Moving from BMC Decision Support for Server Automation

If you are using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation 8.9.x, you can move to the latest version of TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation. This topic describes the considerations to plan this move.

To know the differences between BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, see Orientation-for-BMC-Decision-Support-for-Server-Automation-users.

TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation includes the following components: TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform

Scenarios for moving to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation

Depending on whether you want to use BMC Decision Support for Server Automation with TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, the following scenarios are supported:

In any of these scenarios, you can install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform on the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse server or its own server.

Using TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation with BMC Decision Support for Server Automation

In this scenario, you install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on a server other than the server where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed. This scenario is preferred when you have a library of custom reports created in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. You can access and use these reports as a reference while creating new reports in TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse.

Before you begin

Do the following before moving to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation:

• Back up the Master, Work, Warehouse databases.
• Back up the bds.properties file from the following path:
  <bdssa_installation_dir>/shared/ConfigurationManagement
• Stop ETL on BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. Ensure that you move the run_etl.nsh file from $BDS_HOME/shared/odi/bin to the $BDS_HOME/shared/odi directory.
• Ensure that there are no schedules for archival or ETL jobs in TrueSight Server Automation.

Do the following:

Reusing the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation server for TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse

In this scenario, you uninstall BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on the same server. You cannot access and use your existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation reports.

Before you begin

Do the following before moving to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation:

• Back up the Master, Work, Warehouse databases.
• Back up the bds.properties file from the following path:
  <bdssa_installation_dir>/shared/ConfigurationManagement
• Stop ETL on BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. Ensure that you move the run_etl.nsh file from $BDS_HOME/shared/odi/bin to the $BDS_HOME/shared/odi directory.
• Ensure that there are no schedules for archival or ETL jobs in TrueSight Server Automation.

Do the following:

1. If you are using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation 8.7 or 8.8, upgrade BMC Server Automation to TrueSight Server Automation 8.9.04 or later. Also, upgrade RSCD and NSH to 8.9.04 on the server where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed. For the upgrade instructions, see Upgrading to TrueSight Server Automation.

2. Log in to the system where BMC Decision Support for Server Automation is installed.
3. Uninstall BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.
4. Remove the reports folder from the BDSSA_Home directory.
5. Install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse. For the installation instructions, see Installing TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse.
6. Configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse to use the existing BMC Decision Support for Server Automation databases and users or create new databases and users. For more information, see Configuring-TrueSight-Server-Automation-Data-Warehouse.
7. Install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform 20.02 and apply the 20.02.01 patch. For instructions, see Installing TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform and Applying patches.
8. If you want to use the existing TrueSight Server Automation jobs to run the ETL or archive data, do the following:
   1. Log in to the TrueSight Server Automation console.
   2. In the left pane, navigate to the following folder: Depot/BladeLogic Reports Scripts/Run ETL from OM
   3. Double-click Run ETL from OM Script and do the following:
      1. On the Parameters tab, double-click ETL_Home.
      2. Modify the default value from <BDSSA_installation_directory>/shared/odi/bin to <TSSADW_installation_directory>/shared/bdi/bin
      3. Save the changes.
   4. Similarly, open Run BDSSA Archival Script by navigating to Depot/BladeLogic Reports Scripts/Run BDSSA Archival, and update the ETL_Home parameter with the following path: <TSSADW_installation_directory>/shared/bdi/bin
   5. Modify the existing NSH Script jobs for Run ETL from OM Script and Run BDSSA Archival Script to add the new target server where TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse is installed.
9. Review your report definitions and schedules in BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and recreate the reports in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform. For details, see Creating-reports.

Where to go from here

You can now start Planning-for-TrueSight-Server-Automation-Data-Warehouse-deployment.

How to video

Migrating to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation (2:31 minutes).

 https://youtu.be/McckGrF45L0