Planning

With the installation of any BMC AMI Ops Monitoring component or BMC AMI Ops Insight, BMC AMI Ops User Interfaceis also installed.

To prepare for the installation, make sure that you have the following information ready. To change the settings after installation, see Customizing-after-installation.

Important

BMC AMI Ops User Interface installed on a single LPAR can connect to multiple Host Servers in the Sysplex.

Related topics

Installing

Customizing-after-installation


Parameter

Values

Name of the started task for the BMC AMI Ops UI Server 

Default value: AMIAPSRV

Name of the started task for the BMC AMI Ops UI Discovery server

Default value: AMIDSSRV

Name of the started task for the BMC AMI Ops Monitor service 

If you are installing BMC AMI Ops User Interface with BMC AMI Ops Monitoring, enter the name of the started task.

Default value: AMIMOSRV

Java home path

Location of the Java 1.8 (Java 8) 64-bit or 31-bit installation directory on your system

Example: /usr/lpp/java/J8.0

To configure 64-bit JVM, see General-customizations.

BMC AMI Ops UI Server runtime file system

Example: APSHLQ.PRJNAME.RTE.APSZFSAJ

BMC AMI Ops UI Server code path (mount point)

Example: /u/MAINVIEW/opsui20

 BMC AMI Ops UI Server user ID and group ID


 BMC AMI Ops UI Discovery server host name and port number

Default value for host name: localhost

Default value for port number: 8761

BMC AMI Ops UI Server host name and port number

Default value for host name: localhost

Default value for port number: 9191

The URL to access BMC AMI Ops User Interface uses the host name and protocol. For more information, see Signing-in-to-BMC-AMI-Ops-user-interface.

If you previously used version 1.1, the port number for that version will not be used for the user interface.

Number of idle minutes after which the user session times out

Set the number of idle minute by using AMIAPS_IDLE_TIME.

Unless the user ID is specified in the AMIAPS_IDLE_USER, the session times out after the specified number of idle minutes.

ID of special user for whom the session does not time out

Set the ID of the special user by using AMIAPS_IDLE_USER.

SSL (recommended) certificate information

To enable, enter yes.

Otherwise, enter no.

Important

Yes and no inputs during installation are translated to true and false in the AMICMNEV member of the &HLQ.UBBSAMP data set.

SSL certificate keystore type

Valid values: JKS, PKCS12, or JCERACFKS

SSL certificate keystore name

Keystore path and name or RACF keyring path and name

SSL certificate alias


SSL certificate password


Client certificate needed

  • none—Disables client authentication and no client certificate are in use
  • need—Enables client authentication and certificates are required

Client certificate mode

  • true—Allows authentication by using a digital certificate or user ID and password (mainframe credentials)
  • false—Only a user ID and password (mainframe credentials) authentication is allowed

JWT token

Ten-character secret key that is used by servers internally to assure secure communication

Telemetry tracking enabled

To enable, enter yes.

Otherwise, enter no.

Important

Yes and no inputs during installation are translated to true and false in the AMICMNEV member of the &HLQ.UBBSAMP data set.

Telemetry marketing enabled

To enable, enter yes.

Otherwise, enter no.

Important

Yes and no inputs during installation are translated to true and false in the AMICMNEV member of the &HLQ.UBBSAMP data set.

Organization name

Organization name to use for data collection

For details about planning for associated products, see the planning section of the following products:

  • Planning for BMC AMI Ops Insight

  • Alert Manager
  • BMC AMI Apptune for Db2
  • BMC AMI Ops Automation
  • BMC AMI Ops Automation for Capping
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CMF
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IMS Online
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Java Environments
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for MQ
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Unix Systems Services
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for z/OS
  • BMC AMI Storage
  • MainView for VTAM
  • MainView for WebSphere Application Server
  • MainView Transaction Analyzer
  • Plex Manager
  • Total Object Manager


 

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