BMC BladeLogic Database Automation: Get more from your database infrastructure

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BMC BladeLogic Database Automation

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Agenda

 Business Values
 Benefits of using BMC BladeLogic Database Automation (BBDA).
 BBDA Capabilities.
 BBDA Console Overview.


Business Challenges

 DBA’s spend their 85% of time in performing administrative tasks manually.
 Manually performing Patching, Provisioning and configuration requires more
time more skills and more budgets.
 Limitations with Automation using Scripts.
 Meeting Compliance Levels.
 Perform Regular Maintenance Database Activities.
 Collecting configuration Data about Servers real-time as well as getting
historical Inventory information


Survey Results from DBA’s

Activities Manual (Hrs) BDA (Hrs) Save

Provision standalone Server 8 Hrs 2 Hrs 88.50%

Provision Clustered Oracle Server (5
60 Hrs 15 Hrs 75%
Nodes)

Patch to 20 standalone Server
20 Hrs 30 mins 95%
(Security/bug fixing Patch)

Upgrade Standalone Server 4 Hrs 45 mins 82%

Auditing on Actions performed for
2 Hrs 5 Mins 95%
Database Servers


How BMC BladeLogic Database Automation can make Values to
Business

 Essential capabilities for Automation is Database provisioning ,Patching,
Upgrading and Maintenance.
 Freeing DBA’s to make more valuable use of their time by Removing the
bottlenecks in the Change and Release process.
 It provides
cross-operating system
cross-database vendor solution for automating database changes.
 Maintaining compliance across enterprise database platforms



BMC BladeLogic Automation
Suite.
 Database Automation
 Application Automation
 Server Automation
 Network Automation
 Client Automation


How BMC BladeLogic Database Automation can make Values to
Business

 Reduce IT costs
 Improve Quality of Service
 Consistently enforce compliance
 Enable cloud-based applications
 Supports Data Centre automation, application Operations and Cloud
Computing
 Improves the efficiency of administering the complete database life cycle
 Out of Box Reports using BMC Decision Support — Database Automation
data warehouse


Key Benefits of using BMC Bladelogic Database Automation
(BBDA).

 Provisioning
 Patching Across Distributed Platform
 Heterogeneous Database and Platforms
 Enabling full-stack layered provisioning for rapid, automated resource
allocation


BMC BladeLogic Database Automation Capabilities

 Discovery and Asset Management
 Environment –Aware Management
 Policy – Based Provisioning
 Pre-Flight Checks for Database Changes
 Patching Automation
 User-Defined Operations
 Access Control
 Support for Cloud Database


Discovery and Asset Management

 Light Weight Agent Technology
 Reporting Feature
 Provides consistent central View.


Environment –Aware Management

 Environment – Aware
Database Version
Operating System
Product Version
Dependency of Operating System, Network s, Storage , clusters.
 Consistent Database Deployments.


Environment – Aware
Heterogeneous Database with Multi-Platform Support

SQL Server
SQL Server Oracle
Oracle Other Databases
Other Databases
Windows Clusters VCS on Solaris/Linux RAC on Linux Sybase DB2/UDB

Windows OS HP-UX AIX MySQL Other Applications

Support for Multiple Database Platforms and Operating Systems
Support for Multiple Database Platforms and Operating Systems


Policy – Based Provisioning

 Enforces Standardization
 Once set reused
 Customizable templates with Best Practices.
 Reducing Provisioning Time.


Pre-Flight Checks for Database Changes

 Disk space and memory
 Required files and directories
 User accounts and groups
 File ownership and permissions
 Required binaries installed
 Network connectivity
 Kernel parameters
 Operating system patches
 IP addresses
 ASM disk groups


Patching Automation

 Apply Patches to multiple database in one job.
 Custom Scripts
 Minimizes Down time (rolling patching/in-line patching)
 Helps to maintain Compliance Level.


User-Defined Operations

 Can extend the product Capabilities.
 Use of Actions to simple/Complex tasks
 Can Applied for one/More nodes , database or instance.


Access Control

 Role based Access Control.
 Can maintain Domain Level Access Control on nodes, Database .
 Activities are logged for Audit.



Application Overview.


Discovery and Inventory


Provisioning

 Ensures maximum uniformity of build
with minimal user interaction and
enforces Standardization. Audit
standards globally within minutes
and track configuration changes.
 Standardization achieved by
Template in BMC Bladelogic
Database Automation.
 It drives Provisioning Process
following Standards defined in
Template.
 Allows Management to control
setting which can either editable or
non-editable.
 Junior DBA’s can perform critical
tasks.


Upgrade Database

1
2

4
3


Patch Repository


Pre- Flight Checks

 Disk space and memory
 Required files and directories
 User accounts and groups
 File ownership and permissions
 Required binaries installed
 Network connectivity
 Kernel parameters
 Operating system patches
 IP addresses
 ASM disk groups


Patch Installation/Rollback


Patch Job


Graphs


Licensing Compliance Report


Out of Box Other Reports

 Inventory Reports
 Timeline Reports
 Information Reports
 Comparison Reports


Q&A

 Thank You.

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