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How the Configuration Process Works

After you acquire and install a product, set up the system registry, and deploy the product, you are ready to configure the product.

You perform the following high-level tasks to configure your products using CA CSM:

This illustration shows each of the steps the System Administrator needs to perform to configure products using CA MSM.

  1. From the Deployments tab, select a configurable deployment, select the associated product, and click Create Configuration to open the Configuration wizard.
  2. Create the configuration by completing all the steps in the wizard:
    1. Define a configuration name and select a target system.
    2. Select configuration functions and options.
    3. Define system preferences.
    4. Create target settings.
    5. Select and edit resources.
  3. Build the configuration. The last step of the Configuration wizard lets you build the configuration. If needed, you can edit the configuration and can build the configuration again.
  4. Implement the configuration. The implementation process in CA CSM guides you and provides detailed instructions to start, stop, and manage the steps of the implementation process.

After the configuration process completes, the product is ready for you to use. Sometimes there are other steps to perform manually outside of CA CSM.

Note: You cannot use CA CSM to configure a product to a staging system.