Walkthrough: Installing on Linux using the unified installer

This topic walks you through the process of installing TrueSight Server Automation on Linux, using the unified product installer and component installers.

Introduction

This topic is intended for system administrators preparing to install the TrueSight Server Automation product. The goal of this topic is to demonstrate how to use the unified product installer to install all essential components of the TrueSight Server Automation product in a Linux environment.

What is the unified product installer?

The unified product installer simplifies and improves the installation experience by providing a centralized UI for installing the default Application Server node. It installs a set up that consists of the following components:

Oracle Database: The unified product installer creates a TrueSight Server Automation schema on your database server.
Default Application Server: This is the primary server that is installed in a TrueSight Server Automation environment. The unified product installer configures the default Application Server to connect to your database server. It also installs an RSCD agent on the default Application server. The default Application Server is also referred to as a default Application server node, because it hosts more than one component.
File server: You can choose to install the file server on the same machine as the default Application server (called as the local file server) or install it on a separate machine (called as a separate file server.) In the case of a separate file server, you can choose to manually install the RSCD agent or have it installed by the unified product installer.
Console and PXE/TFTP server: The unified product installer installs the PXE/TFTP server and the optional console on the default Application Server.

What does this walkthrough show?

In this walk through, we will:

Use the unified product installer to install a small TrueSight Server Automation environment (Application Server, console, file server, PXE/TFTP).
Use the quick start page to import servers to the new environment and to add agents to those servers.
Use individual component installers to manually install additional components such as additional Application Servers, a separate PXE/TFTP server, and a separate console server, to complete a production-level environment.

The TrueSight Server Automation environment will have the following characteristics:

Component	Number of components	Description
Application Server	2	This TrueSight Server Automation environment consists of two Application Servers: A default Application server installed by the unified product installer on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x64) system. An additional Application Server installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x64) system to improve the performance of TrueSight Server Automation.
PXE/TFTP server	2	This TrueSight Server Automation environment consists of two PXE/TFTP servers: The PXE/TFTP server installed by the unified product installer on the default Application Server node A PXE/TFTP server that is manually installed on a separate machine (recommended for high performance environments).
Database	1	The default Application Server connects to an existing Oracle database server. Note: Although the TrueSight Server Automation schema is created by the unified product installer, you must have access to an existing database that has been set up on an Oracle Server. For a description of that process, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle.

Console	2	This TrueSight Server Automation environment consists of two instances of the TrueSight Server Automation console: Optional console that you can install by the unified product installer on the default Application Server node. Optional console that you can manually installed on a separate machine (recommended for high performance environments)
File server	1	This TrueSight Server Automation environment uses a separate Linux file server machine that is installed by the unified product installer.

What do I need to do before I get started?

Perform the following prerequisite steps before executing this walkthrough scenario:

Ensure that your environment complies with the installation requirements discussed in Requirements for installing individual components on UNIX and Linux.
Create the Oracle table space to hold the the TrueSight Server Automation schema, database user, and database permissions required to create the TrueSight Server Automation schema. For detailed instructions, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle.
If you use the unified product installer, you no longer have to use the DB scripts that are shipped with the product. However, before you run the unified product installer, you must ensure that you have a SQL database server, with an empty tablespace that the unified product installer uses to create the TrueSight Server Automation schema. You also need to create a database user to allow the unified product installer to set up your TrueSight Server Automation schema. For a step-by-step procedure on setting up the Oracle database, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle .
RSCD agents can be automatically installed on servers that are added as additional Application Servers or as target servers. However, if the server being added runs on Windows, you will need to first set up a PsExec server to install the agents automatically. To set up a PsExec server, download the Microsoft Sysinternals Suite from the Microsoft tech support site and copy the PsExec file to the %PATH% variable (typically C:\Windows\System32\) on any Windows Server. The Windows server is now configured as a PsExec server and can be used to install agents. For more information, see Setting up a PsExec server.
Note

