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Administering

The following table provides information about the administration tasks in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.

Task

Reference

Benefit

Understand data transfer scenarios and property files

Understand the concept of data transfer scenarios and property files that are needed to run scenarios that are not provided in the default RunETL.properties file.

Run the extract, transfer, and load (ETL) process

Learn how to:

  • Run ETL immediately from the command line or schedule it by using BMC Server Automation jobs to transfer data from the BMC Server Automation database to the reports data warehouse
  • View ETL status on the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation console
  • View the log files for ETL runs

Change the password for the BDSAdmin user ID

Learn how to change the password for the BDSAdmin user ID that you created during the product installation.

Manage your databases

Manage the email server

Learn how to modify your email server details, such as email server name and port number.

Manage the Apache Web Server

Learn how to modify your Apache Web Server details, such as communication protocol and port number.

Manage the reports server

Learn how to:

  • Restart and stop the reports server
  • Manage the reports server communication
  • Maintain the temp directory
  • Specify the logging levels

Manage the Authentication Service

Learn how to start, stop, and restart the Authentication Service.

Manage all services

Learn how to start, stop, and restart all services simultaneously.

Manage data

Learn how to:

  • Update data model properties
  • Import and export report definition, package, and content
  • Manage reports data and user access
  • Archive and restore data

Note

  • Many of the instructions in these topics require that the correct environment variables be set for the scripts to work. You can find the required environment variables in the Environment file in the product installation directory.
  • While performing administration tasks in the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console, use the menu commands and breadcrumbs to navigate through the console and to open a previous page again. The Back button in the browser does not allow you to open the previous pages.

 

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