Tuning Creation of Configuration Items

FlexNet Manager Suite 2021 R1 (On-Premises)

Atrium requires an initial run to populate the database, and then customization for regular scheduled operations. In the first run of the adapter, all the products and computers exported from FlexNet Manager Suite are inserted as configuration items in the CMDB. Thereafter, matching records should be updated, and only new items inserted. We therefore run the first pass with the default settings, and then modify the settings to schedule the regular data exchange.

To configure the creation process for configuration items:

  1. In BMC Atrium Integrator console, from the list of Jobs on the left, choose the BMCAtriumAdapter job.
  2. In the toolbar, click the third icon (with the play button) to run the selected job once.


    As there may be a large backlog of data to handle, and Spoon processes a line at a time, the first import can be quite time-consuming. Wait for the first import to complete successfully before continuing with this procedure.
  3. In Atrium Integrator, update the way Atrium receives the export of computers as follows:
    1. Open the ExportComputersTransform transformation from the repository.
    2. Double-click the CMDBoutput step to expose its properties.
    3. Clear (turn off) the Always Insert CIs check box.
    4. Select (turn on) the Only insert new CIs check box.
    5. Click OK to close the CMDBoutput step, and click Save to store the changes to the transform.
  4. Update the processing of the export of products:
    1. Open the ExportProductsTransform transformation from the repository.
    2. Double-click the CMDBoutput step to expose its properties.
    3. Clear (turn off) the Always Insert CIs check box.
    4. Click OK to close the CMDBoutput step, and click Save to store the changes to the transform.

FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)

2021 R1