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Installing the BMC CIM provider

Use the following procedure to install the BMC CIM provider.

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Capacity-Provisioning-Manager-CPM

  1. Create two BMC HFS Directories with read/write/execute (rwx) attributes for the owner and read/execute (r-x) attributes for other users or groups as follows:<path>/bmc/cpmcim/providers

    <path>/bmc/cpmcim/mof

    You can choose a <path> or use the default /bmc.

  2. Edit the BBSAMP member MMRCIMJF.

  3. Run the 'Copy CIM providers and MOF to customer's HFS file' option from the Product Customization for BMC AMI Ops Monitor for z/OS to install the following objects:BMC.so (Shared Object) provider dll files into USS file path:

    <path>/bmc/cpmcim/providers

    BMC.mof (Managed Object Format) files and make file into USS file path:

    <path>/bmc/cpmcim/mof
  4. Run the CIM Server Started Task.For more information about CIM Server, see the IBM manual z/OS MVS Capacity Provisioning User's Guide .

  5.  Run makefile to unregister IBM RMF CIM providers and register BMC CMF CIM providers.The name of the make file is makeBMCcust. The member is located at <path>/bmc/cpmcim/mof.

    Execute makefile as make -f makeBMCcust.

    Warning

    Important

    • This step requires a USS command, and you must be at that file path <path>/bmc/cpmcim/mof.
    • To run Step 5, you must have CONTROL access to profile CIMSERV CL(WBEM).
    • The environment for the USS where make is run must be set up with the settings from /usr/lpp/wbem/install/profile.add.

    • The updates that are performed by makefile are contained in the CIM Servers repository that is located in /var/wbem/repository. If you are replacing the active repository /var/wbem/repository from the shipped master repository that is located in /usr/lpp/wbem/repository, the changes made by makefile are lost. Therefore, BMC recommends that you repeat Step 5 every time you replace a repository with a fresh copy.

      For more information, see the IBM Common Information Model User's Guide .

  6. Install and run the Host Server Started Task.For more information about the Host Server, see Administering.
  7. Edit the /etc/wbem/cimserver.env file.

    1. Update LIBPATH as follows:If you have IBM CIM Server installed, add the following text to the LIBPATH in the file:

      <path>/bmc/cpmcim/providers

      The final LIBPATH looks like this example:

      LIBPATH=/usr/lpp/wbem/lib:/usr/lpp/wbem/provider:/usr/lib:< path>/bmc/cpmcim/providers

    2. Set the RMF_CIM_HOST IP address to the same address as the Host Server of step 6.For example:

      RMF_CIM_HOST=172.19.164.166

      or

      RMF_CIM_HOST=mvssjsd.bmc.com

    3. Set the RMF_CIM_PORT port number to the same port number as the Host Server of step 6.For example:

      RMF_CIM_PORT=8813
      Warning

      Important

      Make sure to add the /etc/wbem/cimserver.env file to the CIMSEVER Started Task STDENV DD step.

      For example:

      STDENV DD PATH='/etc/wbem/cimserver.env'

    4. (Optional) To limit the queried systems to only systems that are using CPM, you can add the following line to the file:

      #CMF_SEL_CTX=<server/context>. 

      Information
      Examples

      If you have a separate host server for each system and you want to query only the local system, specify the following line:

      #CMF_SEL_CTX=*LOCAL

      If you have a single host server for multiple systems and you want to include only the systems that are using CPM , specify the following line:

      #CMF_SEL_CTX=<cpm_context>

      <cpm_context> is a custom context that includes only the systems that are using CPM.

  8. Run the following USS command:cimconfig -s providerDir=lib:provider:< path >/bmc/cpmcim/providers -p
  9. Restart the CIM Server Started Task.

  10. Run the following USS command:cimprovider -l -s

    The BMC provider list is displayed.

    Warning

    Important

    BMC assumes that with the installation of the latest release of the product, customers will have all necessary CIM-related views.

 

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