Installing software specified as a part of the Savvis service offering

Additional software can be installed on virtual machines (VMs) that are provisioned in the Savvis Provider. The offerings can be created as single-tier or multi-tier offerings.

Before you begin

• Create BMC Server Automation jobs. For more information, see Creating-a-BMC-Server-Automation-Deploy-Job-or-an-application-component-template.
• Create DML entries for the software to be installed as per Publishing-the-Product-Catalog documentation.

• Upload a custom template containing the RSCD agent to SavvisStation Portal. 

  Warning

  Note

  • Software can be installed only on VMs that are provisioned from custom templates that contain the RSCD agent. For BMC Server Automation configurations, see Using BMC Server Automation.

To define service blueprints

Navigate to the Service Blueprints Definition editor to specify the software installation as a part of service offering.

1. In the Service Definition tab of the Service Blueprints Definition editor, select a component. 
   
2. Click Edit. 
   
3. In the Software Packages tab of the Component Details page, select the available software packages.
4. Click Add.
5. Click OK.
6. Navigate to the Service Deployment Definitions tab of the Service Blueprints Definition editor, click the Resource Sets tab and select an entry. 
   
7. Click Edit. 
   
8. Ensure that the Install Software option is checked.
9. Click OK.
10. For the selected service deployment definition, click the Parameters tab.
11. Add the BmcAssignPublicIp parameter and set the value to true.
    
12. Click Save.