Installing products for HA
This section describe the installation sequence for installing BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management in a high availability (HA) environment. The table highlights the major points to remember and provides references to topics for installing BMC products.
Product installation sequence for HA
Starting 4.7, you cannot install all BMC products required for the solution by using the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management installer. Products that must be installed using the standalone installers (shipped with the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management installer) are described in this table:
BMC Product | Installation order | See topic |
|---|---|---|
BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database - Primary | Install these:
| Apply the patches and hotfixes shipped with the installer. See Installing-Small-Deployment-Linux-for-version-4-7. |
(Optional) BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database – Secondary | To be installed for high availability deployments:
| |
BMC AR System Mid-Tier | During installation, select the Mid Tier feature only. For an HA deployment, install a secondary instance of Mid Tier. | |
BMC CMDB – Web Registry Components (formerly called Atrium Core) | During installation, select the AtriumWebServices feature only. For an HA deployment, do these:
| |
(Optional) TrueSight Server Automation (formerly called BMC Server Automation) – File Server | Install and configure an RSCD Agent. | |
TrueSight Server Automation Application Server and Console | ||
(Optional) TrueSight Server Automation – Multiple Application Server | Required for HA deployments only. | |
(Optional) TrueSight Server Automation PXE Server | ||
TrueSight Orchestration Platform (formerly called BMC Atrium Orchestrator) components:
TrueSight Server Automation Console | ||
TrueSight Orchestration Platform – High Availability Configuration Distribution Peer | To be installed for HA deployments:
| |
(Optional) TrueSight Orchestration development Studio (Available only on Microsoft Windows) | ||
TrueSight Network Automation (formerly called BMC Network Automation) | For HA deployments, install a secondary instance of TrueSight Network Automation Server. | |
(Optional) TrueSight Network Automation – Device Agent |
After installing the BMC products, you can now run the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management installer to install the following components:
Product/Component | Notes |
|---|---|
AR Post Installation on BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database - Primary | |
AR Post Installation on BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database - Secondary | Install for a high availability deployment only |
TrueSight Server Automation Post Installation on TrueSight Server Automation – Application Server and Console | |
TrueSight Server Automation Post Installation on TrueSight Server Automation – Multiple Application Server | Install for an HA deployment only |
Cloud Platform Manager | |
Cloud Portal AR Extensions | Install on the same server where you installed BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database - Primary. |
(Optional) Cloud Portal AR Extensions - Secondary | Install for an HA deployment only. Install on the same server where you installed BMC AR System Server - Cloud Portal and Database - Secondary. |
(Optional) Cloud Self-Checker | For HA deployments, add additional nodes using the BMC Cloud Lifecyle Management installer to install secondary instances. |
(Optional) Cloud Portal Web Application | For HA deployments, add additional nodes using the BMC Cloud Lifecyle Management installer to install secondary instances. |
Where to go from here
To install the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management solution in a high availability (HA) environment, see 7.