A PsExec server is not required if you choose to manually install the RSCD agent on the Windows server that is being added.
Bash UNIX shell must be the default shell on all machines on which TrueSight Server Automation is being installed.
The unified product installer needs to be run by a super user — root or a root-equivalent user on Linux. This enables the installer to install components on the Application Servers.
Linux platforms on which you plan to install the Application Server, Console, or Network Shell must have the appropriate version of libtermcap.so.2 and libtermcap.so.6 shared library installed. Install the shared library before installing these components. For more information, click the following link:
Expand steps for installing prerequisite libraries
Requirement for RHEL 6
In RHEL 6 the package name has changed to compat-libtermcap. To install compat-libtermcap on Red Hat version 6, you can use one of the following commands:
- If you have YUM installed and configured: yum install compat-libtermcap
- If you have the RPM package (available from the installation CD): rpm -Uvh compat-libtermcap-2.0.8-49.el6.x86_64.rpm
Requirement for RHEL 7
In RHEL 7, libtermcap is no longer available, and you must create a link to libtinfo instead. Use the following command:
ln -s /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 /lib64/libtermcap.so.2
If libtinfo is not available on your system, obtain it by installing the ncurses-libs package.
You must have an X Window display system installed and configured on your Linux machine.
You must have 4 GB on disk with temp space and 4 GB on disk with installation directory.

How to install the default Application Server and separate file server using the unified installer

We start the installation process by using the unified product installer to:

Install the default Application Server node
Install the separate file server
Configure the database
Install the console and the PXE/TFTP on the default Application Server

This example uses TrueSight Server Automation version 8.9.03.

