BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite 8.5

This space contains information about the BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite 8.5 release.

This space documents data center automation use cases related to the BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite. While the space describes some use cases in detail, for many it provides only high-level descriptions. This space only provides information for cross-product solutions. For information specifically about BMC Server Automation, see the BMC Server Automation documentation online technical documentation.

Release notes and notices Updated 10 Oct 2014

This section provides information about what is new or changed in this space, including urgent issues, documentation updates, service packs, and patches.

To stay informed of changes to this space, place a watch on this page.

The following updates have been added since the release of the space:

Date	Title	Summary
July 07, 2014	Service-packs-and-patches	Enhancements available in version 8.5.01
February 24, 2014	8-5-00-enhancements	Enhancements available in version 8.5.00

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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

Click the Export icon in the upper-right.
From the Export menu, select PDF.
Follow the prompts for page selection and other options.
Click Export.

Frequently asked questions

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

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	8-5-00-enhancements
Issues corrected by the base release and its service packs and patches Issues that are currently open	Known and corrected issues

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	The child topic for that service pack or patch under Release-notes-and-notices For issues corrected in the service pack or patch, sort the table in Known-and-corrected-issues by the "Corrected in" column
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 8.5.00.

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.

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

From the Tools menu, select Export to PDF.
The Export to PDF menu is displayed with preconfigured export settings.

Export to PDF menu
Either:
1. Choose an export setting and click Start Export (The recommended setting for most exports is the space-specific BMC Standard (with child pages)). You will be prompted to download your completed PDF when the export process is finished.
2. Choose Customize Settings and continue to follow these steps if you want to perform advanced PDF customization.
Select a template (for example, BMC Standard).
Select the topics to export:
- This page and its children exports the current topic and all child topics in that branch. If you are on the Home page, you will export all topics in that space.
- Only this page exports only the currently-viewed topic.
- This page and all children with label exports all pages in that branch (or space, if you are on the Home page) that contain a given label.
Select from the other available options on this tab:
- TOC macros includes a Tables of Contents that list headings in longer topics.
- Children macros includes a list of links to child topics on some top-level topics.
- Replace thumbnails expands the images that are shown in a small size in a topic.
In the PDF Properties tab, select to add a title and other information to the exported PDF.
In the Linking tab, select how you want exported links to behave.
Click Start Export to begin the export process.

Your last export settings will be remembered and you will be able to create another export with those settings without having to re-configure your PDF again.

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 BladeLogic Automation Suite 8.5 documentation that you might find helpful:

BMC Communities, BMC Service Automation community
BMC Global Services, Data Center Automation

Key concepts See more		Enforce continuous compliance for servers Implementing the BMC Continuous Compliance for Server Automation solution. See more Enforce continuous compliance for networks Implementing the BMC Continuous Compliance for Network Automation solution. See more Enforce continuous compliance for databases Implementing the BMC Continuous Compliance for Database Automation solution. See more
		Assess server software compliance Implementing the server software compliance solution. See more
Installing configuration automation Implementing the Configuration Automation solution. See more		Troubleshooting Issues resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support. See more