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Installing Cost Analyzer on a web server

Use the following procedure to install the Cost Analyzer server component on a web server.


Before you begin

  • The installation program checks for the requirements described in Cost-Analyzer-application-server-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 Analyzer, the account must have 'Log On as a Service' rights.

Note

After the installation completes, the administrator does need to associate each Windows domain user account with a BMC Cost Analyzer group definition.

To install Cost Analyzer

  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 Analyzer installation CD into a CD drive.
  2. In the Cost Analyzer 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, perform one of the following actions:

    • Click Next to accept the default location.
    • Click Browse to choose a different location.

    Note

    The Destination Location identifies the folder where you want to install Cost Analyzer 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 displays as shown in the following figure:

    install1.png

  7. On the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, perform the following actions: 

    1. Select an account under which the Cost Analyzer 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 account.
    4. Click IIS Advanced Options.
      The IIS Advanced Options dialog displays, showing the IIS configurations that exist on the machine:
      install2.png

    5. From the drop-down menus, select the IIS Web Site and the Port Number, and then click OK.

      Note

       If this is the first time you are installing Cost Analyzer, the dialog shows the default configuration. However, if you are reinstalling the product, the dialog 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 drop-down menu.

        

    6. When finished with your specifications on the Windows Service Identity and IIS Application Pool Identity page, 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 progression of the installation process.

    After the installation completes, Cost Analyzer detects the Microsoft Windows firewall.

  9. 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 and 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 and, if prompted, restart your computer. 


Where to go from here

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

Related topic

Installing-Cost-Analyzer



 

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