Downloading the installation files
This topic explains how to obtain the files you need for installation. The tables in the sections below list the installation files to download according to the instructions in To download the files.
- To download the files
- Unified product installer files
- Individual component installer files
- Where to go from here
To download the files
The product files that you download from the BMC Software Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website might contain some or all of the patches listed on a product's Customer Support web page. If the EPD page shows that a patch is included in a file you downloaded, you do not need to obtain that patch separately.
To download files:
Create a directory in which to place the downloaded files.
- Go to http://www.bmc.com/available/epd.html.
- At the login prompt, enter your user ID and password, and click Submit.
- Use the Downloads and Patches link to navigate to the Product Downloads, Patches, and Fixes page, and select the Product Downloads (EPD) resource.
- On the Export Compliance and Access Terms page, provide the required information, agree to the terms of the agreements, and click Continue.
- If you are accessing this site for the first time, create an EPD profile to specify the languages and platforms you want to see, per the EPD site help; otherwise, skip to step 7.
- On the Licensed Products page, verify that the correct profile is displayed for your download purpose and select one of the following view options:
- Go To Licensed Products View
- Go To Component View
Navigate to the relevant product, module, and version branch. The exact steps depend on the view you are in.
- Click Download (FTP) or Download Manager:
- Download (FTP) places the selected items in an FTP directory, and the credentials and FTP instructions are sent to you in an e-mail message.
- Download Manager enables you to download multiple files consecutively, and to resume an interrupted download if the connection drops. This method requires a one-time installation of the AkamiNetSession Client program on the target computer and is usually the faster and more reliable way to transfer files. A checksum is used to verify file integrity automatically.
Unified product installer files
The Unified product installer is supported only for the 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and 64-bit Microsoft Windows platforms.
Item to download | Name of downloaded file |
|---|---|
BMC Server Automation for <platform> [x64] Download and extract the package appropriate for the operating system level and hardware platform in a temporary location. The package contains the unified product installation program files. To begin installation, run the setup file provided in this zip package. | BBSA<version>-<platform>64.zip For example:
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RSCD Agent for all platforms: Contains RSCD agent installers for all platforms. The unified product installer uses the RSCD installers while installing or upgrading BMC Server Automation in your environment. Ensure that you extract the RSCDAgent.zip file and copy the rscd folder under <temporary location>/files/installer/ before running the unified product installer. | RSCDAgents.zip |
Individual component installer files
Various product installers are provided in several zipped packages, to enable you to manually install individual components, rather than using the unified product installer.
- Main product package, BBSA<version>-<platform>.zip
- Other product component zip files
- Optional components in BBSA<version>-Optional.zip
For details about the specific installation programs required for each platform, see Installation-programs-for-BMC-Server-Automation.
Main product package, BBSA<version>-<platform>.zip
Multiple product components are included in the main package, BBSA<version>-<platform>.zip.
The following figure shows the directory structure of the main product package.
