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Installing Cost Management on a web server

Use the following procedure to install the BMC AMI Cost Management on a server running IIS (web server).

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Installing

Before you begin

  • The installation program checks for the requirements described in Cost-Management-system-requirements. If any requirement is not satisfied, the installation program notifies you and stops. Before restarting the installation program, you must satisfy the missing requirements.
  • If you plan to use a specific user account to run Cost Management, the account must have Log On as a Service rights.

To install Cost Management on a web server

  1. Perform one of the following actions:
    • If you downloaded the product from the Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) facility, navigate to the folder where the installation files were saved.
    • If you received a physical product shipment, insert the Cost Management installation CD into a CD drive.
  2. In the Cost Management folder, double-click the setup.exe file.
  3. On the Welcome page, click Next.
  4. Read the license agreement and then click Yes.
  5. Review the Readme file and then click Next.

  6. On the Choose Destination Location page:

    • To accept the default location, click Next.
    • To choose a different location, click Browse.
    Warning

    Important

    The destination location identifies the folder in which to install the 

    Cost Management

     files. The default 64-bit OS destination folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\SCA.

     The Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page is displayed.
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  7. On the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, perform the following actions: 
    1. Select an account under which the Cost Management 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.
    2. Enter the Domain\Username and password for the account.
    3. Click Test User Account to verify the credentials.

    4. Click IIS Advanced Options.
      The IIS Advanced Options page displays the IIS configurations that exist on the machine.
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      Warning

      Important

      HTTP support will be deprecated in a future release. We highly recommend that you use HTTPS protocol.

    5. From the list, select the IIS Web Site, Port Number, and the protocol. Then click OK.

      Warning

      Important

      If this is the first time you are installing 

      Cost Management

      , the IIS Advanced Options page shows the default configuration. However, if you are reinstalling the product, it shows the current configuration. If more than one option is detected for either the IIS Web Site or Port Number, you can select them from the list.

        

    6. On the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, specify the fields and click Next.
      The Start Copying Files page is displayed.
  8. 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 progress of the installation process.
  9. During the installation, the Cost Management detects the Microsoft Windows firewall. 
    When prompted, configure the firewall based on the following options:
    • If you want the installation program to add all necessary entries to the firewall, click YES.

    • If you want to enter the firewall settings manually, click NO.

      Use the following table to complete the configuration:

      Firewall setting

      Value

      Rule Type

      Port

      Direction

      Inbound/Outbound

      Program

      BMCSCAService.EXE

      Protocol and ports

      TCP All local ports

      Action

      Allow connection

      Profile

      DomainPrivate

      Name

      BMCSCAService

  10. Click Finish.
    If prompted, restart your computer. 

    Warning

    Important

    After the installation completes, the administrator must associate each Windows domain user account with a BMC AMI Cost Management group definition.

To verify BMC AMI Cost Management server

Perform this procedure if the BMC AMI Cost Management Server Verification page is displayed while you are installing BMC AMI Cost Management.

Warning

Important

The BMC AMI Cost Management Server Verification page is displayed only when you select the HTTPS protocol on the IIS Advanced Options page and the install cannot resolve the server name with the common name on the SSL certificate.

The install tests the server name obtained via Dns.GetHostName. If the test fails, the install uses the array of domain suffixes in the SearchList registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters\SearchList

The install appends a domain suffix to the server name and runs the test. If a test is successful, the install continues. If none of the tests are successful, the BMC AMI Cost Management Server Verification page is displayed.

  1. In the Server field, enter the SSL certificate’s common name in the form of a fully qualified domain name.

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  2. Click Test Server Connection to verify the connection. Then click OK.
    The BMC AMI Cost Management product is installed on your system.

    Warning

    Important

    If prompted, you must restart your computer before accessing BMC AMI Cost Management.

Where to go from here

Assign at least one user to a BMC AMI Cost Management user group in order to login and use Cost Management. For more information, see Assigning-users-to-Cost-Management-User-Groups.



 

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