Installing the BMC AppSight Black Box COM Server

The Black Box COM Server only allows you to work with a standalone Black Box. When you install the Black Box COM Server, you also install sample files.

Note

You can also install the Black Box COM Server on 64-bit machines. For further information, see Installing Black Boxes on 64-bit machines.

To install a Black Box COM Server:

  1. Navigate to the directory where the install is located and double-click Windows Black Box COM.exe. The Installation Welcome screen is displayed.
  2. Click Next. The License Agreement screen is displayed.
  3. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. The Customer Information screen is displayed.
  4. Enter your User Name and Company Name.
  5. Click Next. The Choose Destination Location screen is displayed.
  6. Click Next to install AppSight for Windows to the default directory, or click Browse to install to a different directory. The directory will be created if it does not already exist.
     If your IIS version is below 6, you will be prompted to stop the "World Wide Web Publishing" service. Note that the service is restarted upon completion of the installation.
     The Setup Status window is then displayed.
  7. After installing all the Black Box files, the Wizard Complete screen is displayed.
  8. Click Finish to complete the installation.
     When the installation is complete, the necessary files, along with a Visual Basic and two C++ samples, are installed in a Samples folder.

 

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