Getting Started

This section describes the prerequisites and the procedures you must perform before you install BMC Performance Manager Express Monitoring Studio. Please follow the given instructions carefully in order to ensure a successful integration of the solution within the Portal environment.

Minimum Requirements

The computer on which you install BMC Performance Manager Express Monitoring Studio should already have:

1.	BMC Performance Manager Portal version 2.5.00

2.	Access to an RSM i.e. Remote Service Monitor

The RSM program must be installed on a Windows platform. This can either be same as the server where the Portal is installed or, any other Windows computer on the network.

Once you install Monitoring Studio Express on one computer, you can add as many elements as you require to your monitoring environment, irrespective of whether they are Windows-based, UNIX or Linux.