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BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management 4.6 ... Installing Preparing for installation Setting up the installation environment

Preparing to run the installer on a Windows computer

Before you start installing the products in the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management solution, prepare the Microsoft Windows computer on which you will run the installer by using the procedures explained in this topic:

Before you begin

For new installations, if you have an existing BMC BladeLogic Remote Server Call Daemon (RSCD) Agent and BMC Network Shell (NSH) installed on your installer host, you must uninstall them. Because the RSCD agent will be installed with every BMC product and the NSH will be installed on the installer host, you must uninstall any existing versions. For a complete list of requirements, see System requirements for Windows.

Note

This task is not required for upgrades.

To check for existing installer

Check if there is an existing installer from a previous installation on the host. If there is, back up and delete the previous C:\Program Files\BMC Software\Planner installation folder. Also, back up and delete the C:\Windows\ProductRegistry.xml file.

To turn off the firewall

  1. On Windows 2012, go to Start > Control Panel.

  2. Under System and Security, click Check Firewall Status. 

  3. Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off. 

  4. Start the Windows Firewall service, if necessary.

  5. For all three network locations, select Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended). 

  6. Click OK. 

    For more information about stopping or disabling the firewall service, see the I Need to Disable Windows Firewall topic in the Microsoft TechNet Library. 

To verify credentials and access

For all new installations with the installer host, verify the following credentials:

  • The Windows user credentials must have access to both the installer host, the target Enterprise-AR host, and Enterprise-AR database host.
  • The installer host, the target Enterprise-AR host, and Enterprise-AR database host must be in the same domain.

To set the minimum JVM heap size

For optimal performance, set the minimum JVM heap size to 1024 MB. Otherwise, the install planner might hang.

To set screen resolution

Set your computer screen to the recommended resolution of 1280 x 800 or greater.

Oracle JRE requirements

When the product installation or upgrade requires the 64-bit Oracle JRE as a prerequisite, you cannot substitute the OpenJDK version. Before you start:

  1. Check the Java version installed on your host.
  2. If the OpenJDK is installed, uninstall it and replace it with the 64-bit Oracle JRE. 

  3. If you removed the OpenJDK and installed the Oracle JRE, verify that the environment variables are properly set to reflect the new JRE version. 

 

Otherwise, consult the following table for which version of the Oracle JRE is required for 4.6.

Oracle JRE required for new installations or upgrades  Notes
CLM components

Category 1

  • EAR
  • Mid Tier
  • AtriumWS

Category 2

  • Platform Manager
  • Cloud Portal
  • EUP
  • Self Check Monitor
 
4.6Oracle/Zulu 1.8 (public JRE)
  • Oracle/Zulu 1.8 (public JRE)
  • Use bundled JRE (1.8.0_60)

  • New installations of 4.6 require that you install two versions of the public JRE before you start the installation.
    If you use the bundled JRE to install Category II products, then you need only one version of the public JRE that is required by the Category I products. 

  • Upgrades to 4.6 require that you install two versions of the public JRE before you start the upgrade.
    If you use the bundled JRE to upgrade the Category II products, then you need only one version of the public JRE that is required by Category I products.

To uninstall BMC Server Automation RSCD Agent

  1. Select Start > Programs > Windows Control Panel and open the Add/Remove Programs utility.
  2. Select the component that you want to uninstall (for example, BMC Server Automation RSCD Agent) and click Change/Remove
  3. After the RSCD Agent is uninstalled, go to C:\Program Files\BMC Software\Bladelogic and delete the RSCD folder.
  4. Manually delete the C:\Windows\rsc folder.

  5. Restart your computer.

    If you don't restart your computer, installing the RSCD Agent can take an extended period of time to perform, sometimes over an hour.

    For more information, see Uninstalling components on Windows in the BMC Server Automation documentation.

To uninstall BMC Network Shell

  1.  Select Start > Programs > BMC Software > BladeLogic Server Automation Suite > Uninstall Network Shell.
  2. After the NSH is uninstalled, go to C:\Program Files\BMC Software and delete the NSH folder.
  3. Manually delete the C:\Windows\rsc folder.
  4. Restart your computer.
    For more information, see Uninstalling components on Windows in the BMC Server Automation documentation.

