Adding the Linux server and Citrix XenServer host object to BMC Server Automation

The following topics provide instructions for adding the Linux server and the Citrix XenServer agentless managed object to BMC Server Automation:

• To add the Linux server and Citrix XenServer host object to BMC BladeLogic Server Automation
• To set the connection properties for the Citrix XenServer object

To add the Linux server and Citrix XenServer host object to BMC BladeLogic Server Automation

1. From the BMC Server Automation Console, add the Red Hat Enterprise Linux proxy server as a managed server to a server group (right-click a server group and select Add Server ).
2. Right-click the server group in the Servers folder.
3. Select Virtualization > Add Citrix XenServer host to add a Citrix XenServer agentless device to BMC Server Automation.
4. On the Add a new agentless managed object - Properties page, add the name or IP address of the Citrix XenServer master server.
5. Optionally, add a brief description.
6. Under Properties, locate the AGENTLESS_MANAGED_OBJECT_PROXY_HOST* property.
7. Edit the property value by browsing to the name of the Linux system configured as the proxy host.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Finish.
    The agentless managed object for the Citrix XenServer is added to the folder you specified.

To set the connection properties for the Citrix XenServer object

1. From the BMC Server Automation Console, select Configuration > Property Dictionary View.
2. Browse the Built-in Property Classes > Connection class.

3. Click the Instances tab and set the connection details to the Citrix XenServer master host.
    When you add the agentless managed object, BMC Server Automation automatically created a Connection instance with the name Connection_ <agentlessManagedObjectName>(where <agentlessManagedObjectName> is the name of the Citrix XenServer object).

   Note

   Your user role must have the appropriate RBAC permissions to update the Connection instance, otherwise the association between the instances will not be created and the server will not be enrolled. Also, if a Connection instance is already associated with the Virtualization instance then a new instance is not automatically created.

   This new instance contains the connection details to the Citrix XenServer master host.

   Tip

   The Citrix XenServer platform can run in two modes: Pool mode or as a standalone host.

   • In Pool mode, multiple servers work together to provide capabilities such as workload balancing, high availability, and so on. In this configuration, one server is designated as the master server, while the other servers are designated as slaves. You must set the Connection instance to connect to the master server, rather than a slave server, so that BMC Server Automation can obtain configuration data or perform management operations.
   • In Standalone host mode, the standalone server is considered the master server.
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5. Save this instance.
6. Browse the Built-in Property Classes > Virtualization class.
    For each Citrix XenServer object you add, a corresponding instance is automatically created.
7. Ensure that the VIRTUAL_ENTITY_CONNECTION property Virtualization instance points to the previously created Connection instance.
8. Save this instance.
9. Distribute the Citrix XenServer configuration object on the Citrix XenServer agentless managed object:
   1. From the BMC Server Automation Console, navigate to the Jobs folder.
   2. Right-click a job group and select New > Administration Task > Distribute Configuration Objects.
   3. Provide a name for the Job and click Next.
   4. Expand the Global Configuration Objects list, select the Citrix XenServer object, and add it to the Selected Configuration Objects section. Click Next.
   5. On the Targets panel, select the enrolled agentless managed object for the Citrix XenServer master server.
   6. Click Finish, and execute the job. For details, see Distributing-configuration-objects.

You can now use the BMC Server Automation Console to Live Browse the Citrix XenServer agentless managed object and access the Citrix XenServer node. For details on adding a server and setting its properties, see Adding-a-server-to-the-system.