Adding the Microsoft VMM server to BMC Server Automation

This topic provides instructions for adding the VMM server to BMC BladeLogic Server Automation.

1. From within the BMC Server Automation Console, add the VMM server as a managed server to a server group (right-click a server group and select Add Server ).
2. Select Configuration > Property Dictionary View.
3. Browse the Built-in Property Classes > Connection class.

4. Click the Instances tab.
    A Connection instance is automatically created with the name Connection_<nameofVMMEnrolled>, where <nameofVMMEnrolled> is the name of the VMM server.

   Warning

   Note

   Your user role must have the appropriate role-based access permissions to update the Connection instance, otherwise the association between the instances is not created and the server is not 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 for the VMM server.

5. You can modify the following properties for the new Connection instance:

   Property	Value
   CONNECTION_URL	Enter the host name of the Microsoft VMM Server. Note: This name should match the VMM server name registered in BMC Server Automation.
   CONNECTION_USER	Enter the name of an administrator of Microsoft VMM, or another user with required privileges. If you need to provide a domain name with the username, enter it here as <domainName\adminUserName>.
   CONNECTION_PASSWORD	Enter the password of the user that is mentioned in the CONNECTION_USER property.

6. Distribute configuration objects to the VMM server:
   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 Microsoft VMM object, and add it to the Selected Configuration Objects section. Click Next.
   5. On the Targets panel, select the VMM 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 server and access the Microsoft VMM node.

For details on adding a server and setting properties, see Adding-a-server-to-the-system.