Overview of setup tasks

This topic explains the administrative setup tasks required to make the tools functional for all users.

Before the MLC Monthly Reporting, MLC Planning, and MLC Software Contract Reporting tools can be used, you need to complete the administration setup tasks described in the following figure:

Before the TFP Monthly Reporting tool can be used, you need to complete the administration setup tasks described in the following figure:

The following table provides hyperlinks to the topics that explain how to complete the administration setup tasks for :

Task	Topic
Assign users to the appropriate user group on the application server	Assigning-users-to-Cost-Management-User-Groups
Create and schedule the Automator script	Creating-and-scheduling-the-Automator-script Warning Note You can skip this task if the following conditions are met: You are currently using BMC AMI Capacity Management The Automator script is scheduled and populating data into the Capacity Database Web Services server
Define connections to Capacity Database Web Services servers	Defining-connections-to-Capacity-Database-Web-Services-servers
Define Model Builder Tasks	Defining-Model-Builder-Tasks
Install the Model Builder Proxy	Installing-the-Cost-Management-Model-Builder-Proxy
Update the Automator script	Updating-the-Cost-Management-Model-Builder-Proxy-event
Add software contracts	Defining-software-contracts
Verify/edit CPC Configuration	Managing-CPC-Configuration
Edit cost tables	Editing-the-cost-coefficients
Define the TFP Configurations	Managing-TFP-Configurations

Tip

You need to add at least one user to a Cost Management Group before you can login and use BMC AMI Cost Management.

For a checklist and complete details about how to install BMC AMI Cost Management on a MS Windows Server, see Installing-BMC-AMI-Cost-Management-on-a-MS-Windows-Server.

BMC AMI Cost Management - BMC Compuware Strobe configuration

In order to set up and use the integration of Cost Management, you must perform the following procedures:

Configure the BMC Compuware Strobe web location
From a Workloads View in a Monthly Summary report, launch Strobe for a specific LPAR