	Step	Example screen
1	Extract the BSA89-SP3-LIN4.zip and BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents.zip files that you downloaded from the EPD website to obtain the BSA89-SP3-LIN64 and the rscd folder.	`unzip BSA89-SP3-LIN64.zip -d<path_to_extracted_packages> unzip BSA89-SP3-LIN64.zip -d /tmp/BSA89-SP3-LIN64` `unzip BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents.zip -d<path_to_extracted_packages> unzip BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents.zip -d /tmp/BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents`
2	Ensure that you have permission or assign an executable permission to the directory in which you have extracted the packages.	chmod +x -R <path_to_extracted_packages>
3	Copy the rscd folder from within the BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents.zip extractedpackage to the BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1/files/installers folder.	mv <path_to_extracted_packages>/rscd<path_to_extracted_packages>/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk 1/files/installers/ mv /tmp/BSA89-SP3-RSCDAgents/rscd /tmp/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1/files/installers/
4	Run the setup.bin file that is in the BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1 folder.	./setup.bin
5	Select the language in which you want to run the installer and click OK.
2	Read through the basic information about the unified product installer and the types of nodes that are installed in the environment. Click Next.
3	Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) and select I agree to the terms of the license agreement. Click Next.
4	Read the TrueSight Server Automation copyright information and select I agree to the terms of the license agreement. Click Next.
5	Enter the database server details. TIP: You may need the help of the database administrator who set up the Oracle database server you want to connect to. Enter the Host name or IPv4 address of the server that runs the database. Note that if your server is on an IPv6 address system you can only enter the host name of the server. Enter the Port that the database listens on. The default port is 1521 for an Oracle Database. Enter the SID of your database instance that runs on the Linux database server. Enter the database user name that you created while setting up the database. Ensure that you have assigned the required permissions to the user, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle. Enter the password of the database user that you created while setting up the database, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle. Enter the names of the TrueSight Server Automation table space and TrueSight Server Automation index table space that you created while setting up the Oracle database, see Walkthrough: Creating the TrueSight Server Automation Database for Oracle. (optional) Select the option to the Oracle Express database for evaluation purposes. Click Next. Click here if you want to use a connection string to connect to the database server The Advanced option is only selected if you want to provide a custom connection string to your database. Note that all other fields are disabled when this option is selected. Type the database connection string in the field adjacent to the Advanced check box. An example of a connection string for an Oracle database server is as follows: `jdbc:oracle:thin:@<DBSERVER>:<PORT>:<SID>` Replace the variables in the above connection string, as follows: `<DBSERVER>` is the name or IP address of the database server `<PORT>` is the port used to communicate with the database `<SID>` is the database ID used to identify the Oracle database
6	A summary of the database parameters, default installation location, Application Server base port, and file server parameters is displayed. The name of the local super user for RSCD Agent mapping is also listed.
7	Click Customize Configuration. The Installation Directory tab displays the path where TrueSight Server Automation is installed. The default path is /opt/bmc/bladeLogic/ for Linux. You can customize the Installation Directory based on your requirements, as shown in the screenshot. Make sure that you select a directory with sufficient space for installation.
8	Click the File Server tab and enter the file server details. To install the file server on a separate machine, select the Install file server on a separate host option. Enter the Host name or IPv4 address of the file server. Note that if your server is on an IPv6 address system, you can only enter the host name of the server. Enter the directory on the file server where data is stored. Enter the name of a user (for example, root or Administrator) with administrator permissions to which the RSCD agent should map the incoming connections. Note: If the file server is on a separate machine and if it runs on Windows, ensure that you have configured the default Application Server as a PsExec server.
9	Click the Ports tab at the top of the screen. Enter the Application Server Base port. Application Server ports are normally configured from a base port, with 9800 being the default base port. Arbitrary port assignments can be made in all cases. For more information, see Application Server ports.
10	Click the Passwords tab at the top of the screen. Enter new passwords in each for the fields based on the guidelines given below. Note: The default password for each entry is password. However, BMC does not recommend using the default passwords provided by the system. Certificate Password The Application Server installation program needs a certificate password to generate a self-signed X.509 certificate. Click here for more information. Communication between TrueSight Server Automation and servers being provisioned between the Application Server and the process spawner uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol and X.509 certificates.The password must be at least 6 characters. For more information about certificates and the TLS protocol, see Authentication. BLAdmin Password TrueSight Server Automation creates a built-in user called BLAdmin during the installation process. Click here for more information. The BLAdmin user is only assigned the BLAdmins role. To activate the default user, it must be assigned a password and granted access to servers in your network. You can use the RBAC Manager folder to perform these actions, but to start the console the first time, you must define a password for the BLAdmin user. For more information, see RBACAdmin and BLAdmin users. RBACAdmin Password TrueSight Server Automation creates a built-in user called RBACAdmin during the installation process. Click here for more information. The RBACAdmin user is only assigned the RBACAdmins role. To activate the default user, it must be assigned a password and granted access to servers in your network. You can use the RBAC Manager folder to perform these actions, but to start the console the first time, you must define a password for the RBACAdmin user. For more information, see RBACAdmin and BLAdmin users.
11	As an option, click the Console tab. Select Install TrueSight Server Automation Console. Note BMC does not recommend installing the console on the same machine as the Application Server. When you upgrade the Application Server, the console is not automatically upgraded. You must manually upgrade it yourself.
12	Click Update Configuration to apply all the configuration changes that you entered on the various tabs.
13	Click Install to proceed with the installation. The unified product installer performs the following setup operations: Creates a TrueSight Server Automation schema in the database Installs the default application server Installs the optional console, if you selected it. Installs a PXE/TFTP server Installs the Network Shell Connects the default Application Server machine to the database Installs the separate file server and the RSCD agent Installs out-of-the-box compliance content Installs pre-packaged sample content (blcontent) and imports various zipkits with pre-defined content for specific tasks
14	If you encountered any errors while installing, click View Log to view a detailed report of the installation. Tip: BMC recommends that you save a copy of the log, before you contact technical support for further assistance. You can also find more information about resolving common issues in Troubleshooting the unified product installer. If all operations are completed successfully, click Done to exit the wizard.

