Manually installing the stand-alone RSCD Agent

In some situations, you might need to manually install the stand-alone 64-bit RSCD Agent instead of using the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Installer.

The RSCD Agent is required on all target VMs where BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management component products are going to be installed. The BMC Network Shell (NSH) on the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management installation host communicates with the RSCD agent to deploy the component products.

To manually install the RSCD Agent

1. If the RSCD Agent is already installed, uninstall it first by using the BMC Server Automation uninstaller.
2. On the installer computer, navigate to the BL-RSCD folder.
3. Navigate to:
   • On Microsoft Windows: C:\InstallPlanner\media\Applications\BL-RSCD\Windows.
   • On Linux: /opt/InstallPlanner/media/Applications/BL-RSCD/Linux.
4. Copy the setup executable file.
5. Paste the executable file to the target computer.
6. Manually launch the RSCD Agent installer.
7. Edit the last line in the rsc exports file:
   • On Windows:
     1. Edit C:\Windows\rsc.
     2. Change the last line to rw,user=Administrator.
   • On Linux:
     1. Edit /usr/lib/rsc.
     2. Change the last line to rw,user=root.
8. Save the file.
9. Restart the RSCD agent.
   • On Windows, restart from the Services panel.
   • On Linux, run the following command:
     /etc/init.d/rscd start
10. Verify if the profile of the user that is mapped to the RSCD Agent in C:\Windows\rsc\exports (Windows) and /usr/lib/rsc (Linux) exists.
    If you do not verify this information, the product installations probably will not launch properly. 
    • On Windows:
      1. Log on to the computer using the Administrator user. 
      2. Verify that the C:\Users\Administrator folder exists. 
    • On Linux:
      1. Log on to the computer using the root user. 
      2. Verify that the /root folder exists. 

Related topics

System requirements
Preparing to run the installer on a Windows computer
Performing the installation