Check data transfer - BMC Server Automation to BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation

Verify that BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration was installed successfully.

BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration

Installing BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration creates the BL2ATRIUM_CS_VIEW table as well as BMC Atrium Integration Engine data exchanges needed in later steps.

To verify installation, examine the bl2atrium_install_log.txt log file and check for errors. This file is located in the TEMP directory.

Verify that the Component Discovery Jobs ran.

BMC Server Automation

Using the BMC Server Automation Console, navigate to the jobs located in the following folder:

Jobs/BL2Atrium Jobs/Discovery Jobs

1. Right-click each job and select Show Results.
   
   
2. Check that each job ran recently so that BMC Server Automation has current information about the servers before populating this information to BMC Atrium CMDB. Note the dates and times each job was run.
   
   
3. Examine the job run events to see if any errors occurred.
   

Verify that the Snapshot Jobs ran.

BMC Server Automation

Using the BMC Server Automation Console, navigate to the jobs located in the following folder:

Jobs/BL2Atrium Jobs/Snapshot Jobs

1. Right-click each job and select Show Results.
   
   
2. Make sure the Snapshot Jobs were run after the Component Discovery Jobs.
   
   
3. Examine the job run events to see if any errors occurred.

Verify that the ETL tool ran.

BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation

The ETL tool transfers data from BMC Server Automation to BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, from which the data eventually gets transferred to BMC Atrium CMDB.

Check that the ETL tool ran successfully after the Snapshot Jobs completed. Make sure the ETL tool completed, and that it encountered no errors.

To check on the ETL run:

1. Log on to Metadata Navigator and find the session associated with the ETL run. If you find a step that has an error message, note the time stamp.
2. Navigate to the <BDSSAInstallationDirectory>/logs/ETL/<timeStamp> directory and locate the log file with the most recent time stamp. This log's name is site_<siteID>_<timeStamp>_run_etl.log.

Verify that the Application Servers are operational.

BMC Server Automation

1. Using the BMC Server Automation Console, select Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
   
   
2. Expand the Application Servers node and click the name of each Application Server. This displays configuration information about the Application Server.
   
   
   
   
3. Make sure Status = Ready.

Collect standard diagnostics for BMC Server Automation

BMC Server Automation

BMC Server Automation

1. Using the BMC Server Automation Console, select Configuration > Generate Support Data.
   
   
   
   
2. Check the data types you want you want and click Generate Data.

Verify that BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation is operational.

BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation

To verify that BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation is operational, check that you can login and get a report. Also check that you can deliver a report by mail, to test that SMPT is working and that BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation can use it.