Product configuration files after upgrade

cloudservices.json

Linux: <PM_Install_Directory>/Platform_Manager/configuration
Windows: <PM_Install_Directory>\Platform_Manager\configuration

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providers.json

Linux: <PM_Install_Directory>/Platform_Manager/configuration
Windows: <PM_Install_Directory>\Platform_Manager\configuration

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wrapper.conf

Linux: <PM_Install_Directory>/Platform_Manager
Windows: <PM_Install_Directory>\Platform_Manager

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config.ini

Linux: <PM_Install_Directory>/Platform_Manager/configuration
Windows: <PM_Install_Directory>\Platform_Manager\configuration

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csm-bootstrap.properties

Linux: <PM_Install_Directory>/Platform_Manager
Windows: <PM_Install_Directory>\Platform_Manager

❌️ Check for safety if any parameter is customized in this file.

Config Server

Use the BMC Server Automation Console to enter Application Server settings as required. Your changes are stored in the database.

1. Open the BMC Server Automation Console.
2. Go to Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
3. Expand Application Servers.
4. Right-click the config_deployment object (for example, config_deployment_clm-hou-008414).
5. Select Edit.
6. Set MaxHeapSize to 2048.
7. Click OK.

✅️

Job Server

Use the BMC Server Automation Console to enter Job Server settings as required. Your changes are stored in the database. 

1. Open the BMC Server Automation Console.
2. Go to Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
3. Expand Application Servers.
4. Right-click the job_deployment object (for example, job_deployment_1_clm-hou-008414).
5. Select Edit.
6. Set the following values:
   • MaxHeapsize = 2048
   • MaxJobs = 75
   • MaxWorkItemThreads = 120
7. Click OK.

✅️

secure

Linux: /etc/rsc/secure or /opt/bmc/rscd/NSH/conf/secure
Windows: C:\WINDOWS\rsc\secure

BBSA Agent on vCenter host

AssetImplConfig.xml

Windows: <AgentHome>\daal\Implementation\BMC_VMware_VirtualInfrastructureManager_win64\ win64\AssetImplConfig.xml.

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Deployments

Linux: <bl_install_dir>/NSH/br/deployments
Windows: <bl_install_dir>\NSH\br\deployments

This directory contains all the various configuration settings for the Application Server.

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AppServerProfiles.xml

Linux: <bl_install_dir>/NSH/br/AppServerProfiles.xml
Windows: <bl_install_dir>\NSH\br\AppServerProfiles.xml

Exists if you are running multiple instances of the Application Server.

✅️

bladelogic.keystore

Linux: <bl_install_dir>/NSH/br/deployments/bladelogic.keystore
Windows: <bl_install_dir>\NSH\br\deployments\bladelogic.keystore

✅️

Custom NSH scripts

Linux: <bl_install_dir>/NSH/scripts
Windows:  <bl_install_dir>\NSH\scripts

✅️

Sensors

Linux: <bl_install_dir>/NSH/share/sensors
Windows: <bl_install_dir>\NSH\share\sensors

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ar.conf

Linux:  <ARS_Home>/conf/ar.cfg
Windows: <ARS_Home>\Conf\ar.conf

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armonitor.conf

Linux:  /etc/arsystem/<hostname>/armonitor.cfg
Windows: <ARS_Home>\Conf\armonitor.conf

❌️ Check for safety if any parameter is customized in this file.

pluginsvr_config.xml

E-AR Linux:
<ARS_Home>/pluginsvr/pluginsvr_config.xml
<Cloud_Portal_Home>/Cloud_Portal/plugin/pluginsvr_config.xml

E-AR Windows:
<ARS_Home>\pluginsvr\pluginsvr_config.xml
<Cloud_Portal_Home>\Cloud_Portal\plugin\pluginsvr_config.xml

C-AR Linux:
<ARS_Home>/pluginsvr/pluginsvr_config.xml

C-AR Windows:
<ARS_Home>\pluginsvr\pluginsvr_config.xml

❌️ Check for safety.

CAI Plugin Registry

1. Log on to the Mid Tier.
2. Open the CAI Plugin Registry form.
3. Review the settings. 
   Required settings are stored in the database.

