Updating benchmark data

To update the benchmark data

1. Navigate to Administration > Benchmark Management > Update benchmark data. 
2. To download the preliminary hardware table files with the update, select Also download preliminary hardware table files.

3. Click Update.

   The latest available ratings are downloaded from the ftp.bmc.com site, and the benchmark values are updated in the hardware library.

To add a user benchmark data file

To upload an XML file to add a custom benchmark or custom entries to an existing one, perform the following task. The Benchmark Alignment scheduler task processes the upload.

1. Navigate to Administration > Benchmark Management > Update benchmark data. 

2. Click Choose File and select the XML file to upload.

   Important

   You can upload only the file names that begin with a letter (upper/lowercase) or number, and have maximum 254 characters except '/', '\' or  ';'.

   
   

3. Click Upload to upload the XML file.
   For more information about the format of the XML file to upload, see Benchmark-XML-files.

To validate the benchmark update

To validate the benchmark update, select Administration > Benchmark Management > Benchmarks. The Population date column lists file dates. If the file date is custom defined, it displays the custom date, otherwise it displays the date when the files were last updated.