Getting Started

This chapter describes the prerequisites and the procedures you must perform before you install BMC Performance Manager Express for SharePoint. 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 for SharePoint should already have:

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 BMC Performance Manager Express for SharePoint, you can add as many elements as you require in your monitoring environment.

Connection Rights and Credentials

User must have administrator rights to connect to the Windows SharePoint server through the WMI/WBEM protocol. This connection is used to list available disks and create a temporary administrative shared folder for internal activity of the Performance Manager. Additionally, the user must be a member of the SharePoint Administrator Group to access the SharePoint status information.

It is not currently possible to use a local account with administrator right with Windows 2008R2. Due to WMI/WBEM restrictions, remote access is not authorized when using a local account while built-in local administrator or a domain account are permitted.

HTTP SharePoint Site accessibility requires the user account to possess sufficient rights to access a SharePoint site through HTTP/HTTPS.