Installing Control-M/Forecast on Windows

This procedure describes how to install Control-M/Forecast on Windows.

Before you begin

• Ensure that the database server that contains the Control-M/EM database is up and running.
• Download the Control-M/Forecast installation files (see Product Distribution in the Control-M Release Notes).

To install Control-M/Forecast on Windows:

1. From the Control-M/Forecast activation CD, double-click the setup.exe file.

   The Control-M/Forecast Installation 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. Ensure that the installation DVD is still in the DVD drive, and run the installation script, as follows:

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

        The installation log can be found at the following location:

        <installFolder>\BMCINSTALL\log\BMC_Control-M_Forecast_Install_<date-time>.log

3. Click Done.