BMC Helix Operations Management Migration Service

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This Service migrates the Customer’s TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM) or BMC Helix Proactive Performance Management (BPPM) implementation to BMC Helix Operations Management (BHOM). This includes monitoring configurations, event management rules, and policies using the migration tool, integrations, dashboards, reports, and users.

What you get:

BMC Helix will perform the following in a non-production environment with a copy to a production environment, if needed:

BMC Helix will perform the following:

Analyze and Design

  • Conduct a workshop to analyze the existing TSOM or BPPM implementation
  • Prepare a Migration Design Document with a migration plan and an assessment of BMC Helix PATROL agents and Knowledge Modules (KMs)* that need to be upgraded

Prepare for Migration

  • Install and configure up to 3 event management cells
  • Assist Customer with installing and configuring up to 5 forward proxy servers if required for PATROL metrics
  • Migrate groups, users, and permissions from Remedy Single Sign On (SSO) to BMC Helix SSO
  • Provide scripts and procedures for Customer to migrate BMC Helix PATROL agents into BHOM (Customer Responsibility)

Migrate

  • Migrate up to 50 TSOM or BPPM Central Monitoring Administration (CMA) policies using migration tools
  • Replace up to 120 event management rules and up to 10 policies with BHOM policies
  • Create up to 100 event and data classes in BHOM
  • Migrate up to 12 data tables to dynamic enrichment policies
  • Perform up to 5 Outbound Integrations
  • Configure up to 250 Event Rules and Policies
  • Configure up to 10 Inbound Integrations and II installs on DMZ and on-prem GT
  • Build up to 5 Dashboards and Reports in Non-Production environment and migrate the same in Production environment
  • Assist Customer with migrating up to 20 event sources
  • Migrate up to 10 event views and dashboards to Helix Dashboards
  • Migrate up to 5 reports from TrueSight reporting to Helix Dashboards The report includes up to 10 metrics or 10 event definitions and up to two data sources
  • Integrate to BMC Helix ITSM or ServiceNow® ITSM to create incident tickets using OOTB integrations
  • Service Model migrations are currently not in scope within this service

Validate and Deliver

  • Prepare Construction Document
  • Prepare Test Strategy and System Test Plan
  • Assist Customer with functional testing
  • Provide up to three days of assistance with deployment to production

Customer will be responsible for:

  • Providing access to:
    • Monitoring and event management administrators
    • Subject matter experts
    • Available documentation on the current monitoring environment
  • Providing access and privileges to:
    • Servers where BMC Helix PATROL agents will be installed
    • Servers, applications, and systems to be monitored
    • Systems to be integrated
    • BMC Helix environment
  • Conducting functional testing 
  • Upgrading BMC Helix PATROL agents and KMs
  • Installing any new BMC Helix PATROL Agents
  • Migrating any custom KMs
  • Installing and configuring forward proxy servers if required for PATROL metrics
  • Deploying configurations to additional environments

BMC Helix will provide this service with one of the approaches below:

Delivery OptionsSuccess Credit RequiredSuccess Service Code
Standard Delivery*
87
BHOM_MIGR_003_OFFSHORE
Country-Specific Staffing*
136
BHOM_MIGR_003_ONSHORE

Deliverables: Using BMC Helix standard methodology and templates, the following Deliverables are in scope for this project and will be delivered:

  • Project Schedule
  • Project Status Report
  • Migration Design Document
  • Construction Document
  • Test Strategy and System Test Plan

Completion Criteria: BMC Helix will have completed the Service when the in-scope Service have been completed and the Deliverables have been reviewed in accordance with the Terms of Use and delivered to the customer Project Manager.

Pre-requisites:

  • For non-SaaS migrations, the BMC Helix platform must already be implemented
  • Firewall ports must be open between the monitoring environment and BHOM
  • Some integrations may require additional licensing
  • Minimum BMC Helix PATROL agent version is 25.1 or higher

Additional information:

  • Estimated Duration: 12 - 14 Weeks
  • In-scope Product: Helix Operations Management
  • Service Type: Activate
  • Owner: Helix
  • Success Service Code:
    • BHOM_MIGR_003_OFFSHORE
    • BHOM_MIGR_003_ONSHORE
  • Date Last Updated: 09/28/2026

Definitions:

  • Country-Specific Staffing: Upon Customer’s request and BMC Helix resource availability, BMC Helix will deviate from BMC Helix Standard Delivery model. BMC Helix will work with Customer to understand and address their country-specific staffing requirements. The staffing choice from which country a BMC Helix resource comes will be mutually agreed to by BMC Helix and the Customer
  • Standard Delivery: A mix of BMC Helix consultants and project managers sourced from various BMC Helix locations

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