How to add additional Application Servers

To meet the demands of a larger data center, you can deploy additional Application Servers. The additional Application Server is used for improving the performance of TrueSight Server Automation. The method described here for adding additional Application Servers is relevant only if you installed your default Application Server node using the unified product installer.

Note

This example uses TrueSight Server Automation version 8.9.03.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 is installed automatically for all Microsoft Windows RSCD agent versions, provided the platform on which you are trying to install the product is supported.

	Step	Example screen
1	Start the TrueSight Server Automation Console and log on using your BL Admin credentials that you created here. For more information, see Starting the TrueSight Server Automation Console.
2	Perform the following: Minimize the quick start page Right-click Servers, and click Add Server to add a PsExec server to the TrueSight Server Automation environment. Note: If you did not copy the PsExec file to %PATH% (typically C:\Windows\System32\) of the PsExec server, you see an error in this step. Enter the host name or IP address of the PsExec server Click Finish. The PsExec Server is added to the TrueSight Server Automation environment.
3	Select the Configuration menu and then click Add BSA Application Server Machine.
4	Enter the following details. Host name or IPv4 address of the Application Server. Note that if your Application Server is on an !Pv6 address system you can only enter the host name of the server. User name of an account with Administrator privileges on the additional Application Server machine. Password of the account with Administrator privileges on the additional Application Server machine. Confirm the password of the account with Administrator privileges on the additional Application Server machine. Select the PsExec server from your environment.
5	Click the Advanced Options tab at the top and enter the following details. Path to the location where you want to install the additional Application Server. The default path used is C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\ Application Server ports are normally configured from a base port, with 9800 being the default base port. Arbitrary port assignments can be made in all cases. For more information, see Application Server ports. Enter the location you want to use as the temporary staging directory during the installation.
6	NEW IN 8.9.02 Click the Validation tab at the top. Checks whether the platform on which you are trying to install the product is supported. If the platform check is successful, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 is installed automatically. If the platform check fails, the installation program aborts installation with an error message displayed in the Status field. Also, an error message is added to the log file. Click Add node.
7	The additional Application Server is installed. Click OK.

How to add servers and install agents from the quick start page

The next step in setting up the TrueSight Server Automation environment is to import servers and add agents to those servers. An easy way to this is by using the quick start page.

