Installing BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration on Microsoft Windows

This topic provides information about installing the product on Microsoft Windows.

Before you begin

Before you install BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration, ensure that you have restarted the RSCD agent on the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation reports server after the installation of BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.

To install the product on Windows

  1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the installer for BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration.
  2. Run the downloaded executable file.
  3. Select a language and click OK.
  4. On the Welcome page, click Next.
  5. On the License Agreement page, select I agree to the terms of the License Agreement, and click Next.
  6. On the Installation Mode page, select one of the following installation modes:
    • Typical Installation (Recommended) – Installs BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration and places the integration utilities in the installation folder
    • Utilities Only – Places the integration utilities and installation files in the installation directory but does not perform any installation
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Directory Selection page, accept the default installation directory, or click Browse to select another directory. Click Next.

  9. On the Database Type page, select the type of database (Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server) being used by BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, and click Next.

    Note

    This page and the following pages refer to the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation database, not the BMC Server Automation database.

    If you chose Microsoft SQL Server, go to Step 10. If you chose Oracle database, skip to Step 11.

  10. For an SQL Server database, complete the following steps:

    1. In the BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation Database Details page, specify values for the following parameters:

       

    2. Click Next.
    3. Go to Step 12.
  11. For an Oracle Server database, complete the following steps:

    1. In the BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation Database Details page, specify values for the following parameters:

    2. Click Next.

  12. On the BMC Atrium Integrator Details page, specify values for the following parameters:

  13. Click Next.
     The installation program verifies the information that you entered. If the servers are not running or the information is incorrect, installation cannot proceed.

  14. In the BMC Atrium CMDB Details page, specify values for the following parameters:

  15. Click Next.
    The installation program verifies the information that you entered. If the server is not running or the information is incorrect, installation cannot proceed. 

  16. In the BMC BladeLogic Remedy MidTier Details page, specify values for the following parameters so that you can launch the BMC BladeLogic Atrium CI Relationship Viewer from the BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Console:

  17. Click Next.

  18. In the BMC Server Automation Application Server Details page, specify values for the following parameters:

  19. Click Next.

  20. In the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Details page, specify values for the following parameter so that you can launch the reports portal from the BMC BladeLogic Atrium CMDB CI Relationship Viewer:

  21. Click Next.
  22. In the Categorization Practice page, select one of the following options:
    • Default Categorization

    • Best Practice Categorization

      Note

      Select the type of categorization that is consistent with the discovery providers that are populating data into the BMC Atrium CMDB.

  23. Click Next.
  24. On the Installation Preview page, review your installation choices.
  25. Click Install.
     A series of on-screen messages are displayed as the installation proceeds. Installation might take 20 minutes or longer.
     At the end of installation, a dialog box indicates whether installation was successful or issues occurred and displays the location of the log file.
  26. Click OK.
  27. Click Done.

 

 

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