Orientation
As a system administrator, you use BMC Helix IT Operations Management container images to perform the deployment easily and quickly in your on-premises environment. BMC provisions the deployment artifacts, such as the container images and the deployment manager, on the BMC public cloud and through the Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website. As a system administrator, you use these deployment artifacts to perform the deployment in your private cloud. You do not need to deploy platform and application components separately. You can deploy all the components at one time and obtain the licenses only for the applications that you want to use.
The advantages of using containers to deploy the product as compared to server-based architectures are as follows:
- Reduces the cost of deployment and management
- Consumes fewer resources and containers are lightweight
- Enables the use of Helix services on-premises when you cannot use a public cloud
- Improves security by isolating applications from the host and other applications
- Scales easily to meet the changing demands of your business
- Provides better efficiency than virtual machines with fast start up and better performance
BMC has developed a Health Check Tool that you can use to ease out the deployment process. For more information, see https://community.bmc.com/s/news/aA33n000000PCtOCAW/bmc-helix-onprem-installation-health-check-tool.
Documentation
The BMC Helix IT Operations Management deployment documentation helps you to understand the deployment process and implement it.
Action | Reference |
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Where do I begin? | |
How do I plan the deployment and understand the system requirements? | |
Where do I find information on the deployment use cases? | |
How do I download the deployment manager, access the container images, and set up the database so that I am prepared for the deployment? | |
How do I perform the deployment? | |
Where do I find information on resolving the deployment errors? |
Learn more
BMC recommends the person who is performing the BMC Helix IT Operations Management container-based deployment be proficient with how to use the following technologies: