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How the Installation Process Works

This guide details the tasks that a system programmer and security administrator can complete before starting the installation, deployment, and configuration tasks that are described in the Installation Guide. The following diagram provides a high-level overview of the CA Chorus and discipline installation, deployment, and configuration process and the guides that you use.

Important! You must use CA Chorus Software Manager to install CA Chorus and its disciplines.

Important! If you install a discipline, you must deploy and configure it.

Note: For the boxes that indicate work from the discipline Site Preparation Guide, repeat this step for each discipline that you are installing.

To install, deploy, and configure your CA Chorus and its disciplines, complete the following steps:

1. Meet the software, system, port, and other prerequisites as described in the CA Chorus Site Preparation Guide.
2. Meet the security requirements as described in the CA Chorus Site Preparation Guide.
3. Use the Prerequisite Validator to confirm that you have set up your system correctly as described in the CA Chorus Site Preparation Guide.
4. Meet the software, system, port, and other prerequisites as described in the applicable discipline Site Preparation Guide. Repeat this step for each discipline that you are installing.
5. Meet the security requirements as described in the applicable discipline Site Preparation Guide. Repeat this step for each discipline that you are installing.
6. Install CA Chorus and the applicable disciplines using CA Chorus Software Manager as described in the CA Chorus Installation Guide. This step involves acquiring the CA Chorus software (transporting to your z/OS system) and installing using SMP/E. The installation process creates a CSI environment and runs the RECEIVE, APPLY, and ACCEPT SMP/E steps. The software is untailored.
7. Deploy CA Chorus and the applicable disciplines using CA Chorus Software Manager or a manual process. The CA Chorus Installation Guide details both methods.

   This step copies the target libraries to another system or LPAR.

   Important! For deployments from CA Chorus Software Manager, you must deploy CA Chorus and your disciplines at the same time. For example, installing CA Chorus, DBA, and Security, and then deploying only CA Chorus and DBA is not supported.

   Important! To use the CA Chorus Software Manager Software Configuration Service, CA Chorus Software Manager deployment is required.

8. Configure CA Chorus and the disciplines. This step creates customized load modules, bringing the CA Chorus software to an executable state. You configure the product using one of the following methods:

   Note: We recommend one of the first two options as the most efficient method to configure your products.

   CA CSM

   This method lets you use the wizard-based CA Chorus Software Manager tools to configure the product. For this configuration method, a deployment using CA CSM is required.

   The Installation Guide includes the CA Chorus and discipline steps for this method.

   Automated Configuration

   This method lets you edit one batch job (ETJICUST) and one configuration file. A Java program then propagates your changes to the applicable members. You then manually submit each job. For this option, we recommend that you configure the platform and disciplines at the same time.

   The Installation Guide includes the CA Chorus and discipline steps for this method.

   Manual

   This method lets you manually edit and run each configuration job.

   For this method, configure CA Chorus and its disciplines using the Manual Configuration Guide.

   Your CA Chorus system is installed, deployed, and configured.