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Run the Installation

Perform this procedure after you determine that all prerequisites have been met.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the installation media into the DVD drive.

   If autorun is enabled, the installation wizard starts automatically. If the installation wizard does not start, double-click setup.hta or navigate to the DVDdrive\Installers\Windows directory on the installation media and double-click install.exe.

   The Preinstall Checks dialog appears.

2. Verify that the Preinstall Check items are passed.

   If an item fails, fix the requirement and restart the installation.

3. Click Continue.

   The License Agreement dialog appears.

4. Read and scroll to the bottom of the agreement until the I accept the terms of the License Agreement option is active. Select this option and click Next.

   The Choose Features To Install dialog appears.

5. Select the CA Virtual Assurance component to install and click Next.

   The Required Configuration dialog appears.

6. Review the items with a green checkmark and items with red x icon.
   • Installation Paths

     Note: The following characters are not supported in the destination path: exclamation point (!), left square bracket ([), right square bracket (]), left parenthesis '(', right parenthesis ')', and semicolon (;).

   • Database

     Verify the Management and Performance Database settings and change the database server name, instance, authentication type, or port number (1433) if necessary. Click OK.

     Default: Windows Authentication

     If you select SQL Authentication, enter the name of the database administrator (sa) and password.

     Note: If the database login credentials, server name, or port is not valid, an error message appears and you can enter the correct information. If the error cannot be resolved, the installation program exits and no changes are made to your computer. For more information, see the Verify Requirements for Using SQL Server section.

   • CA EEM

     If you do not refer to an existing CA EEM installation, CA Virtual Assurance installs CA EEM on the local system. CA Virtual Assurance creates an AIP instance in CA EEM during installation. CA EEM supports only one AIP instance.

     If you refer to an existing CA EEM installation, the installation program checks CA EEM for a registered AIP instance. If the installation program discovers an AIP instance, the installation process stops. If the AIP instance is no longer used, you can unregister it. To remove an AIP instance from CA EEM: Open CA EEM user interface, open the Configure tab, select AIP, click Unregister.

     Note: If you use CA EEM 12.0, verify that you have the "EEM Application User" and "EEM System User" specified before you configure CA EEM in the installation wizard. In the CA EEM Configuration dialog of the installation wizard, enable "Use Existing Security". Add the EEM Application User, EEM System User, and passwords that you have already specified in CA EEM.

   • Network Ports

     You can specify the network ports for the listed components or accept the following default values:

     • Network Discovery Gateway Port: 8082
     • Apache Port: 443
     • Tomcat Server Port: 8443
     • Tomcat Shutdown Port: 8005
     • Apache ActiveMQ Message Broker Port: 61616
   • Additional Runtime Locale

     If necessary, specify one additional locale to activate, and click Ok.

     Default: English (United States)

   • SNMP Management

     In addition to the default communities public and admin and their associated SNMP ports 161, 1691, and 6665, you can specify your own read-only and read-write community and port.

     Default: public, snmp_admin

     All communities which are specified during installation, are used as global (default) SNMP Settings in the installed product. If necessary, you can specify further SNMP settings in the CA Virtual Assurance user interface. See the Administration Guide, section How to Configure SNMP and Access Control Lists.

7. Enter the necessary information and click Next.

   The Pre-installation Summary dialog opens with the list of components to install.

8. Click Install to start the installation.

   The installation progress dialog appears.

   Note: If the installation is successful, the installation program creates log files for each installed component in the Install_Path\productname\log\install directory.

9. Click Done.

   The Product Status Checks dialog appears.

10. Verify that the Product Status Check items are passed.

    If an item fails, verify which action to take. For example, install available patches.

    Note:

    • To install the updates for CA Virtual Assurance, see How to Update CA Virtual Assurance section.
    • If the installation is not successful, the Installation Complete with Errors dialog appears. See the installation log (Install_Path\productname\log\install\install.log) and the error list (Install_Path\productname\log\install\install_error_detected.log) for details.
11. Navigate to Start, Programs, CA, CA Virtual Assurance, Launch CA Virtual Assurance and log in using the credentials that you have specified during the installation.