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Installing

BMC AMI Defender for z/Linux is available for download at the  BMC Electronic Product Download (EPD) website. Contact BMC Support for a trial or to purchase a license.

BMC AMI Defender for z/Linux

is specifically designed not to scatter files into UNIX system directories. All UNIX files reside in a single directory selected by the root administrator. This directory is typically /opt/BMC Defender or /usr/local/BMC Defender.

After the UNIX files are installed on a platform, the root administrator configures and edits the CO-logmon.cnf or CO-fmon.cnf files (provided as part of the distribution) to supply the value for destinationAddress (the IP address of the BMC Defender Server). The root administrator then launches the CO-logmon program or CO-fmon program as a background process and configures the program to launch via system startup.

This section provides installation requirements and generic procedural steps to install any version of 

BMC AMI Defender for z/Linux

on a UNIX platform.

This section contains the following topics: 

Update considerations

Before you update the 

BMC AMI Defender for z/Linux

product, back up the following configuration files. Replace installationDirectory with the directory in which you installed the product. Typical installation paths include /opt/BMCDefender or /usr/local/BMCDefender. Make sure that you back up any configuration files (*.cnf) and command files (*.cmd):

  • installationDirectory/*.cnf
  • installationDirectory/*.cmd

 

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