Migrating synthetic configurations

You can migrate configurations to TrueSight Presentation Server from BMC Transaction Management Application Response Time (BMC TM ART). Migrating is especially helpful because it allows you to reuse existent configurations. This saves time in getting started synthetic transaction monitoring in the TrueSight Presentation Server.

The BMC Transaction Execution Adapter Agent (TEA Agent) installation files include a command-line utility for migrating your scripts and configurations from your existing BMC TM ART installation. The migration is divided into two stages: export from BMC TM ART and import to the TrueSight Presentation Server. 

The following topics are included:

• • To export a self-signed certificate for secure BMC TM ART
  • To export from BMC TM ART
  • To import configurations and scripts into the TrueSight Presentation Server
  • Related topics

To export a self-signed certificate for secure BMC TM ART

If your installation of BMC TM ART is secured using a self-signed certificate, perform the following procedure before starting your export.

1. Open the BMC TM ART client in a browser.
2. From the web browser, export the certificate for BMC TM ART and save it.
3. Open a command prompt and change the directory to the ...\Disk1\files\jre\bin folder.

4. Run the following command:

   keytool -import -alias "<alias name>" -file "<.cer file path>" -keystore "<cacerts path>"

   • <.cer file path> is the full path of the .cer file that you saved.
   • <cacerts path> is the full path to the cacerts file: ...\Disk1\files\jre\lib\security\cacerts

To export from BMC TM ART

1. Run the migration_tool batch file from the ...\Disk1\utility\ConfigurationMigrationTool folder of your TEA Agent installer files.
2. Enter 1 to select export from BMC TM ART.

3. Enter the required parameters for your BMC TM ART connection, or press Enter to accept the default values.

4. Enter the required parameters for your BMC TM ART database, or press Enter to accept the default values.

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   The migration files are created in the ConfigurationMigrationTool\Migration_output folder.

   Notes

   • Of the Essential scripts supplied with BMC TM ART, only the Pinger group of scripts and the URL Checker script are supported in BMC TrueSight. Customized Essential scripts are migrated as well.
   • All of the Monitor settings that are necessary to set up corresponding Execution Plans in TrueSight are migrated.

   Not migrated

    The following are not migrated:

   • Locations that have no assigned Monitors or Projects
   • Projects that have no assigned Monitors
   • Monitors that are not scheduled to run on any Locations

   Character replacement

   The migration utility makes the following character substitutions automatically:

   • In Project Descriptions, all carriage return (CR) characters are replaced with semicolons (;).
   • In Locations and Script names, all non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with underscores(_) as follows:
     • Groups of consecutive non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with a single underscore.
     • If as a result of this character substitution, scripts would have the same name, the TM ART database IDs of the scripts are appended to the script names.
   • Script file names (.ltz files) that are longer than sixty four characters are truncated.

To import configurations and scripts into the TrueSight Presentation Server

1. Run the migration_tool batch file from the ...\Disk1\utility\ConfigurationMigrationTool folder of your TEA Agent installation files.
2. Enter 3 to select import.

3. Enter the required parameters for your TrueSight Presentation Server connection, or press Enter to accept the default values.

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Related topics

Upgrading-a-synthetic-TEA-Agent-silently

Upgrading-a-synthetic-TEA-Agent-using-the-installation-wizard

Upgrading-App-Visibility-Manager-components