Task 2.4 Configure FAS License

FAS connects to BMC AMI Common Enterprise Services (CES) to retrieve license information. The connection to CES, which can be via a local CES server or via a cloud license, must be configured on FAS.

For Windows

1. Select Start > Programs > BMC > File-AID Services > Configuration shortcut to invoke the utility.
2. Follow one of these steps:
   • To use a local CES server to connect to CES, select the License Preferences tab, select the Enterprise Services radio button. Then select the Enterprise Services tab and in the Service URL field, enter the URL for the CES server. Here is an example of a CES URL: http://yourCesServer:yourCesPort/
     
     
   • To use a cloud license to connect to CES, select the Cloud radio button in the License Preferences tab. Then set the following properties:
     
     
     • Service URL
     • Customer Number

     • Site ID 
       To use BMC maintained CES cloud license, contact BMC Support

        

3. If the configuration is changed, click OK to save the settings. Restart the server for the changes to take effect.                  

                    

For Linux

1. In the directory containing the installed FAS, issue the shell command ./runServerConfig.sh.

2. Follow one of these steps:

   • To use a local CES server to connect to CES, select option 5 and enter false in the License Preferences tab. Then enter option 4 and enter the URL for the Enterprise Services tab. Here is an example of a CES URL: http://yourCesServer:yourCesPort/
   • To use a cloud CES, select option 5 and enter true in the License Preferences tab. Then set the following properties:
     • CES Cloud URL (Option 6)
     • Customer Number (Option 7)
     • Site ID (Option 8)

   To use BMC maintained CES cloud license, contact BMC Support.

3. Stop and restart FAS to apply the changes. See task Task-2-5-Control-FAS.