Planning worksheets


The following image shows the tasks to use the planning worksheets:

23.1.02_Day0PlanningTasks.png

Deployment decisions worksheet

Review the following information to make decisions about your infrastructure before you install BMC Helix IT Operations Management:

Worksheet

Description

The assessment questionnaire helps you:

  • Understand the container environment and capabilities.
  • Determine the service management products that you want to install.
  • Review and record your existing environment details if you are using a noncontainer BMC Helix IT Operations Management environment.

The requirements checklist helps understand the system requirements such as hardware, software, and network dependencies.


Sizing worksheet

Review the following information to make decisions about sizing the infrastructure:

Sizing factor to calculate

Description

Deployment size

Determine the environment sizing, Compact, Small, Medium, Large, or Extra large.

Number of concurrent users

Determine the users who will use the service management applications

Total number of CPUs

Determine the number of CPUs required for the Kubernetes cluster to run the application containers.

RAM

Determine the RAM required for the cluster to run the application containers.

Worker nodes

Determine the minimum worker nodes required in the cluster.

Database size

Determine the total database size for the components you wish to install.

Learn about the sizing guidelines at Sizing-and-scalability-considerations.

Environment validation by the Health Check Tool

The Health Check Tool helps you validate that your environment is configured correctly. The Health Check Tool artifacts are available in the BMC Helix Containerization Group on BMC Community. Alternatively, you can contact BMC Support and log a support case to obtain the tool artifacts.

After you prepare the environment, use the Health Check tool to identify any issues that might impact the BMC Helix IT Operations Management installation. 


 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*