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description: How to install Storage Analyzer KM.
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# Install Storage Analyzer KM

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- [Install Storage Analyzer KM](#install-storage-analyzer-km) 
  
    - [Create a Deployable Package](#create-a-deployable-package)
    - [Deploy and Install the Package](#deploy-and-install-the-package)
    - [Uninstalling Storage Analyzer](#uninstalling-storage-analyzer)

> This section details the procedure to install and deploy **Storage Analyzer** on your PATROL Agent. It also provides a step-by-step procedure to uninstall the KM.

## Create a Deployable Package

The installation package to deploy on managed systems can be created directly from **BMC Helix Operations Management**:

1. Log on to your **BMC Helix Operations Management** console.
2. From the top menu, select **Administration** > **Repository**.
3. Click the **Deployable Packages** tab.
4. Click the **Create** button.
5. Select the operating system and platform for which you want to create a package. The components available in the repository for the selected operating system and platform are displayed.
  
  ![Selecting the Operating System, Platform and Storage Analyzer](./images/skm_helix_repository_deploy_package_os.png)
6. Select the **Storage Analyzer** solution, the **Storage Intelligence Library**, their version, and click **Next**.
  
  ![Selecting the Storage Intelligence Library Sub-component](./images/skm_helix_repository_deploy_package_sil.png)
7. Specify the installation directory and click **Next**.
  
  ![Specifying the Installation Directory](./images/skm_helix_repository_deploy_package_directory.png)
8. Confirm the BMC Product Startup Information and specify the Agent Port Number.
  
  ![Specifying the Installation Directory](./images/skm_helix_repository_deploy_package_port.png)
9. Provide the following information:
  
    - **Name**: Enter a unique name for the package.
    - (Optional) **Description**: Enter a description of the package.
    - **Format**: Select a file compression format for the package.
  
  ![Creating the Deployable Package](./images/skm_helix_repository_deploy_package_details.png)
10. Click **Save and Download**.
11. Click **Close**. The package is now listed in the **Deployable Packages** tab.

## Deploy and Install the Package

### Install the Monitoring Solution using the Silent Installer

Once you have created and downloaded the deployable packages for **Storage Analyzer**, a compressed folder is automatically created, ready to be deployed.

1. Uncompress the **Storage Analyzer** compressed folder to the server on which you want to deploy the monitoring solution.
2. Double-click the **bmc_products** folder and launch the **RunSilentInstall.exe**, or **RunSilentInstall.sh**, depending on the operating system selected for the deployable package.
3. Provide the PATROL account credentials when prompted.

### Install the Monitoring Solution using the action menu

1. From your **BMC Helix Operations Management** console, click the **Configuration** menu and then click on **Agents**.
2. From the PATROL Agent action menu, click **Deploy and Install Packages**.
  
  ![Deploy and Install Package](./images/skm_helix_install_managed_device_menu.png)
3. In the **Deploy and Install Packages** list, select the package you want to deploy and install.
  
  ![Deploy and Install Package](./images/skm_helix_select_package.png)

## Uninstalling Storage Analyzer

To uninstall **Storage Analyzer**:

1. Log on to the **BMC Helix Operations Management**.
2. From the top menu, select **Configuration** > **Agent**.
3. From the PATROL Agent action menu, click **Uninstall Monitoring Solutions**.
  
  ![Uninstalling Storage Analyzer](./images/skm_helix_uninstall_managed_device_menu.png)
4. Select the **Storage Analyzer** package you want to uninstall. Select the **Storage Intelligence Library** sub-component to uninstall it along with **Storage Analyzer** (optional).
  
  ![Uninstalling Storage Analyzer](./images/skm_helix_uninstall_managed_device_package.png)
  
  Click **Uninstall**. The PATROL Agent restarts. You can view the uninstall status in the **Deploy Status** column.