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BMC AMI Cost Management 3.1

The BMC AMI Cost Management product (formerly known as BMC Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise) provides interactive tools for comprehensive analysis of your IBM sub-capacity licensing costs across your mainframe system.

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updated 13 May

Getting started Overview of BMC AMI Cost Management		Installing Information about installing and maintaining the product Customizing after installation Post-installation product customization
Messages BMC messages from the following product lines: BMC AMI Cost products BMC AMI Data for Db2 products BMC AMI Data for IMS products BMC AMI Ops products BMC AMI Security products		Using Working with the product
		Working with infrastructure Management of shared components

PDFs and videos

This topic provides access to PDFs and videos that support this product. It also explains how to create your own custom PDFs.

Creating a custom PDF

From any page in the space, use the following procedure to create a PDF of either the current page or multiple pages (a parent topic and its child topics):

Go to the branch or topic for which you want to create a PDF.
From the Browse menu in the upper-right, select Export to PDF:
Notes
- Although you can export to Microsoft Word, this portal is not optimized for Word exports.
- If you require an export in XML or HTML format, contact us.
In the Template box, select the PDF style:
- Simple to export a PDF with no cover, table of contents, or index
  By default, the Simple template exports only the current page.
- Standard to export a traditional PDF with a cover, table of contents, and index
  By default, the Standard template exports the current page and its child pages.
In the Export Scope box, select what you want to export:
Example
In this example, selecting This page and its children creates a PDF of all topics in the space's "Reference" section:
Click Export.

For more information, see Help for BMC Online Technical Documentation .

Videos

This section lists videos that supplement the text-based documentation.

This library offers Quick Courses related to Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise:

Title	Duration
Getting Started	9:07
Administration Tools	24:14
Monthly Reporting Tool	14:13
Planning Tool	16:45
Software Contract Reporting	13:21
Setting a GMT Offset	3:41
Updating MLC Cost Tables	5:05
Additional Topics	20:04

FAQs and additional resources

This topic answers common questions and explains how to access additional resources, including BMC Support.

Frequently asked questions

This section answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the documentation portal.

The following are general questions about mainframe documentation:

How can I get a PDF of selected content in a space?

From any page in the space, use the following procedure to create a PDF of either the current page or multiple pages (a parent topic and its child topics):

Go to the branch or topic for which you want to create a PDF.
From the Browse menu in the upper-right, select Export to PDF:
Notes
- Although you can export to Microsoft Word, this portal is not optimized for Word exports.
- If you require an export in XML or HTML format, contact us.
In the Template box, select the PDF style:
- Simple to export a PDF with no cover, table of contents, or index
  By default, the Simple template exports only the current page.
- Standard to export a traditional PDF with a cover, table of contents, and index
  By default, the Standard template exports the current page and its child pages.
In the Export Scope box, select what you want to export:
Example
In this example, selecting This page and its children creates a PDF of all topics in the space's "Reference" section:
Click Export.

For more information, see Help for BMC Online Technical Documentation .

Where can I get a list of all mainframe BMC AMI Cost, BMC AMI Data for Db2, BMC AMI Data for IMS, BMC AMI Ops, and BMC AMI Security products?

Go to the docs.bmc.com main dashboard and click the BMC Mainframe products (BMC AMI Cost, BMC AMI Data for Db2, BMC AMI Data for IMS, BMC AMI Ops, BMC AMI Security) box, or click here to go directly to the list.

Note

If looking for the Control-M mainframe documentation, click the Control-M box on the dashboard, or click here to go directly to the Control-M space.

Additional resources

The following BMC sites are external to this portal and provide information that you might find helpful:

Support information

The following questions offer information about BMC Support:

How can I contact BMC Support?

If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product, or for the latest support policies, go to Support Central

. You can search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue or download products and maintenance.

If you do not have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada, contact BMC Support at 800 537 1813. Outside the United States or Canada, select your country at Contact BMC to view local Support Contacts.

How can I check a product version's support status?

You can find the support status for specific product versions on Support Central. Selecting a product from the “A–Z Supported Product List” shows:

All versions of the product and their current support levels (full or limited)
Dates on which support ends

You can also find information about the latest support policies on Support Central.

Where can I get the security certificates needed for transferring files to BMC Support?

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