❌️ Check for safety.

config.properties

Linux: <MidTier_Install>/WEB-INF/classes/config.properties
Windows: <MidTier_Install>\midtier\WEB-INF\classes\config.properties

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server.xml

Linux: < Tomcat_Install>/conf/server.xml
Windows: <Tomcat_Install>\Tomcat6.0\conf\server.xml

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tomcat6w/startup.sh

Linux: <Tomcat_Install>/bin/startup.sh
Windows: <Tomcat_Install>\bin\tomcat6w.exe

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Access Manager and Repository .lax/server.sh

Linux: <AMREPO_Install>/bin/server.sh
Windows: <AMREPO_Install>\bin\BMC Atrium Orchestrator Access Manager and Repository.lax

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Access Manager and Repository bao.sh

Linux: <AMREPO_Install>/bin

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Access Manager and Repository repository.xml

Linux:
<AMREPO_Install>/repository/config
<AMREPO_Install>/tomcat/webapps/baorepo/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF

Windows:
<AMREPO_Install>\repository\config
<AMREPO_Install>\tomcat\webapps\baorepo\WEB-INF\classes\META-INF

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Configuration Distribution Peer 
BMC Atrium Orchestator CDP.lax/server.sh

Linux: <CDP_Install>/bin/server.sh
Windows: <CDP_Install>\bin\BMC Atrium Orchestrator CDP.lax

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Configuration Distribution Peer bao.sh

Linux: <AMREPO_Install>/bin

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Configuration Distribution Peer log4j.xml

Linux: <CDP_INSTALL_DIR>/tomcat/webapps/baocdp/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.xml
Windows: <CDP_INSTALL_DIR>\tomcat\webapps\baocdp\WEB-INF\classes

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BcanInstalledConfiguration.xml

Linux:<BCA_NETWORKS_INSTALL_DIR>/ BcanInstalledConfiguration.xml
Windows:<BCA_NETWORKS_INSTALL_DIR>\BcanInstalledConfiguration.xml

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database.properties

Linux:<BCA_NETWORKS_DATA_INSTALL_DIR>/database.properties
Windows:<BCA_NETWORKS_DATA_INSTALL_DIR>\database.properties

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logging.properties

Linux: <BCA_NETWORKS_DATA_INSTALL_DIR>/logging.properties
Windows: <BCA_NETWORKS_DATA_INSTALL_DIR>\logging.properties 

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server.xml

Linux:<BCA_NETWORKS_INSTALL_DIR>/tomcat/conf/server.xml
Windows:<BCA_NETWORKS_INSTALL_DIR>\tomcat\conf\server.xml

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freetds.conf

Linux: /opt/cpit/etl/freetds/etc/freetds.conf

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server.xml

Linux : %BCO_HOME%/web/tomcat/conf/server.xml

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User configurations

User configurations in the BCO database

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Manager Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux: <BDA_Install_Dir>/dmanager/etc/dmanager.conf

✅️ 

Middle Tier Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux: <BDA_Install_Dir>/dmanager/etc/mtd.conf

✅️ 

GUI Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux: <BDA_Install_Dir>/dmanager/etc/d2500_config

✅️ 

GUI PHP Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux: <BDA_Install_Dir>/etc/php.ini

❌️ Partial – Some values reset on upgrade 

GUI Web Server Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux:

/etc/httpd/etc/conf/httpd.conf

/etc/httpd/etc/conf.d/gridapp.conf

❌️ Partial – Some values reset on upgrade 

MultiManager Configuration (Manager Host)

Linux: <BDA_Install_Dir>/dmanager/etc/mesh.conf

✅️ 

Agent Configuration (Agent Host)

Linux/Unix: <BDA_Install_Dir>/dagent/etc/dagent.conf

Windows: <BDA_Install_Dir>\dagent.conf

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cloudservices.json

Maximum Connections = 50

Maximum number of connections = 50

Number of task manager threads = 100

Maximum number of task manager threads = 300

providers.json

"name" : " BBSA_MAX_WEBSERVICES_SESSIONS " }, "attributeValue" : "1",

name : "BBSA_VG_JOB_STATUS_POLLS " }, "attributeValue" : "240",

name:BBSA_VG_JOB_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS"}, "attributeValue" : "15",

“name" : BBSA_USP_JOB_STATUS_POLLS " }, "attributeValue" : "240"

“name" : BBSA_USP_JOB_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS " }, "attributeValue" : "15"

name : "BBSA_SCRIPT_JOB_STATUS_POLLS" }, "attributeValue" : "240"

name:"BBSA_SCRIPT_JOB_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS"}, "attributeValue" : "15"

name:BBSA_SOFTWARE_JOB_STATUS_POLLS" },"attributeValue": "240"

name:BBSA_SOFTWARE_JOB_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS"}, "attributeValue" : "15"

name : "BBSA_VG_AGENT_STATUS_POLLS" }, "attributeValue" : "240"

name:"BBSA_VG_AGENT_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS" }, "attributeValue" : "15"

wrapper.conf

Not applicable

App Server

2 GB Heap Size

Do not use the Application Server as the Job Server.