To verify product host connectivity

Perform the following steps to ensure that you can successfully launch the installation on a product host:

  1. Ensure that you can contact all target hosts (on which you want to install BMC products) from the installer computer (for example: ping <host name>.
  2. Run the ipconfig command on the target host, and verify that the IP address returned in the previous step matches the the target computer's IP address returned in this step.

To map the target host hard drive

For the installer to access the target host successfully, you must map C:\ (\\<hostname\c$) drive of all target hosts or set up FTP to all target hosts.

To access target VMs from the installer computer

Before you launch the installer, ensure that you can access target VMs from the installer computer.

Note

Use this procedure if FTP is not enabled.

  1. On the installer computer, click Run.
  2. Enter \\<targetmachinename>\C$ (or the D$drive) for every target computer.

If you do not see an error message, the installer is ready to install the RSCD Agent on the target host.

If you do see an error message (for example, The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed), your computer is not synced with the domain controller, and you must perform the following steps:

  1. On the target computer, open the Computer Properties dialog box.
  2. Click Advanced system settings.
  3. Click the Computer Name tab.
  4. Click Change to change the workgroup and domain settings.
  5. Select Workgroup.
  6. Enter WORKGROUP and then click OK.
  7. In the Windows Security dialog box, enter the administrator user name and password to remove the computer from the domain, and then click OK.
  8. At the change prompt, click OK.
    After you successfully change the settings, do not restart the computer.
  9. In the System Properties dialog box, click Change.
  10. Select Domain.
  11. Enter the domain.
  12. At the welcome prompt, click OK.
  13. At the change prompt, click OK.Click Close to close the Computer Properties dialog box.
  14. Restart the computer.
  15. When the computer restarts, click Run and then enter \\<targetmachine_ame>\C$.
    The installer is now ready to install the RSCD Agent on the target host.

To update Terminal Services configuration options

If you are using Terminal Services, update the Terminal Services configuration options as needed before running the installer. The installer runs only when Terminal Services is configured correctly.

Note

If you do not configure these items before you run the installer, an installer panel appears listing the steps required to handle these issues.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, click Run.
  2. Type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
  3. Navigate to the Temporary folders policies:
    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Temporary folders
    or:
    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Terminal Server > Temporary folders
  4. Set the Properties of Do not delete temp folder upon exit to Enabled and then click OK.
  5. Set the Properties of Do not use temporary folders per session to Enabled and then click OK.
  6. If the settings do not take affect, complete the following steps:
    1. From the Windows Start menu, click Run.
    2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
    3. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Terminal Server.
    4. Update PerSessionTempDir to 0 and DeleteTempDirsOnExit to 0.

To configure the DEP feature

If you are using the data execution prevention (DEP) feature in Windows, configure DEP for executable programs.

Note

If you do not configure these items before you run the installer, an installer panel appears listing the steps required to handle these issues.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. In the Performance area, click Settings.

  4. If the Turn on DEP for all programs and services except for those I select option is selected, click Add.

    Note

    If you do not select the Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select option, and then perform the remaining steps in this procedure, the installer might not run correctly. If the Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only option is selected, no configuration is required.

  5. Browse to the executable, and then click Open.
    The installation program appears in the DEP program area.
  6. Click Apply, and then click OK.
  7. (Optional) Restart the computer.

(optional) To install FTP 7.5 on Windows Server 2008

Installing FTP 7.5 on the target host is required only if the trust relationship between the install planner and the target host is not working.

To check the trust relationship between the installer and the target host, execute the following command in the Run window to access the target file system. 
\\<targetHost>\C$ 

Note

If you cannot mount a network shared drive, then you must install FTP 7.5 on the target host, not the installer host.

For more information, see Installing FTP 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 in the Microsoft TechNet Library.

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Preparing to run the installer on a Linux computer
Installation order and product dependencies
Installing BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

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