BMC Decision Support - Database Automation 8.6

The BMC Decision Support – Database Automation product is a powerful web-based reporting and analytics product.

Release notes and notices Updated 06 Apr 2015

This section provides information about what is new or changed in this space, including urgent issues, documentation updates, service packs, and patches.

Date	Title	Summary
April 06, 2015	Patch-1-version-8-6-00-001	Does not provide any fixes or updates
December 11, 2014	8-6-00-enhancements	New Compliance reports: Compliance Detail report Compliance Summary report Job Summary report

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Downloading and extracting the patch

Installing Patch 1 installs the entire BMC Decision Support – Database Automation product. You can download the patch files from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website at http://webapps.bmc.com/epd. The version number shown on EPD is 8.6.00.001.

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To extract the BMC Decision Support - Database Automation installation files

Log on to the host computer as Administrator (application server).
Extract the bds-<version>-win64.zip file into a temporary directory.
The Disk1 folder contains the setup.exe file for use when you install the product.

Installing the patch as a fresh product installation

Before installing BMC Decision Support – Database Automation, BMC Database Automation must already be installed. For more information, see Preparing-for-installation.

Note

To ensure good performance, BMC recommends that you install BMC Decision Support – Database Automation on a server that is separate from the server running BMC Database Automation Server.

For information about installing this patch, see Performing-the-installation.

Upgrading to the patch

To upgrade to this patch, complete the tasks described in the following topics:

Note

Before you upgrade BMC Decision Support – Database Automation application, services of the BMC Database Automation application and BMC Decision Support – Database Automation application must be up and running until the upgrade is completed. Also, ensure that no maintenance work is being performed on the BMC Database Automaton application during installation. After upgrade, reboot your system to start the product services.

Review the supported upgrade paths

You can upgrade to this patch from the following versions:

8.6.00
8.5.00, 8.5 SP1
8.3.00, 8.3 SP1, 8.3 SP2, 8.3 SP3

For more information about upgrading, see the topics listed in Upgrading.

Run the patch installer

For information about installing this service pack, see Installing.

Postinstallation tasks

For information about the postinstallation tasks, see Configuring-after-installation.

Frequently asked questions

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about BMC Decision Support – Database Automation.

What happened to all the PDFs for this product?

Where to find information previously provided in a guide or manual

Document title	Found here in
Installation Guide	Planning Installing Upgrading
Administrator Guide	Administering
User Guide	Key concepts Integrating Using

Where do I find release note information?

The following table describes where you can find information previously provided in release notes.

Type of information	Found here in
Issues corrected by the base release and its service packs and patches Issues that are currently open	Known-and-corrected-issues

Where can I find technical bulletins?

Technical bulletins contained information delivered after a product was released, often in conjunction with a service pack or patch for that release.

Where to find information previously provided in a technical bulletin

Type of technical bulletin	Found here in
Contents of a service pack or patch and instructions particular to it	The child topic for that service pack or patch under Release notes and notices For issues corrected in the service pack or patch, sort the table in Known-and-corrected-issues by the "Corrected in" column
Other information	Placed in context throughout this space, but listed and linked to in Technical bulletins. You will not have this topic in the first release of the product such as 8.6.00.

Where do I find information that was previously published as a flash bulletin?

Flashes contained urgent information about product issues and are delivered after a product is released. On docs.bmc.com, this information is delivered in an "Urgent issues" topic, under Release-notes-and-notices. If this topic does not exist for a given product release, no urgent issues have been discovered for that release.

Is all the content for BMC Decision Support - Database Automation 8.6.00 in this space?

Yes, all the content for BMC Decision Support - Database Automation 8.6.00 is in this space.

I’d like a PDF of just selected information. How can I do that?

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Creating PDF exports

You can create a PDF of a page or a set of pages. (Non-English page exports are not supported.) You can also create a Word document of the current page.

To export to PDF

Click the Export icon in the upper-right.
From the Export menu, select PDF.
Follow the prompts for page selection and other options.
Click Export.

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Getting started See more		Planning Concepts, architecture, deployment, planning, and system requirements. See more Installing Information about installing the product and migrating product data. See more configuring after installation Required post-installation configuration. See more Upgrading Upgrade process, migration, and configuration. See more
Getting started See more		Troubleshooting Issues resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support. See more
Using Interface descriptions, using the product. See more	Administering Security, system administration, maintenance. See more	Integrating Integrations with other products. See more