Job Server

MaxJobs = 75 (per Job Server)

MaxWorkItems = 120 (per Job Server)

Affinity Rules:
"_VG_Job_"
 "_USP_Job_"
 "_create_user_job_"

C:\WINDOWS\rsc\secure

rscd:port=4750:protocol=5:tls_mode=encryption_only:encryption=tls:timeout=120
default:port=4750:protocol=5:tls_mode=encryption_only:encryption=tls:timeout=120

BBSA Agent on vCenter host

<AgentHomeDirectory>\8.1\RSCD\daal\Implementation\BMC_VMware_VirtualInfrastructureManager_win64\win64\AssetImplConfig.xml,
'assetImpl_coServerMaxThreadCount' = 100.

config_deployment

Max Heapsize

2048

Values are retained if modified and upgraded.

Job_Deployment

Max Heapsize
maxThreads
maxWorkItemThreads

2048
75
120

Values are retained if modified and upgraded.

Manually created Job Deployment

Max Heapsize
maxThreads
maxWorkItemThreads

2048
75
120

Values are retained if modified and upgraded.

secure

timeout

120

Values are retained if modified and upgraded.

ar.conf (Linux)
armonitor.conf (Windows)

AR Server tag 

Recommended value 

Configuration parameter and value

Delay-Recache-Time

300 seconds (5 minutes)

Delay-Recache-Time: 300

Max-Entries-Per-Query

2000

Max-Entries-Per-Query: 2000

Next-Id-Block-Size

100

Next-ID-Block-Size: 100

Server-Side-Table-Chunk-Size

1000

Server-Side-Table-Chunk- Size: 1000

Allow-Unequal-Queries

Disallow

Allow-Unequal-Queries: F

Cache-Mode

Development mode OFF

Cache-Mode: 0

Debug-mode

No debug mode

Debug-mode: 0

Submitter-Mode

Locked

Submitter-Mode: 1

Minimum-API-Version

Set a value appropriate for your production environment.

Defaults to 0 (not recommended).

General rule is 2 versions backward-compatible.

For more information, see the AR System 8.1 documentation on ar.cfg and ar.conf settings.

Private-RPC-Socket (Fast: 390620)
Private-RPC-Socket (List: 390635)

<Value = 3 x # of CPUs>
<Value = 5 x # of CPUs>

Total number of threads should not exceed 8 times the number of CPU cores.

CMBD-Cache-Refresh-Interval

600 seconds (10 minutes)

CMDB-Cache-Refresh-

Enterprise-AR Plugin Server: <AR System Home Directory>\pluginsvr\pluginsvr_config.xml

numCoreThreads:

Default 5: New 30

Cloud-AR Plugin Server : <Cloud Portal Home Directory>\plugin\pluginsvr_config.xml

numSelectorThreads

Default 2: New 5

workQueueTaskThreshold

Default 5: New 5

CAI Plugin Registry

Manual steps to be set in the database.

For more information, see the AR System 8.1 documentation on CAI-plug-in-configuration,

Keep-alive parameters

Keep-alive count

Infinite (minimum 5000)

Max connection timeout

90000 ms (minimum 60000 ms)

JVM parameters

JVM heap

=-Xms1024m –Xmx1024m

MaxPermSize

-XX:MaxPermSize=256m

Tomcat connector parameters

maxThreads

500

acceptCount

100

64-bit JVM

JVM hybrid mode and GC

-XX:+UseCompressedOops
 -XX:+UseParallelGC

<Tomcat_directory>/conf/ server.xml

Enable Cache Persistence

Prefetch or preload service

Recommended pre-load procedure

arsystem.formhtmljs_expiry_interval
arsystem.resource_expiry_interval

Definition Change Check Interval

arsystem.log_level

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Access Manager and Repository.lax/BMC Atrium Orchestrator CDP.lax/server.sh

Windows:
lax.nl.java.option.additional

-Xms1024m
-Xmx1280m
-XX:NewSize=256m
-XX:MaxNewSize=256m

Values are not retained. You must manually restore the modified values from the .bak files

Linux:
JAVA_OPTS

-Xms1024m
-Xmx1280m
-XX:NewSize=256m
-XX:MaxNewSize=256m

Values are not retained. You must manually restore the modified values from the .bak files

BcanInstalledConfiguration.xml

DATABASE_URL

jdbc:oracle:thin:<hostname>:<port>:<SID>

Values are retained if modified.

database.properties

javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUR

jdbc:oracle:thin:<hostname>:<port>:<SID>

Values are retained if modified/

logging.properties

com.bmc.bcan.engine.database.persistence.level
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count

INFO
5

Values are not retained if modified. You must manually take the back-up before upgrade and restore them later.

server.xml

maxThreads
ConnectionTimeout

150
20000

Values are not retained if modified. You must manually take the back-up before upgrade and restore them later.