The following table lists these components:
Component and file name convention | Description |
|---|---|
Application Server installation file appropriate for the operating system level and hardware platform. | Installation program for the BMC Server Automation Application Server. The installer for the Application Server is located in the <installer path>\BBSA<version>-<platform>\files\installers\appserver_<Architecture> directory. Note: The Application Server installer on UNIX and Linux platforms also includes the installer for the PXE/TFTP server and the RSCD agent. |
BMC Server Automation Console client for <operatingSystem>\<platform> | Installation file for the BMC Server Automation console. The installer for the RCP client is located in the <installer path>\BBSA<version>-<platform>\files\installers\rcp directory. Note: The BBSACONSOLE86-WIN32.exe is also available in the Linux 64-bit bundle (BBSA86-LIN64.zip). |
db_scripts | This file provides the database setup scripts you need to set up the database schema before installing BMC Server Automation and to upgrade data to the current release. The file is included when you download BMC Server Automation from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website. BMC Server Automation documentation refers to this file as db_scripts. Click here to see an example of the directory structure that applies to a data upgrade.The following example shows the portion of the directory structure that applies to a data upgrade. |
Provisioning Files | Files required for provisioning. Note: The Windows platform zips also include the .exe file for Provisioning PXE/TFTP Manager for Microsoft Window |
Patch Downloaders | Patch downloaders for various operating systems, used by BMC Server Automation to build offline repositories for Patch Management functionality. The downloader utility package is located in the <installer path>\BBSA<version>-<platform>64\files\installers\other_files directory. |
Server Automation Compliance Content | Content installer for DISA, SOX, PCI, HIPPA. Includes various Component Templates and remediation packages for performing compliance and remediation in a specific environment. |
BMC Server Automation Chef tool kit support | Set of scripts that you can use to execute Chef cookbooks on the BMC Server Automation targets by using the BMC Server Automation deployment capabilities and Chef-solo. |
PXE server installer file | Separate PXE server installation file for Windows x86 and x64. |
Other product component zip files
The following components are packaged in separate zip files. Each zip package in the following table contains the files for all the different platforms:
File name | Component and description (EPD link text in bold) |
|---|---|
BBSA<version>-RSCDAgents.zip | RSCD Agent bulk installer BBSA <version> RSCD Agent for all platforms (AIX, VMware ESX, Unix, Linux, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows) |
BBSA<version>-NSHBundle.zip | BBSA Network Shell for All Platforms Contains the installation program for BMC Server Automation's cross-platform shell with full scripting capability |
TPS_BBSA<version>.zip | Third Party Open Source Software |
Checksum files:
| BSA md5 checksum and SHA-256 checksum (sha256sum) for the major zip files on the EPD. |
BladeLogicRDS<database><version>-<platform>.zip | BMC BladeLogic Rapid Deployment Stack (RDS)
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Optional components in BBSA<version>-Optional.zip
This package contains components that are not required for a basic BMC Server Automation installation:
Component and file name convention | Description |
|---|---|
RSCD Agent - standalone installers | Individual BSA RSCD Agent files for Linux, Solaris, and AIX platforms. |
AIX_Multibos_Scripts.zip | AIX_Multibos_Scripts file contains the following NSH job scripts:
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Vendor Patch Content | Vendor Patch Content sets up customized Network Shell scripts to integrate with the Software Assistant (an industry-standard patch analysis tool) to perform the actions necessary to analyze, download, and package patches for the HP-UX and CentOS platforms, and provide all other assets needed to run patch analysis. |
BBSA Atrium Integration | BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration files:
Note:Before running the BMC BladeLogic Atrium Integration installer on a Linux system, ensure that the libstdc++.so.5 library is present. This library is required by the native RIK process used by BLAtrium installer. For a complete list of dependency libraries, review the following topic in the BMC Remedy ITSM Suite 9.0 Deployment online documentation: |
Server Automation PPM (for Windows, Linux, Solaris) | BMC ProactiveNet content installers for integration of ProactiveNet Performance Management with BMC Server Automation. Use these content installers to download predefined component templates, Component Discovery Jobs, and Snapshot Jobs. The jobs can be edited and run on target servers where you want to capture configuration change activity for Solaris, Apache web servers on Solaris, and WebLogic application servers on Solaris. See Integrating BMC BladeLogic Server Automation with BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management and "Installing the BMC ProactiveNet content" in the BMC ProactiveNet User Guide. |
Obtaining the installation files for BMC Server Automation UCS Manager
If you have licensed BMC Server Automation UCS Manager, complete the following steps to obtain the installation files:
- Access the BMC EPD website as described in steps 1 - 7 in To download the files.
Navigate to the relevant product, module, and version branch. The exact steps depend on the view you are in.
Installation file names for BMC Server Automation UCS Manager begin with BSA for Cisco UCS Server 8.x.xx.
- Click Download (FTP) or Download Manager to download the files.
Where to go from here
Carefully review the system requirements for your platform before performing the installation or upgrade. For more information and instructions, see the following topics:
- For detailed installation instructions, see Installing-individual-components or Installing-using-the-unified-product-installer.
- For additional upgrade information, see Upgrading-using-individual-component-installers or Upgrading-using-the-unified-product-installer.