Installing using the installation utility

To install products for use with a BMC PATROL console, use the installation utility provided with a BMC PATROL console. When you select products and components to install, choose PATROL for Cisco Nexus.

To install the product by using the installation utility

1. If you are installing in a UNIX environment without a browser, proceed to step 2.
    Otherwise, from an EPD image, run setup.exe (Windows) or setup.sh (UNIX), and proceed to step 3.
2. If you are installing in a UNIX environment without a browser, launch the installation utility as follows:
   1. From the command line, change to the directory where the installation utility is located and enter the following command to start the installation web server: ./setup.sh -serveronly. A message box displays the URL that connects to the installation web server.
   2. In a browser, use the URL provided in the message box to connect to the installation web server and to start the installation utility.
3. In the Welcome to the Installation Utility page, click Next to start the installation.
4. In the Review License Agreement page, select Accept, and click Next to continue.
5. In the Select Installation Option page, select one of the following options:
   • To install locally now, select Install products on this computer now and click Next to continue.
   • To create an installable image that you can install locally and remotely later, select Create an image to be installed later, enter the directory where you want the installation image stored, and click Next to continue.
      To determine whether to install now or create an image that you can install later locally or remotely, see Choosing between a local installation and a remote installation.
6. In the Specify Installation Directory page, accept the default directory and click Next to continue.
    The PATROL product directory that you enter in step 9 is appended to the path that you enter in this step.

7. In the Select System Roles page, select any or all of the roles listed to indicate the components that you want to install, and click Next.

   Warning

   Note

   If you are using the PATROL Central Operator – Windows Edition or the PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition, you must install the product on the computer that hosts the PATROL Console Server and select Common Services in the Select System Roles page.
    If you are using a PATROL Console Server version prior to 7.2.36, or PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition prior to version 7.1.10, you must also install the product on the computer hosting the PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition web server by using the Console Systems role.

   For more information about the PATROL consoles and PATROL Console Server or RTserver, see the following documents at PDFs:

   • PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition Getting Started
   • PATROL Central Operator – Microsoft Windows Edition Getting Started
   • PATROL Console Server and RTserver Getting Started
8. From the Select Products and Components to Install page, choose PATROL Knowledge Modules > PATROL for Cisco Nexus and click Next.
9. In the Provide the PATROL 3.x Product Directory page, enter the directory in which you want to install the component in the PATROL 3.x Product Directory field, or accept the default directory, and click Next to continue.
    The directory entered in this step is appended to the base installation directory path that is shown in the BMC Products Installation Directory field. You entered the base installation directory path in step 6.
10. In the Review Selections and Install page, review the selections carefully:
    • If you want to change your selections, click Back and make the required changes.
    • If the selections are correct, select Start Install.
       A status window opens and provides current messages, current milestones, and completion percentage.
11. When the status window reports that the installation is 100% complete, click Next to view the results window.
12. In the Installation Results page, click View Log to review the installation, and click Next to view the results window.
13. In the Installation Results page, click Finish to exit from the installation utility.