MFT Deployment Package Installation

The following procedures describe how to install the Control-M MFT Deployment Package 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 Agents, as described in Control-M MFT Deployment. The MFT plug-ins package is located in the EM_HOME/Client_Updates/Plugins/AFT directory.

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.

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.

  • Verify that you have met all system requirements, as described in Control-M MFT System Requirements.

  • 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

  • Download the installation package, as described in Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Begin

  1. From the temporary installation directory, double-click the setup.exe file.

    The Control-M Managed File Transfer Deployment Package 9.0.27 wizard appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

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

    • Automatic Installation: 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 hosts where you want to perform an automatic installation.

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

    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.

  • Verify that you have met all system requirements, as described in Control-M MFT System Requirements.

  • 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

  • Download the installation package, as described in Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

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/Linux.

  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. Run 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 9.0.27, and click Uninstall.

  4. Click OK to continue.

    Control-M MFT is successfully removed from your host.

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.9.0.27

  3. Run the following command:

    • Interactively Uninstall: ./uninstall.sh

    • Automatic Uninstall: ./uninstall.sh -silent

    Control-M MFT is successfully removed from your host.