Migrating customizations with the PATROL Configuration Manager
BMC recommends that if you have customized KMs that these customizations should be migrated to PATROL Configuration Manager rulesets. PATROL Configuration Manager rulesets allow you to manage customizations to KMs, depending on the type of customization.
To migrate from version 1.1 to version 2.00 of BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server, follow these steps:
- Ensure that you have made a record of your customizations and have backed up the customized files in the PATROL_HOME and PATROL_CACHE directories.
- Uninstall the old version of BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server.
- Install the new version of BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server as described in the installation section.
- Ensure that you have made a record of your custom recovery actions.
- Replace the configuration variable of version 1.1 with the current configuration variable as shown in the following table:
For more information about the configuration variable of BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server 1.1, see Configuration-variables.
1.1 configuration variables | Action | 2.0 configuration variables |
|---|---|---|
Mandatory | ||
/ARS/Systems/<Host_name>/serverPort | Replace | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/overrideServerIp |
/ARS/Systems/<Host_name>/statsFlag | Remove |
|
/ARS/Systems/<Host_name>/updateFormsFlag | Remove |
|
/ARS/Systems/<Host_name>/userName | Replace | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/username |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/serverName |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/SystemList |
| Add | /SecureStore/ARS_GROUP/ <User Environment > /password |
| Add | /SecureStore/ARS_GROUP/ <User Environment > /authKey |
Default variables | ||
| Add | /ARS/Systems/ <User Environment > /JAVA_HOME |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/ <User Environment > /debugFlag |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/ <User Environment > /setI2dFlag |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.ARAvailabilityThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.ARDiscoveryThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.ARFormThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.ARStatisticsThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.AvailabilityCollectorScheduledThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.DiscoveryCollectorScheduledThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.FormsCollectorScheduledThread |
| Add | /ARS/Systems/<User Environment >/threads.cycle.StatisticsCollectorScheduledThread |
(Optional) Variables for adding monitor forms | ||
/ARS/Groups/172.22.239.71/MONITOR_FORMS/Users/data | Replace | /ARS/Forms/<User Define Label>/formName |
| Add | /ARS/Forms//<User Define Label>/searchCriteria |
| Add | /ARS/Forms/MyForm/valueType |
(Optional) Variables for monitoring the added forms of the specified environment | ||
| Add | /ARS/Systems/ <User Environment > /formList |
Where to go from here
You must create an installation package of the merged BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server, as described in Creating an installation package of the merged BMC PATROL for Remedy AR Server.