	Step	Example screen
1	You can import multiple servers by specifying a text file that contains a list of server names and properties assigned to each server. Create a server import text file using a comma-separated values (CSV) format, use the following syntax: The first line of the file must contain the column header Name followed by optional comma-separated property names for any properties you want to set for each server. Any property name you include in this import file must already exist in the Property Dictionary. For information about how to add a property to the property dictionary, see Managing properties using the Property Dictionary. Subsequent lines of the file must contain valid host names for each server you want to add, followed by optional comma-separated property values for each server. Save the text file (say Servers.txt) at any location in the default Application Server node (for example, C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\appserver). For this walkthrough we will be adding two servers to the TrueSight Server Automation environment (without properties). clm-pun-016803 – Windows (64 bit) clm-pun-016809 – Linux (64 bit) Click here to see more samples of server import files with properties for each server. The first example shows the simplest syntax — you simply list the host names of the servers you want to add: `Name host1 host2 host3` The following example shows how to set the Customer property for each server: `Name,Customer host1,CustomerA host2,CustomerB host3,CustomerC` If you need to include spaces in a property value, you must enclose the property value in double quotes: `Name,Customer host1,"Customer A" host2,"Customer B" host3,"Customer C"`
2	Log on to the Console. Start the Console. Log on to the Console using the BLAdmin username and password that you created during installation. The system uses a default authentication profile (defaultProfile) to log you on to the Console. TrueSight Server Automation clients use authentication profiles to facilitate single sign-on feature. For more information about why we use Authentication Profiles, see System capabilities related to security. Click Connect. The quick start page (Welcome Page) appears.
3	To enroll servers, click Enroll, under Server Enrollment. Alternative step: To Import Servers wizard, right-click the Servers folder and select Import Servers. The Import Servers wizard appears.
4	Use the File selection tree to select the text file (Servers.txt) you created at the beginning. Ensure that the If agent does not exist, install using Agent installer job option is not selected. We will be installing agents on the servers later in the walkthrough. Click Finish. Note: For the purpose of this walkthrough, we do not need to add any additional ACL policies. However if you need to control server access with agent ACLs click Next. For more information about the UI elements on the Permissions screens, see Import Servers - Permissions. For more information about ACL policies, see Controlling server access with agent ACLs.
5	The servers are successfully added to your environment.
6	The next step is to install RSCD agents on the enrolled servers. From the quick start page, under Server Enrollment, click Install, on the quick start page. Alternative step: To start the unified agent installer, right-click the Servers folder and select Unified Agent Installer. The Unified Agent Installer wizard appears.
7	Provide a prefix that is attached to the name of all objects that unified agent installer creates. Click Next.
8	Perform the following steps: Select the platforms on which agents can be installed. Specify the depot folder where agent bundles are stored. Continue to click Next in the wizard until you arrive at the Remote Host Authentication (non-Windows) window. Note: The unified agent installer uses the information you provide on this panel to create an agent bundle. For detailed information about this type of object, see Creating an agent bundle.
9	Click Add to open the Add Remote Host Authentication (non-Windows) window.
10	The Remote Host Authentication (non-Windows) window lets you provide the following information, which is used for authenticating to agentless devices. If you are installing on multiple platforms, typically you define at least one set of authentication information for each platform. Select SSH (Non-Windows) to execute commands directly on an agentless host using the credentials defined in an automation principal that you specify on this panel. Specify the SSH port number that is used by the SSH service running on the remote host. The default port is 22. Select Create new automation principal. You must provide a user name and password for the automation principal. These credentials are used to execute commands on your agentless hosts. Click OK. For more information about the different authentication protocols that you can use, see Unified Agent Installer - Remote Host Authentication (non-Windows). This page also provides information about selecting an existing automation principal.
11	Click Next to go to the the Remote Host Authentication (Windows) window in the wizard. Click Add to open the Add Remote Host Authentication (Windows) window.
