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Performing the BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration installation

The following topics provide information about installing BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration.

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The BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration installer supports the English, French, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese locales only.

Before you begin

  • Make sure that compatible versions of BMC Server Automation, BMC Atrium CMDB, and BMC Atrium Integration Engine are installed, licensed, and running. For more information about the tested and compatible product versions for this release, see BladeLogic-Atrium-Integration-product-compatibility-matrix.

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    • BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration works with all the supported databases of BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation. For information about this product, see BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation documentation.
    • For the latest information, see the product compatibility matrix for BMC Server Automation on the Support website.
  • Run the BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) tool before installing BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration.
  • You need a user name and password for the EPD site. You can register and obtain credentials at http://www.bmc.com/support.
  • Obtain a support ID and password for BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration from your BMC Software sales representative.
  • You need all the information listed in Installation-worksheet-for-BMC-BladeLogic-Atrium-Integration.

Where to go from here

  1. Complete the configuration tasks listed in Configuring-BMC-BladeLogic-Atrium-Integration-after-installation.
  2. Activate the data exchanges in the BMC Atrium Engine data exchange Console.
     For more information about the data exchanges that are created automatically in BMC Atrium Integration Engine after installing BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration, see Understanding-integration-data-exchanges. For more information about activating data exchanges, see BMC Atrium CMDB documentation.
  3. Create Indexes as explained in Performance-settings.
  4. You can set schedules on BL_LOAD_SRVR_PROPS as required. All other exchanges are triggered by this exchange.
  5. Customize BMC Server Automation data mappings. See Customizing-data-mappings-between-BMC-Server-Automation-and-BMC-Atrium-CMDB for more details.
  6. Run the ETL tool.
     For information about the ETL components of BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, see BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation documentation.
  7. Restart the BMC Atrium Integration Engine service.

During installation, BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration creates data exchanges and data mappings in BMC Atrium Integration Engine for the CI classes and relationship classes that are discoverable by BMC Server Automation.

 

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