This course provides instruction and hands-on practice installing and upgrading in Control-M. It also covers supporting tasks that aid or support the installation procedures. The course will also cover the uninstallation procedures.

Control-M is a monitoring and management tool for the enterprise batch-scheduling environment. It allows users to manage job processing across all distributed systems platforms supported by instances of Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent.

» Explain the Control-M Architecture

» Explain the installation process flow

» Review product and hardware compatibility from BMC Support website

» Download the installation media files from EPD

» Explain Control-M Scalability

» Explain the installation process for Control-M/Enterprise Manager Server, Control-M/Enterprise Manager Client, Control-M/Server, Control-M/Agent

» Set the BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME environment variable

» Implement pre-installation steps for UNIX Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server and Control/Agent installations

» Configure the automatic startup/shutdown process for UNIX Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent installations

» Explain the Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent Windows Services

» Review installation logs and the installed-versions.txt files

» Uninstall the Control-M/EM Server, Control-M/EM Client, Control-M/Server and Control/Agent

» Define or Discover a Control-M/Server

» Install a second Control-M/Agent instance on the same host

» Set the Control-M/Agent mode on UNIX

» Configure Logon as User mode for a Windows Control-M/Agent

» Add a Control-M/Agent

» Explain the Control-M component (EM, Server and Agent) upgrade process flow

» Upgrade the Control-M/EM Server, Control-M/EM Client, Control-M/Server, Control-M/Agent, and the dedicated PostgreSQL database

» Understand the upgrade rollback process

» Disable compatibility mode once Control-M Clients are upgraded

» Administrators

» Consultants

Module 1: Control-M Installation Process Overview

» Control-M Architecture and Components

» Creating a BMC Support Account

» Reviewing Product Compatibility

» Hardware Requirements

» Downloading the Installation Media

» Lab Systems Architecture

Module 2: Control-M/Enterprise Manager Installation

» Control-M/Enterprise Manager Pre-installation Steps

» Control-M/Enterprise Manager Server Installation

» Control-M/Enterprise Manager Client Installation

» Control-M/Enterprise Manager Post-installation Steps

Module 3: Control-M/Server Installation

» Control-M/Server Pre-installation Steps

» Control-M/Server Installation

» Control-M/Server Post-installation Steps

Module 4: Control-M/Agent Installation

» Control-M/Agent Pre-installation Steps

» Control-M/Agent Installation

» Control-M/Agent Post-installation Steps

Module 5: Upgrading Control-M

» Upgrading the Control-M/Enterprise Manager Server

» Upgrading the Control-M/Enterprise Manager Client

» Upgrading the Control-M/Server

» Upgrading the Dedicated PostgreSQL Database

» Upgrading Control-M/Agents

» Uninstalling the Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server and Control/Agen