FAQs and additional resources

This topic provides information that supplements the BMC Network Automation 8.9 documentation. It contains the following sections:

Frequently asked questions

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about BMC Network Automation.

What happened to all the PDFs for this product?

Where to find information previously provided in a guide or manual

Document title

Found here in

Installation Guide

Administrator Guide

Developer Guide

User Guide

Where do I find release note information?

The following table describes where you can find information previously provided in release notes.

Type of information

Found here in

New features (enhancements) and other information

  • Issues corrected by the base release and its service packs and patches
  • Issues that are currently open
Where can I find technical bulletins?

Technical bulletins contained information delivered after a product was released, often in conjunction with a service pack or patch for that release.

Where to find information previously provided in a technical bulletin

Type of technical bulletin

Found here in

Contents of a service pack or patch and instructions particular to it

Other information

Placed in context throughout this space, but listed and linked to in Technical bulletins. You will not have this topic in the first release of the product such as 8.9.00.

Where do I find information that was previously published as a flash bulletin?

Flashes contained urgent information about product issues and are delivered after a product is released. On docs.bmc.com, this information is delivered in an "Urgent issues" topic, under Release-notes-and-notices. If this topic does not exist for a given product release, no urgent issues have been discovered for that release.

Is all the content for BMC Network Automation 8.9.00 in this space?

Yes, all the content for BMC Network Automation 8.9.00 is in this space. The Developer guide which was in a PDF format in the 8.3.00 and earlier releases has been moved into this space under the Developing branch.

Which versions of third-party products are supported by BMC Network Automation?

Product version

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version

Apache Tomcat web server version

8.9.02

1.8.0 update 131

8.0.47

8.9.01

1.8.0 update 121

8.0.41

8.9.00

1.8.0 update 92

8.0.36

I’d like a PDF of just selected information. How can I do that?

The BMC Documentation portal gives you the ability to generate PDF exports of multiple pages in a space.  

Creating PDF exports

You can create a PDF of a page or a set of pages. (Non-English page exports are not supported.) You can also create a Word document of the current page.

To export to PDF

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  2. From the Export menu, select PDF.
  3. Follow the prompts for page selection and other options.
  4. Click Export.

 

Depending on the number of topics included in the export, it might take several minutes to create the PDF. Once the export is complete, you can download the PDF.

 

Additional resources from BMC

The following BMC sites provide information outside of the BMC Network Automation 8.9 documentation that you might find helpful:

 

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