Installing and Configuring Live Reporting - Documentation for Truesight Server Automation 21.3

This topic describes the process to install and configure Live Reporting with TrueSight Server Automation, and includes the following sections:

The Live reporting dashboard displays complete information about patch management, compliance, and job activity in one consolidated view. The dashboard contains multiple reports, many of which you can run live while you are in a patching window, to review up-to-the-minute compliance. 

For more information about the dashboard, see Using the Live Reporting dashboard.

Notes

Use of Yellowfin technology is provided in conjunction with the Live reporting dashboard capability of TrueSight Server Automation. Use of Yellowfin for capabilities other than the Live reporting dashboard or independently of the integrated BMC Product is prohibited.

Make sure that you use the Live Reporting installer that is shipped with the version of TrueSight Server Automation that you are using.

System requirements for Live Reporting

This section describes the requirements for installing and using Live Reporting in your environment.

Application server requirements

Requirement

Recommended minimum specifications

Processor

2 x Dual Core 3GHz or faster

RAM

4 GB minimum

Hard Disk

1 GB free space

Operating System

  • Windows 2000 or later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and later

Database server requirements

Requirement

Recommended minimum specifications

Processor

2 x Dual Core 3Ghz or faster

RAM

4 GB minimum

Hard Disk

10 GB (preferably with RAID disk mirroring)

Database

For Live Reporting, BMC supports only the following databases as
an application configuration database:

  • Oracle Database 11g R2, 12c, and 19c
  • NEW IN 20.02.01 Oracle Exadata supported on Oracle 12c or later (Extreme Performance and High Performance)
    Supports both on-premises and cloud environments
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2
  • SQL server 2014

  • SQL Server 2016

  • SQL Server 2019

Client requirements

Requirement

Recommended minimum specifications

Web Browser

Supported browsers include:

  • Internet Explorer 8+
  • Firefox 2+
  • Opera 8+
  • Safari 2+
  • Chrome
PDF

PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF files. This reader is required only if users export Live Reporting reports to PDF.

Requirements for concurrent users

Number of users

CPU requirements

RAM requirements

Developer / Demonstration

Single 2 GHz Xeon or equivalent

2 Gb

25 or Less Concurrent Users

2 x 2 GHz Xeon or equivalent

4 Gb

50 Concurrent Users

4 x 2 GHz Xeon or equivalent

8 Gb

150 Concurrent Users

8 x 2 GHz Xeon or equivalent

16 Gb

Downloading the installation files

Download and extract the installation files for Live Reporting from the Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website:

  • (Windows) TSSA_LiveReportingInstaller.exe
  • (Linux) TSSA_LiveReportingInstaller.bin
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