Configuring BMC AMI Ops products

Review the following scenarios to determine the appropriate configuration strategy based on your situation.

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Important

Starting with version 4.07 of the Installation System, we have removed the following products from the Configure System Management Products panel.

BMC AMI Ops Automation, which includes the following product options:
- BMC AMI Ops Automation for CICS
- BMC AMI Ops Automation for IMS
- BMC AMI Ops Automation for MQ
- BMC AMI Ops Automation for z/OS , which is required to use:
  - Total Object Manager
- BMC AMI Ops Automation Access NV
- BMC AMI Ops Automation TapeSHARE
BMC AMI Ops Automation for Capping
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CMF
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IMS
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Java Environments
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for MQ
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for UNIX Systems Services (USS)
BMC AMI Ops Monitor for z/OS
BMC AMI Storage, which includes the following products:
- BMC AMI Storage Allocation
- BMC AMI Storage Automation
- BMC AMI Storage Reporting
BMC Discovery for z/OS

To configure and customize the listed products, you must use EZCONFIG. For more information, see (ID 346031) Technical bulletin: Announcing the EZCONFIG enhancement for the BMC AMI Ops product line. Use this approach only for the listed products. For other products, there is no change in the configuration process.

If you are	We recommend
An existing customer who is upgrading existing products (no new products or components)	Bypassing the configuration process and manually updating your user libraries as needed For detailed information, see the individual product's release notes.
An existing customer who is adding new products	Performing the configuration process only for the new products Merge the newly configured elements into your existing user libraries (such as UBBPARM or UBMCPARM and so on).
An existing customer who is adding new infrastructure components to existing products	Performing the configuration process only for the new components If you have no new user libraries, use your existing user libraries (UBBPARM or UBMCPARM, and so on). If you have new libraries, use the BMC names for the libraries.
An existing customer who wants to move everything to the BMC named library structure	Reinstalling the products Perform the installation process and the configuration process. You will also have to customize your products again.
A new customer	Performing all of the steps in the installation process and the configuration process Use the BMC named library structure.

For more information, view the Quick Course Installation System - MainView Configuration.

For a list of Quick Courses about the Installation System, see PDFs-and-videos.

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