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Installation and system configuration process overview

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Before you install, you must plan the deployment.  If you are upgrading from a previous version, see Upgrading.

Step

Task

Reference

1

Install BMC Atrium Single Sign-On and the Presentation Server, and import the Central Monitoring Administration repositories.

Note

The Atrium Single Sign-On Server must be installed before the Presentation Server.

2

Download the installation distribution and perform prerequisite tasks for the host systems.

3

Install one or more BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers according to your deployment plan. Choose to install with the standard installer or with the silent installer. For high availability deployments, you must Install Infrastructure Management in high availability mode. Also, choose the appropriate installer for the host system platform and database (SAP SQL Anywhere or Oracle).

The BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server installation includes the following components:

  • Infrastructure Management server
  • Infrastructure Management Self-monitoring Service (also known as the local agent)
  • Operator console 
  • Default SAP SQL Anywhere database

4

License the server and verify the installation was successful.

5

(Optional) If you chose Oracle as the database, and you have multiple Infrastructure Management servers, connect those servers to the same Oracle database. 

6

Depending upon your deployment architecture, install at least one (if not more) remote Integration Service nodes.

Best practice

The Integration Service must always be installed on a dedicated computer separate from the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. This setup avoids unexpected performance impact of the Integration Service on the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and of the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server on the Integration Service. This setup also allows for a more scalable architecture as the number of PATROL Agents increases.

7

(Optional) Install the Infrastructure Management Central Server. A Central Server is only required in the following scenarios:

8

Install the Infrastructure Management administrator console on a remote computer

9

Install BMC product integrations.

 

10

Configure the Infrastructure Management system components. 

 The following items can be configured during the installation:

  • Disaster recovery
  • The cell
  • Server ports
  • The administrator email account

The database configuration is based on the installer you chose (SAP SQL Anywhere or Oracle).

11

If you did not do so during the installation, configure the performance and tuning parameters (heap size, and so on) based on the size of your deployment and type of deployment.

12

(Optional) Configure the Integration Service on the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers to be a staging Integration Service.

This protects the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server by preventing the Integration Service node installed on it from consuming resources related to data collection. Dedicate the resources on the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server to server activities and distribute all of the data collection.

13

Connect additional remote Integration Service nodes to the Infrastructure Management Server in Central Monitoring Administration and configure according to best practices.

Implement a standard naming practice that uniquely identifies each Integration Service node and has technical relevance. For example, name the nodes according to the domain in which they are installed.

14

For high availability, configure Integration Service clusters in Central Monitoring Administration.

Do not perform when you are connecting the Integration Service nodes to the Infrastructure Management Servers.

 

15

Configure integrations.

These integrations can be configured during installation:

  • Atrium CMDB
  • Cloud Vista
  • Distributed Service modelling

 

 

 

Where to go next

For monitoring data configuration, go to Monitoring-configuration-best-practice-process.

For service model configuration, go to Defining-service-models.

Related topics

Implementation-phases-for-Operations-Management for TrueSight Operations Management

 

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