BMC Helix Continuous Optimization 26.1

BMC Helix Continuous Optimizationis a capacity management solution that gives you insights to optimize the use of your current IT resources and plan for future demands. It collects and analyzes the capacity data and core metrics for CPU, memory, and storage, and provides recommendations for optimizing them.

Release notes and notices Updated 18 Feb 2026

Learn what's new or changed for BMC Helix Continuous Optimization 26.1, including new features, urgent issues, and documentation updates.

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Date	Summary	Reference
January 27, 2026	Enhancements available in 26.1: View GPU performance by using the Nvidia GPU dashboard Retrieve task execution details by using the task execution visibility APIs Support for task timezone display in ETL and System tasks Support for filtering and sorting by last activity date in the unassigned domain (Available for logged-in users only) Get help faster with DocuAssistant Filter redundant short-lived resources during migration ETL module enhancements	26-1-enhancements-and-patches
December 22, 2025	Enhancements available in 25.4.02: Support for recursive domain handling in breadcrumb search Support for virtual machine entities added to demand indicators ETL module enhancements	25-4-enhancements-and-patches
November 24, 2025	Enhancements available in 25.4.01: Collect network device data from BMC Helix Network Management Support for configuring cloud ETL migration behavior Cleanup of redundant sub-resources before migration ETL module enhancements	25-4-enhancements-and-patches
October 22, 2025	Enhancements available in 25.4: Support for maximum utilization of key metrics for Azure API Extractor Collect and import NVIDIA GPU metrics using dcgm-exporter scripts Monitor future business service risk with AIOps Service Risk Indicator Servers Overview with Namespace column and updated technology list ETL module enhancements	25-4-enhancements-and-patches

Getting started

Quickly start using the product to manage your capacity.

Product overview

Learn about the product capabilities.

Setting up and going live

Set up the product and tailor the environment according to your organizational requirements.

Installing remote components to collect on-premises data

Install the Remote ETL Engine and related components to collect on-premises data.

Collecting data

Set up data collection.

Migrating to BMC Helix Continuous Optimization

Learn how to migrate data from TrueSight Capacity Optimization to BMC Helix Continuous Optimization.

Analyzing your infrastructure data by using capacity views

Get the visibility into the capacity utilization and size of the IT infrastructure.

Managing and analyzing data from your workspace

Manage domains, systems, business drivers, their hierarchy, and metrics.

Estimating the cost of migrating servers to the public cloud

Evaluate the cost effectiveness of migrating servers to a public cloud.

Administering

Manage the administrative activities.

Managing the capacity of your infrastructure

Use cases to meet the capacity management goals.

Troubleshooting

Issue resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support.

Product trials

Communities

Knowledge Base

Videos

PDFs and videos

Get a list of all the videos and a PDF version of the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization documentation.