Running the population tool

Use the following procedure to run the population tool.

Related topic

Using-BMC-AMI-Capacity-Database-Web-Services

Before you begin

Before you run the population tool, you must perform the following tasks:

Important

The data source must be defined as a System ODBC data source.

To run the population utility

  1. Specify the population utility parameters in an XML file by using the guidelines in Format-of-the-XML-parameters-file and Population-utility-parameters.
  2. Create a CSV input file, as described in CSV-input-file-format-and-structure.

  3. Issue the CDBBDEPopulate.exe command, including the name of the XML parameters file as an argument.

    Example

    C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\CDB\CDBStudio\CDBBDEPopulate.exe <XML parameters filename>

    Your path to the CDBBDEPopulate.exe file might be different, depending on where you installed the Capacity Database Web Services.

 

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