12	The Remote Host Authentication (Windows) window lets you provide the following information, which is used for authenticating to agentless devices. If you are installing on multiple platforms, typically you define at least one set of authentication information for each platform. Select or create one of the following automation principals: Select existing automation principal - Click Browse to navigate to an automation principal. Create new automation principal - Provide a user name and password for the automation principal. Optionally, you can identify a domain for the user. PsExec server — Identify a live Windows server where PsExec is installed. Multiple remote host authentication definitions can use the same PsExec server. Click OK. Click Next to open the Remote Host Authentication Rule window. For Windows 7 and Windows 2008 target servers BMC recommends that when you install agents on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 devices that are not enabled for a domain, specify a PsExec server that is not part of a domain. When you install agents on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 devices that are enabled for a domain, specify a PsExec server that belongs to the same domain. Ensure that the automation principals you are using to access the agentless devices are associated with the same domain.
13	Click Add to open the New Rule wizard. The unified agent installer uses the information you provide on this panel to create remote host authentication rules. These rules match remote host authentication definitions with agentless devices. For detailed information about this type of object, see Creating or modifying rules for remote host authentication.
14	Click Add Property Condition. A window opens.
15	Create property conditions to identify the two target servers we want to install the agents on. In the first text box at left, click . You can view a subordinate list of properties by clicking the right arrow that appears next to the TARGET* property. When defining remote host authentication rules, use any of following subordinate properties: `TARGET.FQ_HOST` — Fully qualified name of the target device `TARGET.IP_ADDRESS` — IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the target device `TARGET.NAME` — Name of the target device In this walkthrough we are using the `TARGET.NAME` property. In the next drop-down box to the right, select equals. In this walkthrough, enter the system name (for example, clm-pun-016809, the Linux target server). You can also view a subordinate list of properties to specify the target that we want to set this condition for. Click OK. The Rule Definition panel shows the condition. Click Next.
16	Select the non-Windows remote host authentication (created earlier) that should be used to authenticate the clm-pun-016809 server. Click the right arrow to move your selection to the list on the right. Click Finish.
17	Create a similar rule for clm-pun-016803, but this time using the Windows remote host authentication that we created. Click Next.
18	Select the desired options for the agent installer job as described below. Update Server Properties: Update the system with properties from the target servers on which you are installing agents. Update Configuration Objects Registration: Register any configuration objects that are found on the agent and defined in the Configuration Object Dictionary. Push Agent ACLs: Push agent ACLs to the servers that this job targets. To push ACLs, the system converts the access control list defined for a server into a users configuration file and pushes that file to the agent. The access control list is derived from user permissions defined in the RBAC system. Preserve Staging Area On Failure: Information copied to a staging area on a target server during installation should be preserved if the installation fails. By default, when the system has finished installing an agent, it automatically deletes all files in the staging area. NEW IN 8.9.02Install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (Windows Only): Specifies whether to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 on the target server before agent installation. By default, this option is selected. Specify the folder to store the Agent Installer Job that is created by the unified agent installer. Click Next.
19	Specify the operating system of the servers you want to select. To display servers running any operating system, select All. Select the servers that you want to run the Agent installer job on the left and click the right arrow to move your selection to the list on the right. Optionally, select Execute job now to run the Job immediately after the exiting the unified agent installer. By default, this option is not selected, as shown in this walkthrough. You can execute the job later from the specified job folder. Click Next.
20	Click Finish.
21	The RSCD agents are successfully installed on the target servers. Tip To verify the successful installation of an RSCD agent on a target server, you can execute a custom command that provides you with agent information. Perform the following steps: Right-click the server under the Servers folder, and select Run Custom Command. In the Command Selection dialog box, select Agent Information (this is an out-of-the-box custom command). Agent information appears in a new tab in the editor. Verify that the correct agent release is listed.

