Multiple BMC ProactiveNet Server deployment overview
You can configure a central BMC ProactiveNet Server to monitor events from multiple BMC ProactiveNet Servers for centralized event administration, and to expand the abilities of a single event processing BMC ProactiveNet Server. You can also use central BMC ProactiveNet Servers to structure event and data collection around a distributed hierarchy based on geography, business operation, or other dispersed functions of your organization.
In a central BMC ProactiveNet Server, you can aggregate the following types of events:
- Abnormality events and early warning events that are automatically detected from statistically significant abnormal trends
- Monitoring events that are generated from BMC ProactiveNet monitors or third-party adapters that retrieve performance data from other monitoring solutions
- Third-party events that are sent by other monitoring applications
On a BMC ProactiveNet Central Server, you can perform the following activities on events from other servers:
- View event details
- Run event operations, such as taking ownership of events or assigning events
- Export events
- Copy events
- Launch the BMC ProactiveNet Server from the computer where an event originated
- View the BMC Server Automation device history if BMC ProactiveNet is integrated with BMC Server Automation
In the event view, you can also launch Related Events and View Remote Action Results from the BMC ProactiveNet Central Server, when the relevant icon is displayed in the Message column of the event.
A BMC ProactiveNet Central Server does not require a separate installation, but it does require configuration. On the BMC ProactiveNet Child Servers that supply data, you must configure the propagation policies to propagate events to the BMC ProactiveNet Central Server. On the BMC ProactiveNet Central Server, you must add details about the child servers.
The following topics provide procedures to configure the child server and the central server:
To configure BMC ProactiveNet Servers for multiple deployment, verify the following prerequisites:
- Ensure that all BMC ProactiveNet Servers are of the same version, BMC ProactiveNet 8.0 or later.
- Confirm the server port and protocol of the BMC ProactiveNet Child Servers. The default server port is 80 and the default protocol is HTTP.
- When working behind a firewall, open the server ports for the central and child BMC ProactiveNet Servers.