Preparing to install the management server on zCX

Obtaining the installation files and license key

Use the following procedure to obtain the installation files and a license key:

1. Go toElectronic Product Distribution (EPD) and log in.

2. Using the search bar, search for either BMC AMI Cloud Data or BMC AMI Cloud Vault. Both product files are composed with the same binaries.
3. Click the version that you want to download. 
4. On the Product tab, select the files and click Download.
5. Select the License Information tab to download the temporary license key.

6. To obtain a full license key, go toSupport Central and select Case Management. 

7. Open a license key request by clicking on Create New Case and filling in the required information. 

   Important

   Supply the output of the z/OS command D M=CPU.

Configuring zCX

1. Verify that the zCX instance has at least 8 GB of memory.

2. Verify zCX container disk space:

   1. Verify that the zCX ROOT file system has at least 8 GB of storage space.
   2. Verify that the zCX DATA file system has at least 40 GB of storage space. You can add extra data volumes after instance creation.

   You can use the following operator command to display the allocated disk space
   MODIFY container_name,DISPLAY,DISK

Installing Docker

1. Create docker volumes for the BMC AMI Cloud management server and database: 

   docker volume create model9
   docker volume create model9db
   docker volume create model9db_initdb

2. Create a docker instance of Alpine Linux to unzip and edit the installation files. 

   # Running an alpine container and mounting the model9 docker volume
   docker run -d --rm --name dummy \
   -v model9:/root \
   -v model9db_initdb:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d \
   s390x/alpine tail -f /dev/null

   Important

   If your zCX container does not have internet access, download and load the Alpine image manually.

3. Upload the s390x installation zip to the zCX instance using scp or any other tool in binary mode.

4. Copy the s390x installation zip from the zCX instance to the Alpine container (one line): 

   docker cp model9-v2.8.2_build_ebcddfb-server-s390x.zip dummy:/root/model9-v2.8.2_build_ebcddfb-server-s390x.zip

Where to go from here

See Performing-the-management-server-installation-on-zCX.