Creating an application component template

This topic provides high-level guidelines for creating an application component template.

For detailed procedures, refer to "Components and component templates" in BMC BladeLogic Server Automation User Guide.

Before you begin

Create the required software deployment jobs to install applications on target virtual machines.

To create a new component template

1. In the BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Console, choose the BladeLogic\Component Templates\CSM_Application_Packages folder.
2. Right-click to display the fly-out menu, and select New > Component Template to display the Create New Component Template wizard.
   
   
   
3. Under Allowed Operations, include the Deploy check box.

4. In Step 3 of wizard, make sure that enter values for the following properties:

   Property	Value
   PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER	Enter the manufacturer's name.
   PRODUCT_VERSION	Enter the product version number.
   ATRIUM_SYNC_ENABLED	Set to True.

   
   

5. Complete all relevant parameters, and click Finish.

To create a component discovery job

1. Select the newly created component template, and right-click to display the fly-out menu.
2. Click Discover to open the New Component Discovery Job wizard, and complete the relevant parameters in the wizard.

To create a batch job

1. Choose an appropriate Jobs subfolder under BladeLogic\Jobs.
2. Right-click to display the fly-out menu, and select New > Batch Job to display the New Batch Job dialog box.
   
   
   
3. Add the software deployment job first in the sequence of New Batch Jobs and then add the component discovery job after. Do not place the component discovery job first in the batch job sequence.
4. When completing the parameters, click OK to save and exit.

To add the batch job to the application component template.

1. Open the newly created component template, and choose the Install/Uninstall tab.
2. Add the newly created batch job to the Installer Batch Job and/or Uninstaller Batch Job field.
   
   
   
3. Save the updated component template.