Set Up the Environment For the BMI Server

You must create a bmi_admin user account and a policy file in the console before you can use the BMI server. You can also create profiles for your BMI server in the console.

For more information about user accounts, policy files, and profiles, see the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise 1.0 User’s Guide.

To Create a BMI Admin User Account

In this procedure you create a bmi_admin user accounts with full permissions over all jobs, hosts, groups, and components.

Any Sun Update Connection – Enterprise admin user can access the BMI server, but only the bmi_admin user can configure the BMI server.

1. Start the console.

   $ uce_console

   The Login window appears.

2. Log in as the admin user.

   The console initializes and the main window appears.

3. Open the Users window.

   • From the tool bar, click the Users icon.

   • From the Tools menu, choose Users (Tools -> Users).

4. Open the User Editor window:

   • From the tool bar of the Users window, click the New icon.

   • Right-click in a blank space in the Users window and choose New.

5. Complete the User Editor fields for the new user.

   1. In the User Name field, type bmi_admin

   2. Type a password for the user and then verify it.

   3. Type a description of the account.

   4. Check the Grant Full Permissions checkbox.

   5. (Optional) If you want to receive Sun Update Connection – Enterprise notification emails, complete the Notifications section. Provide an email address and check the relevant Notify When options.

6. Click OK.

   The User Editor window closes. The new user name, with full permissions, is added to the Users window.

To Create a BMI Policy File and Profiles

If you create a profile after you log into the BMI server, the profile is displayed the next time that you log in.

1. Start the console.

   $ uce_console

   The Login window appears.

2. Log in as the admin user.

   The console initializes and the main window appears.

3. Open the Policies window.

   • From the tool bar, click the Policies icon.

   • From the Tools menu, choose Policies.

4. Open the Policy Editor window.

   • From the tool bar on the Policies window, click the New icon.

   • Right-click a blank space in the Policies window and choose New.

     The Policy Editor window opens.

5. Create a new policy that predefines the actions.

   If you have more than one client distribution, click Multi Distro.

   In the window that opens, expand all categories and select all the options. This ensures that the policy is relevant for any distribution you choose to provision.

6. Click OK.

   The Policy Editor window closes. The policy is created and appears in the Policies window.

7. (Optional) Create the profiles that you will use in the BMI server to provision systems.

   If you have more than one client distribution, click Multi Distro for each profile and in the window that opens, expand all categories and select all the options. This ensures that each profile can be deployed on any remote computer that is being provisioned with any of your selected distributions. For more detailed information about creating profiles, see Chapter 9, Profiles, in Sun Update Connection – Enterprise 1.0 User’s Guide.