2. Modify the default value from <BDSSA_installation_directory>/shared/odi/bin to <TSSADW_installation_directory>/shared/odi/bin
      3. Save the changes.
   4. Similarly, double-click Run ETL from OM Archival Script, and update the ETL_Home parameter.
   5. Modify the existing NSH Script jobs for Run ETL from OM Script and Run ETL from OM Archival Script to add the new target server where TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse is installed.
9. Create the custom reports and schedules in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.

Where to go from here

You can now start Planning for TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse deployment .