Managing blueprint definitions

BMC Discoveryprovides default blueprints, which you can use to create your own blueprints. In addition, you can create blueprints from scratch. When creating blueprints from scratch, you can either use the available nodes and their existing relationships or use the available node kinds and establish relationships between them.

You can export and import blueprints across systems.

To access the Manage Blueprint Definitions page

Using the Manage Blueprint Definitions page, you can perform all the operations required on blueprint definitions.

Click Model > Services & Applications.
On the Services & Applications page, click Create/Import.
Click the Create With Blueprints tab.
Click Manage Blueprint Definitions.

Default blueprints

The following default blueprints are available out of the box, but you must first import them to be able to view them on the Manage Blueprint Definitions page:

Category	Blueprints
Application Performance Modeling (APM)	Default Blueprint for Appdynamics Applications
Application Performance Modeling (APM)	Default Blueprint for Dynatrace applications
Applications	Default Blueprint for Microsoft IIS Webserver
	Default Blueprint for Microsoft SharePoint Server Name
	Default Blueprint for Microsoft Skype for Business Site
	Default Blueprint for SAP
Container Management	Default Blueprint for Kubernetes Infrastructure
Container Management	Default Blueprint for Openshift Namespace
Database	Default Blueprint for Database To Application
Infrastructure (Cloud)	Default Blueprint for Cloud Region
	Default Blueprint for Cloud Service
	Default Blueprint for Virtual Hosts With Cloud Associations
Infrastructure (On-Premises)	Default Blueprint for Control-M Enterprise Manager
	Default Blueprint for Microsoft Cluster Name
	Default Blueprint for Oracle WebLogic Cluster
	Default Blueprint for VCenter Cluster Name
Load balancer	Default Blueprint using Load Balancer Service Name
Mainframe	Default Blueprint for Mainframe LPAR to connected Software
Network	Default Blueprint for Network Device and its connections
	Default Blueprint for Physical Host to Network Device
	Default Blueprint for Virtual Host to Network Device
	Default Blueprint for Wireless LAN Controller Network Device Name
Storage	Default Blueprint for Host to Storage linkage
Storage	Default Blueprint for Storage System
Tags	Default Blueprint using Tags
Unified security platform	Default Blueprint for Genetec Security Center Name

As a service designer, you can create additional blueprints using the default blueprints. For more information, see To create a blueprint from another blueprint.

To import and enable the default blueprints

To use the default blueprints in services, you need to import them first and then enable them.

On the Manage Blueprint Definitions page, from the action menu, select Import BMC default Blueprints.
The BMC default blueprints are imported and can be seen in the list.
Enable the blueprints that you require (Action > Enable).
For more information, see To enable a blueprint.

Where to go from here

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