BSM environment recommendations
This topic provides information about the environments in which you should install BMC IT Business Management Suite 8.1 as certified by the BSM Reference Stack and BSM Interoperability programs. These programs provide information about validated use cases involving multiple BMC products and the third-party products that support them. BMC recommends that you install software versions that have been validated to work together by these programs, but the stacks validated by the programs do not represent the only possible combinations of products. For complete compatibility information about BMC IT Business Management Suite 8.1, see Product Availability and Compatibility (requires Customer Support logon credentials).
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This release has not been tested with a BSM Interoperability or BSM Reference Stack release.
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BSM Interoperability
The BSM Interoperability program helps you install compatible versions of BMC products together by testing an application stack of specific releases and verifying that they work together to demonstrate key use cases. productName VV.RR.SP was certified with BSM Interoperability 8.5.1 SP 2 and some earlier releases of the application stack. Writer: Include the ending phrase "and some earlier releases of the application stack" if your release has been certified with more than one release of BSM Interoperability. You might need to add this later, if a new BSM Interoperability release certifies against your release sometime after your release goes GA. The BSM Interoperability IDD team should let you know if this happens.
This section lists the products and applications tested in BSM Interoperability 8.5.1 SP 2. For more information such as a certified installation order, see the documentation for that release. Writer: Replace the version-specific hyperlinks and reuse markup with hyperlinks of the latest versions with which your release is certified.
Application stack
BSM Reference Stack
The BSM Reference Stack program helps you install BMC products with compatible versions of third-party infrastructure products together by testing an infrastructure stack of specific releases and verifying that they work together to demonstrate key use cases. productName VV.RR.SP was certified with BSM Reference Stack 2.1.00 and some earlier releases of the infrastructure stack. Writer: Include the ending phrase "and some earlier releases of the infrastructure stack" only if your release has been certified with more than one release of the BSM Reference Stack. You might need to add this later, if a new BSM Reference Stack release certifies against your release sometime after your release goes GA. The BSM Interoperability IDD team should let you know if this happens.
This section lists the third-party products tested in BSM Reference Stack 2.1.00. For more information, see the documentation for that release. Writer: Replace the version-specific hyperlinks and reuse markup with hyperlinks of the latest versions with which your release is certified.
Infrastructure stack
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System requirements
Business Service Management
The BSM Reference Stack and BSM Interoperability programs provide information about certified environments in which you should install this product. For additional information about the compatible versions of BMC and third-party products for this product, see Product Availability and Compatibility.
Infrastructure stack
To ensure that you install this product with compatible versions of third-party hardware and software infrastructure, see BSM-Reference-Stack-2-1-00. This product was tested and certified to work with that version of the infrastructure stack.
Application stack
To ensure that you install this product with compatible versions of other BMC applications, see BSM-Interoperability-8-5-1. This product was tested and certified to work with that version of the application stack. In addition to a list of compatible applications, the BSM Interoperability documentation also provides a certified installation order for those applications.