Installing the License Metric Tool server and DB2 in interactive mode (BigFix scenario)

To install the License Metric Tool server and DB2 by using the All-in-One installer in interactive mode, run the setup-server-linux-x86_64.sh script. Then, follow instructions in the installation wizard.

1. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installation package, and extract the installation files.

   tar xvf installation_package

2. To start the installation, run the setup-server-linux-x86_64.sh script.

   ./setup-server-linux-x86_64.sh

3. When prompted, choose License Metric Tool server and IBM DB2 to install only the License Metric Tool server and its database. After the installation, you must connect them to the existing BigFix server.
   
4. Provide details for the installation of DB2: installation path, home directory, and a password for the DB2 instance owner. The default username is db2inst1.
   Important: Ensure that the password for the DB2 instance owner meets the requirements that are specific for the operating system on which you are installing DB2. Otherwise, the installation fails.

   
5. Create the administrative user of License Metric Tool. This user is required to log in to the application.
   Tip: Avoid using admin, administrator, root or a similar name for the administrative account. Such an account might be prone to hacker attacks and locked out if an attacker exceeds the specified number of failed login attempts. For more information about the account lockout, see: Configuring user account lockout.

   
6. Provide the installation path for the License Metric Tool server.
   
7. Specify the port number that will be used by the browser to display the License Metric Tool web user interface, and the port that will be used by the local VM Manager Tool.
   
8. When the installation is complete, click Done to open the License Metric Tool web user interface in the browser and complete the initial configuration.

   If you do not have a browser installed, you can access the web user interface from a different computer at https://host_name:port, where host_name is the host name of the computer where the License Metric Tool server is installed, and port is the port that you specified during the installation, by default: 9081.

   Note: If the installation fails, you can run the cleanlmtenv.sh script to remove all components of License Metric Tool that were installed so far and start a fresh installation. For more information, see: Removing all components after a failed installation (BigFix scenario).
9. Optional: The Enable default scan schedule for this data source check box is selected by default. Clear this check box if you want to manually configure the scans.

   If you enable the default scan schedule, actions that are needed to collect data from the computers in your infrastructure are automatically started on the BigFix server. This option is advised for environments with up to a few thousand computers. For larger environments, finish the installation, divide the computers into groups, and then manually set up scan schedule for each group to avoid performance issues. For more information about the default and manual scan schedule, see: Setting up data collection (BigFix scenario).

10. Configure the connection to an existing BigFix server and its database. From the Data Source Type list, choose BigFix on DB2 or BigFix on SQL Server, and provide the connection details. Then, click Create.