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This documentation supports the 20.08 version of BMC Digital Workplace Advanced, which is available only to BMC Helix subscribers (SaaS). To view an earlier version, select the version from the Product Version menu.

BMC Digital Workplace Catalog test environment


This topic describes the deployment architecture, hardware and software specifications for all the servers used.

Deployment architecture


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Hardware specifications for servers

Tiers

Specification

VM used

Number in environment

Comments

BMC Digital Workplace server

4 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

1

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

BMC Digital Workplace Catalog Server

4 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

RSSO

4 CPUs at 2.40 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

Yes

1

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

BMC Remedy AR System server

8 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

1

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise

Database server

2 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 24 core each, 358 GB RAM

No

1

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Enterprise with external Hitachi VSP 1000 SAN storage

Client computers (for Micro Focus Silk Performer)

4 CPUs at 2.20 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

Yes

1

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Client computer (end-user timings)

4 CPUs at 2.67 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

No

1

  • Model  - Dell E6410 Laptop
  • OS - Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit

Browser settings are as follows:

  • Do not save encrypted pages to disk check box—Cleared
  • Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed check box—Cleared
  • Browser cache setting—Automatic
  • Maximum browser cache size—250 MB


Hardware specifications for servers- High Availability


Tiers

Specification

VM used

Number in environment

Comments

BMC Digital Workplace server

8 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

1

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

BMC Digital Workplace Catalog Server

4 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

2

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

RSSO

4 CPUs at 2.40 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

Yes

1

Cent OS 7.2 x86_64

BMC Remedy AR System server

8 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 16 GB RAM

Yes

2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise

Database server

2 CPUs at 2.7 GHz each, 24 core each, 358 GB RAM

No

1

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Enterprise with external Hitachi VSP 1000 SAN storage

Client computers (for Micro Focus Silk Performer)

4 CPUs at 2.20 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

Yes

1

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Client computer (end-user timings)

4 CPUs at 2.67 GHz each, 8 GB RAM

No

1

  • Model  - Dell E6410 Laptop
  • OS - Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit

Browser settings are as follows:

  • Do not save encrypted pages to disk check box—Cleared
  • Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed check box—Cleared
  • Browser cache setting—Automatic
  • Maximum browser cache size—250 MB


Warning

Important

All virtual machines (VMs) are hosted on VMware ESXi 6.0.0 servers powered by Intel Xeon CPU E5-2697 v2. 

 

The SQL server machine is configured with 4 separated IO subsystems (Hitachi VSP 1000):

IO Subsystem

Capacity

Partition

Bus Type

Name

Hosting

0

279 GB

MBR

RAID

Dell PERC H710 SCSI Disk Device

OS files

1

2 TB

MBR

Fiber Channel

Hitachi OPEN-V Multi-Path Disk Device

Database data files

2

1.5 TB

MBR

Fiber Channel

Hitachi OPEN-V Multi-Path Disk Device

Database log files

3

1.5 TB

MBR

Fiber Channel

Hitachi OPEN-V Multi-Path Disk Device

Database tempdb files

 

Software specifications for servers

Tiers

Software Version

BMC Digital Workplace server

20.02

Apache Tomcat 8

Open JDK 11.0.1

BMC Digital Workplace Catalog 

20.02

Open JDK 11.0.2

RSSO

20.02

BMC Remedy AR System server

20.02

Open Java 11

BMC Remedy ITSM application

BMC Remedy ITSM 20.02

Database server

Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Client computers (Micro Focus Silk Performer)

Silk Performer 20.0

Client computer (end-user timings)

Internet Explorer 11 and Chrome

 

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BMC Digital Workplace Advanced 20.08