Perform preliminary tasks

You must perform the following preliminary configuration tasks in both BMC AR System Server and the Application Administration Console (installed as part of BMC Remedy IT Service Management Foundation) for a fully operational BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management environment:

• • To apply hotfixes and workarounds
  • To create a new provider company and a new cloud administrator user account
  • Where to go next

To apply hotfixes and workarounds

Apply the following hotfixes/patches after you install or upgrade version 4.1.00:

• 000110488—This hotfix provides missing files necessary for using a currency other than USD.
• 000111195—This hotfix updates field values that are displayed blank for Cloud Platform and Installable Resources in Service Designer and is required for all BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management deployments. QM001858190/QM001876321 in BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management 4.1 Patch 3 fixes this issue. For details, see Known and corrected issues.
  
• 000031574—This hotfix applies only if you have BMC Capacity Optimization deployed in your environment.
• 000107519—This hotfix is required for all BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management deployments.
  

To create a new provider company and a new cloud administrator user account

After installing BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management, you can create a new provider company and cloud administrator account (in that order) in the Application Administration Console. The provider company is the company that manages the cloud and uses the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Console. You can create any number of cloud administrator accounts, but you should create only one provider company.

To grant cloud administrator permissions to an existing user, see Updating an existing user account with cloud administrator permissions.

To create a new cloud administrator user account and a provider company, complete the following steps:

1. Log on to the Application Administration Console as appadmin (no password) or as a user in the AR administrator group.
   You can access the Application Administration Console from the BMC Remedy Mid Tier:
   1. Log on to the BMC Remedy Mid Tier: http://midTierHost:midTierPort/arsys
   2. Select Administrator Console > Application Administration Console from the vertical menu on the left side.
       The Application Administration Console is displayed.
2. Create the provider company for the cloud administrator, as described in Configuring-companies.
    Select Operating Company as the company type to indicate that it is the provider company.
3. Create the organization, as described in Creating-organizations.
4. Create the location, as described in Creating-locations.
5. Create the cloud administrator user, as described in Adding-people-records-from-a-template, and select the Cloud Admin template.
   • When creating the cloud administrator user, ensure that the Unrestricted Access box is checked on the People form.
   • Cloud users of all types require a fixed license. Select Fixed License as the License Type on the People form.
6. (Optional) On the People form, consider adding permission groups to the cloud administrator user, if needed, by clicking Update Permission Groups.

7. Define at least one cloud administrator account with the following additional permission groups to manage companies, organizations, and people who need to access cloud services:

   Permission group	Description
   Foundations > Contact Organization Admin	Required if this cloud administrator user needs to create companies or organizations.
   Foundations > Contact Location Admin	Required if this cloud administrator user needs to create locations.
   Foundations > Licensing	Required if this cloud administrator needs to create People records with a Fixed license type or the Cloud Admin template. This permission group is unnecessary if you have already have BMC Remedy AR Administrator permission.

8. Using the new cloud administrator account, log onto the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console.
    If you have not yet configured the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, continue with Setting-Configuration-workspace-options.

Where to go next

Set-up-the-initial-configuration