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Managing automation

The BMC Release Process Management product enables you to automate manual tasks for deploying an application. To deploy components of an application in the specified environment, you create requests. These requests are made up of sequential steps that execute the deployment process. During the execution of steps, you might perform manual or repetitive tasks. In some cases, you might need to switch to another application to execute a step. You can automate these steps by using scripts.

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BMC Release Process Management provides a set of default scripts for such applications as:

 You can import and use these scripts in steps to perform certain functions. If some of the functions are not available in the default scripts, you can create your own automation scripts.

Use the Python programming language to create or edit automation scripts for BMC BladeLogic Server Automation version 8.1.x. For other integrations, use the Ruby programming language.

Note

Starting with BMC Release Process Management version 4.6, you can manage the access to automation scripts by changing the status of automations. For more information, see Using-status-of-objects.

The following table lists the default scripts available and describes their utility:

Scripts available

Description

Provides scripts that integrate with versions 7.6.04 SP2 of BMC Remedy IT Service Management (BMC Remedy ITSM). These scripts help you perform the following functions in BMC Remedy ITSM by using the BMC Release Process Management user interface:

  • Create change requests
  • Update change requests
  • Create release activity
  • Update release activity
  • Update activity
  • Update change request task
  • Update release
  • Update task
  • Pull release plan

Provides scripts that integrate with version 8.2.00 of BMC Application Automation. These scripts help you perform the following functions in BMC Application Automation by using the BMC Release Process Management user interface:

  • Create and run a Deploy Job.
  • Create and run a File Deploy Job.
  • Execute jobs on specified targets.

  • Create a BLPackage from a component and run a Deploy Job.

    Note

    Automation scripts available in Environment > BMC BladeLogic are deprecated. BMC recommends you use the BMC Application Automation 8.2 scripts, which provide better performance and additional functions, including those in the preceding list. BMC Application Automation 8.2 scripts can be used only with BMC Application Automation 8.2.00 and later.

Provides scripts that integrate with version 8.1.x of the BMC Server Automation product. These scripts help you perform the following functions in BMC Server Automation by using the BMC Release Process Management user interface:

  • List all servers registered in the BMC Server Automation database.
  • Create a component instance by using a component template.
  • Create a BLPackage from component.
  • Create and run a BLPackage Deploy Job.

  • Create and run a Deploy Job.

    Note

    Automation scripts available in Environment > BMC BladeLogic are deprecated. BMC recommends you use the BMC Application Automation 8.2 scripts, which provide better performance and additional functions, including those in the preceding list. BMC Application Automation 8.2 scripts can be used only with BMC Application Automation 8.2.00 and later.

Provides a script that integrates with the Hudson tool. You can modify this script to specify and start jobs by using the BMC Release Process Management user interface.

Provides scripts that help you perform the following tasks:

  • Integrate with the following external systems and perform various functions:
    • Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) service
    • BMC Middleware Automation versions 8.1.00 and 8.2.00
    • BMC Database Automation
  • Perform general tasks by running various commands on local and remote hosts (using the SSH service).

Provides scripts that integrate with the BMC Release Package and Deployment product.

These scripts help you perform the following functions in BMC Release Package and Deployment by using the BMC Release Process Management user interface:

  • Create an instance for an existing package
  • Deploy an instance for an existing package
  • Deploy an instance (for a package) by specifying the exact instance name
  • Create and deploy an instance for an existing package
  • Create an instance for an existing repository
  • Deploy an instance for an existing repository
  • Create and deploy an instance for an existing repository

To use automation, you must first enable automation functionality in BMC Release Process Management and enable BMC Bladelogic automation.

  1. Log on to BMC Release Process Management.

    You must log on as a user with permission to access the Settings option under the System tab.

  2. Click the System tab and select Settings.
  3. Ensure that the Enable Automation and the Enable Bladelogic Automation check boxes are selected.

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