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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

Cost-Management-system-requirements

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 BMC AMI Cost Management, the account must have Log On as a Service rights.

To install BMC AMI 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 BMC AMI Cost Management installation CD into a CD drive.
Warning

Important

With every release, create a new silent install recording file. When recreating the recording files, make sure that you visit every installation page during the recording process.

  1. In the BMC AMI Cost Management folder, double-click the setup.exe file.
  2. On the Welcome page, click Next.
  3. Read the license agreement and then click Yes.
  4. Review the Readme file and then click Next.

  5. On the Choose Destination Location page:

    • If BMC AMI Cost Management is not installed, setup installs it in the Destination Folder.
    • If BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services is not installed, it is installed at the same location as BMC AMI Cost Management, C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\SCA, and C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\CDB, as shown on the Choose Destination Location page.
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    • Perform one of the following actions:
      • Click Next to accept the default locations.
      • Click Browse to choose a different location for BMC AMI Cost Management. If you change the location for BMC AMI Cost Management, the location for BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services changes accordingly.

    • If BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services is installed, its files are updated. The Choose Destination Location page displays the location of BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services.
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      Perform one of the following actions:

      • Click Next to accept the default location for BMC AMI Cost Management.
      • Click Browse to choose a different location for BMC AMI Cost Management. The location of BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services does not change. 
      Warning

      Important

      The Destination Location identifies the folder in which you want to install BMC AMI Cost Management. The default 64-bit OS destination folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\SCA.

      If both BMC AMI Cost Management and BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services are installed, the Choose Destination Location page displays the location of both products. These locations cannot be changed.

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               The Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page is displayed.
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  6. On the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, perform the following actions: 
    1. Select an account under which the BMC AMI 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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    5. From the menus, select the IIS Web Site, and the Port Number, then click OK.

      Warning

      Important

      If this is the first time you are installing BMC AMI Cost Management, the dialog box shows the default configuration.

      If you are reinstalling the product, the dialog box shows the current configuration. If more than one option is detected for either IIS Web Site or the 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.
  7. 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.
  8. During the installation, the BMC AMI 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

  9. 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 the 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.

The BMC AMI Cost Management Server Verification page is displayed only when you are using the HTTPS protocol, and the install cannot resolve the server name with the common name on the SSL certificate

  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.
    ​​​​If the connection cannot be verified, select the Bypass Server Verification checkbox to bypass the server verification and complete the installation process.

    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 BMC AMI Cost Management. For more information, see Assigning-users-to-Cost-Management-User-Groups.

 

 

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