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Configuration Steps

Important! We highly recommend that you use the Wizard Interface to initially configure the CA Automation Point essential facilities and services. After you have used the Wizard Interface for initial configuration, you can expediently modify a specific component by using the Expert Interface. See the chapter "Configuring CA Automation Point" for more information on the Wizard and Expert interfaces.

To configure Notification Manager.

  1. From Configuration Manager, choose Expert Interface, Notification Services, Notification Manager, NM Setup.

    The NM Setup dialog displays.

  2. Follow the instructions on the dialog to establish your connection to a Notification Manager database.

The machine that you select on this dialog as the Notification Manager database server (either local or remote) must already have a supported version of Microsoft SQL Server installed. The selected Microsoft SQL Server instance must also have the TCP/IP database protocol enabled. You can use the SQL Server Configuration Manager application that ships with Microsoft SQL Server to view the enabled status of this protocol. If the selected Notification Manager database server is remote, you must first ensure that the Notification Manager database has been installed on this remote machine before completing this configuration. A Notification Manager database cannot be installed or upgraded remotely.

After you have configured the Notification Manager database, you can enable Web access to Notification Manager using the NM Website dialog. This dialog allows you to specify the required configuration information to make Notification Manager accessible from a Web browser.

Note: For more information, see the section Notification Website Application.

To configure security constraints that apply to the use of Notification Manager from the Web, you can use the NM Security dialog. This dialog allows you to specify the type of user authentication, the type of security, and the passwords for the built-in Notification Manager user accounts.