Can you clarify what you mean by the Cable Containment tool? Raceway?
FWIW, a reboot might help if you're getting a BBES Database Server. I would also suggest making sure that you have read/write access to these two folders:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i\AECOsimBuildingDesigner\ServerApp\bin
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i\WorkSpace\BuildingDatasets\Dataset_Name\metadata
Also, what is your product version and OS?