Installing BMC AMI Capacity Reporting on a web server
If you plan to run the BMC AMI Capacity Reporting service under a specific user account, the account must have Log On as a Service rights.
To install BMC AMI Capacity Reporting
- Perform one of the following actions:
- If you have downloaded the product from the Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) facility, navigate to the folder in which the installation files were saved.
- If you have received a physical product shipment, insert the BMC AMI Capacity Reporting installation CD into a CD drive.
- In the BMC AMI Capacity Reporting folder, double-click the setup.exe file.
- On the Welcome page, click Next.
- Read the license agreement and then indicate your acceptance by clicking Yes.
- Review the Readme file and then click Next.
On the Choose Destination Location page, perform one of the following actions:
- Click Next to accept the default location.
- Click Browse to choose a different location.
The Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page is displayed as follows:
- On the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, perform the following actions:
- Select an account under which the BMC AMI Capacity Reporting Service should run.You can select either Local System Account or Specific User Account. The specific user account must have Log On As A Service rights.
- Enter the Domain\Username and password for the account.
- Click Test User Account to verify the account.
- Click IIS Advanced Options.
The IIS Advanced Options dialog box displays, showing the IIS configurations that exist on the machine: From the menus, select the IIS Web Site and the Port Number, and then click OK.
If you are still using the HTTP protocol, the following warning is displayed:
- When finished with your specifications on the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, click Next.
The Start Copying Files page is displayed.
- Review your entries on the Start Copying Files page and click Next to begin the installation.
The Setup Status page displays a progress bar that indicates the progression of the installation process.
After the files are installed, BMC AMI Capacity Reporting detects the Microsoft Windows firewall. - When asked if you want to configure the firewall, enter YES or NO based on the following options:
- Click YES if you want the installation program to add all necessary entries to the firewall.
Click NO if you want to enter the firewall settings shown in the following table manually:
Firewall setting
Value
Rule Type
Port
Direction
Inbound/Outbound
Program
BMCCMMService.exe
Protocol and ports
TCP All local ports
Action
Allow connection
Profile
DomainPrivate
Name
BMCCMMService
- Click Finish and if prompted, restart your computer.
Where to go from here
Assign at least one user to a BMC AMI Capacity Reporting user group in order to login and use BMC AMI Capacity Reporting. For more information, see Assigning users to BMC AMI Capacity Reporting User Groups.