Control-M Managed File Transfer Installation

The following procedures describe how to install Control-M Managed File Transfer (MFT) on a Control-M/EM Server on UNIX and Windows:

The installation copies the MFT packages repository for each OS to EM_HOME/CM_Deploy. The packages are used to deploy MFT to multiple Control-M/Agents, as described in Deploying Control-M for MFT. The MFT plug-ins package is located in the EM_HOME/Client_Updates/Plugins/AFT directory. The package is used to deploy MFT to any Control-M client after a user has logged in to the specific Control-M/EM server with MFT.

If your Control-M/EM machine is in High Availability mode, you must install the Control-M MFT Deployment Package on both your Control-M/EM primary and Control-M/EM secondary machines.

Control-M MFT System Requirements

The following table lists the minimum system requirements for Control-M MFT (installed on the Agent):

Operating System

Specifications

Requirements

Windows

  • 250 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 5 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 4 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 2,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 20 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 8 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 100 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 4

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000–60,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 250 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 8

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

Linux

  • 250 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 5 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 4 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 2,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 20 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 8 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 100 concurrent job executions.

     

  • CPUs: 4

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000–100,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 750 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 8

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

AIX

  • 250 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 5 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 4 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 2,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 20 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 2

  • RAM: 8 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 100 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 4

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

  • 20,000–100,000 daily MFT job executions on the Agent.

  • 750 concurrent job executions.

  • CPUs: 8

  • RAM: 16 GB

  • Disk Space: 50 GB

Installing Control-M MFT on Windows

This procedure describes how to install Control-M MFT on a Control-M/EM Server on Windows.

Before You Begin

  • Ensure that the database server that contains the Control-M/EM database is up and running.

  • Download the MFT installation files from EPD, as described in Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

  • If you install Control-M MFT Deployment Package 9.0.20 or lower on Control-M/EM 9.0.20 or higher, you must run the following command:
    <EM>/install/mft_install_helper.sh SET

Begin

  1. From the downloaded installation files, double-click the setup.exe file.

    The Control-M Managed File Transfer Deployment Package 9.0.21.100 wizard appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Interactive Install: Follow the on-screen instructions until the installation is complete.

    • Automatic Install: Create a parameter file and then run the automatic install in a non-interactive mode, as follows:

    1. Follow the on-screen instructions until the Summary window.

    2. Click Generate and select the location to create the XML parameter file.

    3. Click Yes to quit the installation.

      A confirmation message appears.

    4. Click Yes.

    5. Copy the automatic installation parameters file to a network location that is accessible to all computers where you want to perform an automatic installation.

    6. Log in using a user ID that has Administrator permissions on the current computer.

    7. Run the following installation script:

      <Source_Path>\Setup.exe -silent <xml_path>\<filename.xml>

      The installation log can be found at the following location:

      <Installation_Folder>\BMCINSTALL\log\BMC_Control-M_Managed_File_Transfer_Install_<date-time>.log

  3. Click Done.

Installing Control-M MFT on UNIX

This procedure describes how to install Control-M MFT on a Control-M/EM server on UNIX.

Before You Begin

  • Ensure that the database server that contains the Control-M/EM database is up and running.

  • Download the MFT installation files from EPD, as described in Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

  • If you install Control-M MFT Deployment Package 9.0.20 or lower on Control-M/EM 9.0.20 or higher, you must run the following command:
    <EM>/install/mft_install_helper.sh SET

Begin

  1. Log in to the Control-M/EM account.

    If you are using the GUI, set the environment variable DISPLAY to value <hostName>:0.0. It is not necessary to set DISPLAY for console mode or silent mode. For more information, see Setting Environment Variables in UNIX.

  2. Prepare the installation files for the installation process, depending on the type of file that you downloaded:

    • TAR File: Extract the downloaded .tar.Z file into a temporary directory by typing the following command:

      zcat <product image>.tar.Z |tar -xvf –

    • ISO File: Mount the installation CD image from the root user, and log off the root user before continuing with the installation.

  3. Type the following command:

    <cdPath>/setup.sh

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions until the installation is complete.

Uninstalling Control-M MFT from Windows

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M MFT from Windows.

Begin

  1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Programs and Features.

  3. Select Control-M Managed File Transfer Deployment Package 9.0.21.000, and click Uninstall.

  4. Click OK to continue.

    Control-M MFT is successfully removed from your computer.

Uninstalling Control-M MFT from UNIX

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M MFT from UNIX.

Begin

  1. Log in as a Control-M user.

  2. Navigate to the following directory:

    <Installation_Folder>/BMCINSTALL/uninstall/DRAFP.9.0.21.000

  3. Type one of the following commands:

    • Interactive Uninstall: ./uninstall.sh

    • Automatic Uninstall: ./uninstall.sh -silent

    Control-M MFT is successfully removed from your computer.