How to complete the install for a production environment

The unified product installer installs the console and the PXE/TFTP server on the default application server node to provide you with a ready-to-use test environment. However, for high-performance production environments, BMC recommends that you install and use additional instances of the console and the PXE/TFTP server on separate machines.

Operating System	Component	Path	Installer file name
Windows	Console	/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk 1/files/installers/rcp	BSACONSOLE89-SP3-LIN64
Windows	PXE/TFTP	/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk 1/files/installers/pxe_64	PXE89-SP3-LIN32 Note: Although you have different installers for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows for most components, for installing a a PXE/TFTP server you only have a 32-bit installer that you must use in both cases.
Linux	Console	/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1/files/installers/rcp	BSACONSOLE89-SP3-LIN64
Linux	PXE/TFTP	/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1/files/installers/appserver_64	BSA89-SP3-LIN64.sh

In this walkthrough we will install additional instances of the console on a Windows server and the PXE/TFTP on a Linux server.

Manually installing an additional instance of the console

Note that in this walkthrough we are installing the console on a Windows operating system and not a Linux operating system. However, if you need to install the console on a Linux or UNIX operating system, see Installing the TrueSight Server Automation Console (Linux and UNIX).

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Manually installing an additional instance of the PXE/TFTP server

	Step	Example screen
1	Copy the installer to the machine where you want to install the PXE/TFTP server. Extract the BSA89-SP3-LIN64.zip file that you downloaded from the EPD website to obtain the BSA89-SP3-LIN64 folder.	`unzip BSA89-SP3-LIN64.zip -d <path_to_extracted_packages>`
2	Navigate to the directory that contains the installation file (for example, BSA89-SP3-LIN64.sh). You use this same file to install a standalone version of PXE/TFTP.	`cd` `<path_to_extracted_packages>/BSA89-SP3-LIN64/Disk1/files/installers/appserver_64/`
3	Run the installation script for TrueSight Server Automation, which in this case is BSA89-SP3-LIN64.sh. Script names typically follow the convention: BBSAversion-platform.sh Note: Do not execute the installation script from a non-root account.	`./BSA89-SP3-LIN64.sh`
4	To install TrueSight Server Automation in /opt/bmc/bladelogic, press Enter, or enter another directory path.
5	A message prompts you to choose a language for the installation program. Enter the number representing the language that you want to use for the installation.
6	Read through the acknowledgments, third-party software license agreements, and terms and conditions, as follows: A welcome message is displayed, followed by a prompt to read the third-party software license agreements. Press Enter. An acknowledgment is displayed, listing the third-party software that TrueSight Server Automation uses. Press Enter. A message prompts you to scroll through and review the terms and conditions for using this software. Press Enter. The following message is displayed: Do you agree to the terms of the license agreement (y for Yes)? Enter y.
7	Perform the following: For successful provisioning, the RSCD agent must be installed on the same host computer as the PXE server and TFTP server. Therefore, in this step, enter 1PT. A plus sign (+) appears next to RSCD agent, PXE server, and TFTP server, indicating that you have chosen to install them. Enter 9 to start the installation. A message lists the components that you have chosen to install and asks if you want to continue. Enter y.
8	Enter a password for a self-signed certificate, so that the Application Server can use the TLS protocol. The password must be 6 characters. Confirm the password by entering it again.
9	Specify the max heap size for the Application Server JVM. Specify a size between 512 - 2048 megabytes. A series of messages indicate the progress of the installation. Note: If you are installing on Linux and one of the following conditions is not satisfied, the installer warns that some TrueSight Server Automation components do not function until the appropriate RPM is installed. On Red Hat Linux, the compat-libstdc++-33 RPMs must be installed. Also, the XFree86-libs or xorg-x11-libs RPMs must be installed. On SUSE 9.x, either the compat or compat-32bit RPM must be installed and the xf86 RPM must be installed. On SUSE 10.x, either the compat or compat-32bit RPM must be installed and the xorg-x11 RPM must be installed.
10	Enter y (yes) or n (no) for the following series of questions: A message lists the host name and IP address of this server. This information is needed to configure a connection with the TFTP server and the data store. If the information identifies the server correctly, press y. Specify whether your DHCP server is located on this server or a separate machine. Click here for more information ... If the DHCP server is located on another server, the installation program automatically configures this server to function as a DHCP proxy. You must configure the DHCP server differently, depending on whether it is installed on the same host computer as the PXE Server. For more information on configuring the DHCP server, see Configuring a DHCP server on Windows and Configuring a DHCP server on Linux. Specify whether you want to use digitally signed logs for RSCD agents. Specify whether you want use keystroke logs for nexec commands.
11	Enter y (yes) or n (no) for the following series of questions: Specify whether you want to provide root permissions to the root clients on this host (root equivalency). By default, the RSCD agent does not provide root permissions to root clients. Specify whether you want a particular client associated with a local user on this machine. If you enter y, you must enter the name of the user and the client that you want to map to.
12	Specify whether you want to manually start the RSCD agent or have it automatically started by the system on reboot. Enter the directories in which you want to save the RSCD log files and the temp files. To accept the default values provided by the system, press enter.
13	Installation of PXE/TFTP server and RSCD agent is now complete. The PXE/TFTP Server Post-Install Configuration wizard automatically starts.

Wrapping it up

Congratulations! You have successfully set up a small TrueSight Server Automation environment.

Where to go from here

During installation, default security settings are applied to the Application Server and file server. BMC recommends that you adjust the security level on the Application Server host computer and the file server host computer after completing the installation. For more information, see Security planning.
If you wish to manually install additional components to your environment, see Installing individual components.
To add servers to your new environment, see Walkthrough: Adding a Windows managed server and Walkthrough: Adding multiple target servers to the environment.

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