Creating a BMC Server Automation Deploy Job or an application component template

This topic provides high-level guidelines for creating a BLPackage Deploy Job or an application component template. It contains the following sections:

• • Before you begin
  • To create a BLPackage Deploy Job
  • To create a new application component template

In the server provisioning process, you can choose between creating and publishing a BLPackage Deploy Job or an application component template. Because the BLPackage Deploy Job supports blueprint parameterization and the application component template does not, BMC recommends that you create a BLPackage Deploy Job.

For detailed information, see the following topics in the BMC Server Automation documentation:

• Working-with-properties
• Working-with-components-and-component-templates
• Deploying-files-and-applications-using-packages-and-depot-objects
• Creating-and-modifying-Software-and-BLPackage-Deploy-Jobs

Before you begin

If you plan to create a BLPackage Deploy Job, use BMC Server Automation to create BLPackages that can be used to install application on target virtual machines. A BLPackage can include installers, files, configuration objects, and so on.

If you plan to create an application component template, use BMC Server Automation to create Software Deploy Jobs to install applications on target virtual machines.

To create a BLPackage Deploy Job

A BLPackage is a collection of server assets, software packages, and an XML instruction set. The BLPackage includes parameterized property values among its server assets. The parameterized property values must match exactly the blueprint parameter values used by the service blueprint.

To create a new application component template

1. In the BMC Server Automation Console, select the CSM_Application_Packages subfolder of the Component Templates folder.
2. Right-click and select New > Component Template to display the Create New Component Template wizard.
   
   
   
3. Under Allowed Operations, select Deploy.

4. In Step 3 of the wizard, 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 the wizard, and click Finish.

To create a Component Discovery Job

1. Select the newly created component template. Right-click and select Discover to open the New Component Discovery Job wizard.
2. Complete the relevant panels in the Component Discovery Job wizard.

To create a Batch Job

1. Choose an appropriate subfolder in the Jobs folder.
2. Right-click select New > Batch Job to display the New Batch Job dialog box.
   
   
   
3. Add the Software Deploy Job to the sequence of jobs in the Batch Job, and then add the Component Discovery Job after it. Do not place the Component Discovery Job first in the job sequence.
4. Complete the wizard and click Finish.

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.