BMC SERVER AUTOMATION 8.2: FOUNDATION – PART 3

SERVER AUTOMATION COURSE ABSTRACT

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COURSE CODE

» AUTO-SAF3-0820

PRODUCT RELEASE

» BMC Server Automation

DELIVERY METHOD

» Instructor Led Training (ILT)

COURSE DURATION

» 5 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

» Product users » System administrators » Network engineering personnel,

compliance engineers for server and network security

» Operations teams for platform support, application support, Help Desk, and Network Operations Centers (NOCs)

» Other IT professionals

PREREQUISITES

» BMC Server Automation 8.2: Foundation – Part 2

Course Overview This course is designed for administrators responsible for administering and maintaining the

BMC Server Automation (BSA) environment.

Students will learn how to plan and scale the BSA environment using best practice techniques;

plan and apply best practice techniques to security and access management; perform application

release management; configure a PXE-based provisioning solution using BSA; and use NSH scripts

and the BladeLogic Command Line Interface (BLCLI). Students will also use BSA to manage an ESX

server and perform administration for BMC Decision Support for Server Automation, the

reporting tool used with BSA.

This course ends with a final exam and the designation of BMC Accredited Administrator: BMC

Server Automation 8.2. Upon completion, students will return to their organizations with

increased visibility as a recognized BMC Server Automation Administrator and with improved

capabilities to impact their business processes.

Note: In this course, the BMC Accredited Administrator: BMC Server Automation 8.2 exam is

included. All students enrolled in the BMC Server Automation 8.2: Foundation – Part 3 course are

automatically enrolled in the exam. However, taking the exam and pursuing certification is

optional.

For more information, visit www.bmc.com/education, click Customer Certification Programs,

and select BMC Accredited Administrator: BMC Server Automation 8.2.

Course Objectives » Set up users and role-based access controls with Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Manager » Administer object-based access in the BMC Server Automation console » Identify security best practices » Configure and perform application release management » Install and configure a PXE-based provisioning solution » Provision an MS Windows Server 2008 operating system » Use post-provision batch jobs for full stack provisioning » Use BMC Server Automation to manage virtualization » Use NSH/BLCLI performance commands » Use ETL and ETL scripts to populate the reporting database for BMC BladeLogic Decision

Support for Server Automation » Use Report Studio to create advanced reports » Perform product administration for BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation » Understand the basic concepts of the BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation

BMC SERVER AUTOMATION 8.2: FOUNDATION – PART 3

SERVER AUTOMATION COURSE ABSTRACT

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COURSE ACTIVITIES

» Classroom presentations

» Hands-on lab exercises

DISCOUNT OPTIONS

» Have multiple students? Contact us to discuss hosting a private class for your organization

» Contact us for additional

information

Course Modules 1 BMC SERVER AUTOMATION SECURITY 2 APPLICATION RELEASE MANAGEMENT » BMC BladeLogic Authentication » RBAC Manager » Agent ACLs and role-based permissions » Object-based access » ACL Templates and ACL Policies » Security best practice recommendations

» BMC Server Automation approach to Application Release Management (ARM)

» Creating users and roles for ARM

» Promoting and demoting objects through the change process

» Creating and deploying ARM packages

3 BMC SERVER AUTOMATION PXE-BASED

PROVISIONING 4 BMC SERVER AUTOMATION SCRIPTS

» Configuration of the PXE environment » Datastore contents and structure » Datastore configuration in BMC BladeLogic

Server Automation Console » Define full stack provisioning » Post-provision batch jobs

» Basic syntax of Network Shell commands » Writing, testing, and debugging scripts » Performance commands » Setting property values » Creating objects, packages, and jobs » Executing jobs

5 USING BMC SERVER AUTOMATION TO

MANAGE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS 6 APPLICATION COMPONENT TEMPLATES

» Introduction to Working with Virtual Environments

» Basic configuration with vCenter » Working with Virtual Guest Packages » Working with Virtual Guest Jobs

» Define Application Component Templates

» Creating and using Application Component Templates

» Use Case: Deploying an Application using Application Component Templates

7 REPORTING WITH BMC BLADELOGIC DECISION

SUPPORT FOR SERVER AUTOMATION 8 BMC SERVER AUTOMATION ADMINISTRATION

AND ARCHITECTURE » ETL process and scripts » Advanced reporting with Report Studio » BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server

Automation administration » Best practice recommendations for BDSSA

» Common administrator tasks

» Maintenance of the database and Application Server

» Identifying best practices for configuration

9 UNIFIED AGENT INSTALLER 10 APPENDIX A – BMC SERVER AUTOMATION

RESOURCES » Getting started with the Unified Agent

Installer » Using the Unified Agent Installer Wizard » Viewing job results