Administering

This section provides information about managing and maintaining BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Dashboards after it is installed and configured.

• • To onboard BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management components for the Health Dashboard
  • To configure notifications for the Health Dashboard
  • To change AR System computer details after installation of the Value Dashboard
  • To compress the Value Dashboard application database file
  • To stop or start the Value Dashboard
  • To back up the Health and Value Dashboard database files

To onboard BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management components for the Health Dashboard

Use this procedure to onboard BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management components to the Health Dashboard.

1. In a browser, open the Health Dashboard:
   http://computerName:portNumber/clmhealth
2. Click Configuration.
3. Click the On-board tab.

4. Enter information for your BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Platform Manager.
   
   For the Install Path enter the location of the Platform Manager, for example: C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BMCCloudLifecycleManagement\Platform Manager (for Windows), or /opt/bmc/BMCCloudLifeCycleManagement/Platform_Manager (for Linux).

   Note

   For Linux installations the path must not contain spaces.

5. Click Test PM Connection to verify the connection.
6. If you are using BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management 3.0 or 3.1, select the Enterprise AR Settings check box, and then enter information for your Enterprise AR System server.
   
7. Click Test EAR Connection to verify the connection.
8. Click On-board and wait for the successful onboarding of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management components.
9. Wait approximately 10 minutes for the first batch of data to arrive in the Health Dashboard.
10. Click the Health tab to view the data.

To configure notifications for the Health Dashboard

1. In a browser, open the Health Dashboard:
   http://computerName:portNumber/clmhealth
2. Click Configuration.
3. Click the Notifications tab.
4. Enter your SMTP information.
   
5. Click Test SMTP server connection to verify the connection.
6. Select the Email notification check box.
7. Enter the email addresses to receive notifications, and the conditions under which notifications will be sent.
   
8. Click Save.

To change AR System computer details after installation of the Value Dashboard

Use this procedure to change the details of your Enterprise AR System or Cloud AR System servers after installation of the Value Dashboard.

1. In a browser, open the Value Dashboard configuration screen:
   http://computerName:portNumber/dashboards/#/config
2. In the Enterprise AR Settings section, enter the new information for your Enterprise AR System.
   
3. Click Test Connection.
4. If your Cloud AR System is on a different computer, and you want to change the settings for that AR System, click the Cloud AR Settings box, and then enter the new information for your Cloud AR System.
   
5. Click Test Connection.
6. If your tests were successful, click Update.

To compress the Value Dashboard application database file

You can compress the Value Dashboard application file (dashboards.db.mv) to optimize the size of the file. This is a standard embedded-database operation that deletes database-specific information, such as trace information for queries. Use this function when the size of the database file grows too large (for example, beyond 20MB).

1. In a browser, open the Value Dashboard configuration screen:
   http://computerName:portNumber/dashboards/#/config
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Compact.

To stop or start the Value Dashboard

• On Windows:
  1. In the Windows the Control Panel, open the list of Services.
  2. Click the BMC CLM Value Dashboards Server service, and then click either Stop or Restart.
• On Linux, enter the following command:
  service clmdashboards start|stop

To back up the Health and Value Dashboard database files

Consider backing up the Health and Value Dashboard database files periodically to preserve data in the event of a system failure.

Copy the following files:

• For the Health Dashboard: installationDirectory\server\h2\CloudMon.h2
• For the Value Dashboard: installationDirectory\server\dashboards.mv