Importing into Distribution Server

The Distribution Server product performs remote installations (or uninstallations) of BMC Software distributed system products across multiple systems from a central location.

• • • Distribution Server tasks
    • Before you begin
    • To import BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring into the Distribution Server

Distribution Server tasks

With the Distribution Server you can perform the following tasks:

• Install, uninstall, upgrade, and reinstall products on remote systems from one central location.
• Create collections of products and system groups to distribute multiple products to multiple systems in one distribution.
• Schedule a distribution for a specific date and time.
• Maintain multiple product versions to be distributed.
• View reports to check distribution status, gather distribution data, and diagnosis problems.

Before you begin

Ensure that you use a version of the Distribution Server that is currently supported by the BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring KM that you are installing, and that you have applied any available patches. For information about supported products, see the Release Notes for the version of BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring that you are installing.

To import BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring into the Distribution Server

This task describes how to import components into the Distribution Server for deployment to multiple locations

1. Using the Distribution Server Manager, start the Distribution Server and connect to it.
2. In the Distribution Server tab area, click the Components tab.
3. In the list area, click the Import button.
4. Navigate to the location where the components are located and click Next.

5. Select the directory that contains the Products directory (do not select the Products directory itself).
    If the components are not accessible on a local drive, you can specify them by using the NFS name and path.

   Example

   Assuming that you copied the CD image into a directory called merged_CD and then, after migrating your customizations and creating a customized installation package, you copied the updated package to the directory containing the CD image, the resultant directory structure resembles

   • (Windows) merged_CD\Products\wsmchm
   • (UNIX) merged_CD/Products/wsmchm
6. Select the check boxes for the components that you want to import and click OK.
7. Click Import to import the selected components.