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Terminology

BladeLogic Portal introduces some terminology and working practices that may be unfamiliar to BMC Server Automation experts. Key items that you will see referenced in this documentation include:

asset

An object that is scanned by a vulnerability management system. Often, assets are servers. When using the portal's vulnerability management process, you can map assets detected in vulnerability scans to servers managed by BladeLogic.

content

A set of rules or objects that the BladeLogic Portal can use to perform a task (for example, a job, component template, or BLPackage).

DCA Index Server

An in-memory, information-retrieval system based on Apache Lucene technology. The DCA Index Server allows for rapid text searches that apply to many areas of the BladeLogic Portal system, including vulnerability data and searches for managed servers.

deploy template

A Deploy job set up in BMC Server Automation that can be used as the basis for remediating the results of a Patch or Compliance operation.

endpoints

Managed objects in BMC Server Automation and BMC Network Automation. In BSA, endpoints are servers; in BNA endpoints are network devices.

operation

Equivalent to a job in BMC Server Automation or BMC Network Automation.

patch catalog

A collection of patches assembled in the Depot in BMC Server Automation. Patch catalogs are used to analyze and remediate missing or outdated patches.

portal level permissions

Restrictions set at the portal level that can prevent members of portal security groups from accessing certain features and functions of the portal environment. Portal-level restrictions are optional and do not supersede the underlying RBAC controls set up in BMC Server Automation.

portal security group

A grouping mechanism for which restrictions and settings can be set and then inherited by portal users.

site

An instance of the underlying automation product (for example, a BMC Server Automation instance).

target

Endpoints that you want to manage or affect during an operation. In the BMC Server Automation context, targets are often servers. In BMC Network Automation, targets are often devices.

vulnerability

A susceptibility or flaw that may allow unauthorized access to a system, such as a software or networking system. Some organizations such as Qualys, Nessus, and Rapid7 develop vulnerability management systems that allow you to scan computer systems to identify vulnerabilities.

 

 

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