Promoting the SSM Snapshots

Perform the following steps to promote the SSM snapshots.

1. Log in to SBM Application Repository using the following URL:

   http://serverName:port/mashupmgr

2. Select the Snapshots tab.
3. In the Sources drop-down list, select Service Support Manager.
4. Promote the snapshots (in no particular order) by performing the following steps:
   1. Select the snapshot, and then click the Promote icon.
   2. On the Destination page, select the destination environment, and then click Next.
   3. On the Entities page, select which entities to import. It is recommended that you import all of them, but it is not mandatory.
      Important: Select the Merge conflicts option if you have already promoted the snapshot to the target environment and you want to preserve changes that you made to the existing application. For example, if you want to keep new user roles that you added to an application, select the Merge conflicts check box to preserve them in the target environment after the promotion. If Merge conflicts is not selected, the existing entities will be deleted in the target environment.
      The following tables describe which options must be selected for each snapshot and which are optional.
      Table 1. Entities

      Type	Notes
      Projects	Mandatory.
      Notifications	Optional, but suggested. Not importing notifications means that no notifications will be available until you create them.
      Notification Rules	Optional, but suggested. Not importing notification rules means that notifications will not be sent within the workflow until you add new notification rules.
      Reports	Mandatory.
      Auxiliary Table Data	Depends on the process app. See the following table for more information.
      Transition Group Restrictions	Mandatory.
      Work Center	Mandatory.
      Mailboxes	Mandatory.
      User Field Selections	Mandatory.
      E-mail Templates	Mandatory.
      Scheduler Jobs	Optional.

      Table 2. Auxiliary Table Data

      Snapshot	Notes
      SSM - Asset Management	Cost Center: Not required. Depreciation Types: Mandatory. Hardware: Not required. Leasehold: Not required. Location: Not required.
      SSM - Change Management	No auxiliary tables or data.
      SSM - Configuration Management System	CI Categories, CI Sub-Categories, CI Sub-Category Types: Recommended, but not required. If you do not import the table data, you must populate the tables with data before using SSM. Relationship Types: Strongly recommended. If not, you must add relationship types before you can create relationships between CIs. Model Numbers, Relationships, Software Platforms: Not required. Note that these tables do not contain data and selecting them to import will have no effect. Vendors: Mandatory.
      SSM - Incident Management	Resolution Codes: Not required. Symptom Codes: Not required.
      SSM - Integrations	CI Events: Mandatory.
      SSM - Problem Management	Workarounds: Not required. Note that these tables do not contain data and selecting them to import will have no effect.

      Once you have finished making your selections, click Next.

   4. If no mappings are needed on the Mappings page, click Next.
   5. Review the information that appears on the Summary page, and make adjustments as needed. Click Promote to finish the operation.
   6. Click the refresh icon, and check the Last Promoted column to verify that the promotion succeeded.
   7. Repeat this process for each snapshot in the solution.

The SSM apps are now accessible and ready for implementation.