IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic vRealize Automation 6.
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Contents IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic 4 1 BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Overview 5 2 Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned 6 3 Install an EPI Agent for BMC BladeLogic 7 4 Extend the Default Software Installation Timeout 9 5 Integrate BMC BladeLogic 10 6 Creating BMC BladeLogic Blueprints 13 Add BMC BladeLogic Integration to a Blueprint 13 Custom Properties for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Integration 15 7 Publish a Blueprint 17 VMware, Inc.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic provides information about integrating BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager with VMware vRealize Automation. This documentation provides information on how you can enable deployment of BMC BladeLogic software jobs on machines provisioned by vRealize Automation. Note Not all features and capabilities of vRealize Automation are available in all editions. For a comparison of feature sets in each edition, see https://www.vmware.
BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Overview 1 You can integrate BMC BladeLogic with vRealize Automation to enable deployment of BMC BladeLogic software jobs on machines provisioned by vRealize Automation. Custom properties can be used to specify whether these jobs can be selected by the requesting user on a per-machine basis or applied to all machines provisioned from a particular blueprint.
Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to RemoteSigned 2 You must set the PowerShell Execution Policy from Restricted to RemoteSigned or Unrestricted to allow local PowerShell scripts to be run. Prerequisites n Log in as a Windows administrator. n Verify that Microsoft PowerShell is installed on the installation host before agent installation. The version required depends on the operating system of the installation host. See Microsoft Help and Support.
Install an EPI Agent for BMC BladeLogic 3 A system administrator must install at least one vRealize Automation EPI agent to manage interaction with BMC BladeLogic. The agent can be installed anywhere, but it must be able to communicate with vRealize Automation and BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager. Prerequisites n Verify that BMC BladeLogic Operations Manger 7.6.0.115 or BMC Server Automation Console 8.2 is installed on the same host as your EPI agent.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic 8 Type the fully qualified domain name and port number, if you are not using the default 443 port, of the machine where you installed the Manager Service component. For example, hostname.domain.name:444 9 Type the fully qualified domain name and the port number, if you are not using the default 443 port, of the machine where you installed the Manager Website component. For example, hostname.domain.name:444 10 Click Test to verify connectivity to each host.
Extend the Default Software Installation Timeout 4 When you install the software for the integration product, the software might take longer to install than the default 30-minute timeout. You can increase the default timeout to a value that allows the installation to finish. Procedure 1 Navigate to the Manager Service installation directory. Typically, this is %System-Drive%\Program Files x86\VMware\vCAC\Server. 2 Create a backup of the ManagerService.exe.config file. 3 Open the ManagerService.exe.
Integrate BMC BladeLogic 5 If a system from which BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager deploys software is available on the network and you have installed an EPI agent to interact with it, software can be deployed from it directly to newly provisioned machines. The requesting user can select which software to deploy or the blueprint can contain the specific jobs to be deployed on all machines provisioned from that blueprint.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic 4 Edit the agent configuration file, VRMAgent.exe.config, in the EPI agent installation directory and replace CitrixProvisioningUnregister.ps1 with DecomMachine.ps1. a Locate the following line. b Change the line to match the following line. PAGE 12IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic Job Type Number Job Type 3 ComplianceJob 4 DeployJob 5 FileDeployJob 6 NSHScriptJob 7 PatchAnalysisJob 8 SnapshotJob In addition to the jobs available for BMC BladeLogic Operations Manager 7.6.0.115, BMC Server Automation Console 8.2 includes the following job types.
Creating BMC BladeLogic Blueprints 6 BMC BladeLogic integration is invoked by adding custom properties for any BMC BladeLogic software jobs to be deployed on machines provisioned from a blueprint. Obtain the following information so that tenant administrators and business group managers can include it in their blueprints: n The name of the template. n The name of the customization specification. n The amount of total storage specified for the template.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic n Create a blueprint for cloning by using the template and customization specification provided to you by your fabric administrator. See IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms. Note A fabric administrator can create a build profile by using the property set BMCSoftWareProperties. This makes it easier for tenant administrators and business group managers to correctly include this information in their blueprints.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic Custom Properties for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Integration vRealize Automation includes custom properties that you can use to provide additional controls for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager integration. Table 6‑1. Custom Properties Required for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Integrations Custom Property Description VirtualMachine.EPI.Type Specifies the type of external provisioning infrastructure. BMC.Software.
IaaS Integration for BMC BladeLogic Table 6‑2. Custom Properties to Make Software Jobs Available Custom Property Description LoadSoftware Set to True to make the software jobs listed in Website\Software.txt available to the user requesting the machine. VRM.Software.IdNNNN Specifies a software job or policy to be applied to all machines provisioned from the blueprint.
Publish a Blueprint 7 Blueprints are saved in the draft state and must be manually published before they appear as catalog items. You need to publish a blueprint only once. Any changes you make to a published blueprint are automatically reflected in the catalog. Prerequisites n Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or business group manager. n Create a blueprint. Procedure 1 Select Infrastructure > Blueprints > Blueprints.
