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Software Requirements

The following software is required for the CA Chorus Security and Compliance Discipline. To verify that the software with the latest maintenance has been installed contact your installer.

Note: For more information about installing and configuring these products, see the product installation and implementation documentation.

• CA ACF2 r15 or CA Top Secret r15 with all current CA Chorus FIXCAT maintenance for these products. The FIXCAT label is CA.ProductInstall-RequiredService.CA-Mainframe-Chorus.*, where * indicates the version of CA Chorus that you are installing.
• For information about current product maintenance, see http://ca.com/support. Select z/OS compatibilities located under the Security, Control and Audit section.

  Note:

  • As part of pre-installation planning, you determined if you are implementing Compliance Information Analysis (CIA) for CA Chorus and if so, if you are using a CA Datacom/AD or DB2 CIA repository.
  • The CA Chorus LMP key must be available on every z/OS image where the CIA real-time feature is enabled.
• IBM RACF Version 1 Release 13 with current maintenance. For information about current RACF product maintenance, contact IBM.

  Note: The CA Chorus LMP key must be available on every z/OS image where IBM RACF is installed. When the IBM RACF unload utility is executed, CA Chorus performs an LMP check. Without the key, the RACF unload utility cannot be used.

• CA Compliance Manager Version 2.0 with all current CA Chorus FIXCAT maintenance for these products. The FIXCAT label is CA.ProductInstall-RequiredService.CA-Mainframe-Chorus.*, where * indicates the version of CA Chorus that you are installing.

  Note the following:

  • Follow the steps in this guide to configure and implement CA Compliance Manager components for CA Chorus.
  • As part of pre-installation planning, you determined which CA Compliance Manager components and repositories you are using.
  • CA Chorus Security and Compliance Discipline requires the configuration of CA Datacom/AD or DB2 repositories, if you are using the Warehouse, Monitor, and Data Mart components.
  • CA Chorus Security and Compliance Discipline requires the Router. The Router ensures all qualifying external security manager (ESM) events are passed to one or more active components. The Alerts, Logger, Monitor, and Warehouse components are optional based on the processing you want done. For example:
    • Send CA Chorus alerts to the Alerts module using the Alerts or Monitor components.
    • Load events into the CA Compliance Manager repository from the Logger component logstream using the Data Mart utility.
    • Write events directly to the CA Compliance Manager repository using the Warehouse component.
• CA Datacom/AD r14
  • CA Chorus does not support CA Datacom/DB. If you have CA Datacom/DB installed, install CA Datacom/AD and reference these libraries when installing CA Chorus.

    Important! If you are using IBM DB2 to manage the CIA and CA Compliance Manager security repositories, this software is not required for CA Chorus for Security and Compliance Management.

  • For CA Chorus for Security and Compliance Management sites using CA Datacom/AD for Compliance Information Analysis (CIA) or CA Compliance Manager data:
    • CA Datacom Server includes a JDBC/ODBC component that runs under UNIX System Services (USS). These components are required for this discipline. To install these required components, including the CA Datacom Server, from the CA CSM install wizard, select Base Install + USS Client for DBSRV, FMID CAYTE02
    • A CA Datacom/AD MUF and Server are required per LPAR. Due to the nature of the data stored, we recommend a unique MUF which can be used for CIA and CA Compliance Manager data. Do not reuse an existing CA Datacom/AD MUF and server. This Guide documents the required steps to create and start CA Datacom/AD MUFs for CIA and CA Compliance Manager.
• CA LDAP Server r15.1 with all current CA Chorus FIXCAT maintenance for these products. The FIXCAT label is CA.ProductInstall-RequiredService.CA-Mainframe-Chorus.*, where * indicates the version of CA Chorus that you are installing.

  Note: The ability to modify and delete users in the CA Chorus Investigator is based on new functionality in CA LDAP Server r15.1.

• CA DSI Server r15.1 with all current CA Chorus FIXCAT maintenance for these products. The FIXCAT label is CA.ProductInstall-RequiredService.CA-Mainframe-Chorus.*, where * indicates the version of CA Chorus that you are installing.

  Note: The CA LDAP Server installation files include CA DSI Server.

• IBM Software—Verify with your site's database administration that the following IBM software is available on the systems where CA Chorus Security and Compliance Discipline is installed.
  • IBM DB2 V8 New Function Mode (NFM), DB2 9, or DB2 10

    Important! If you are using CA Datacom/AD r14 to administer the CIA and CA Compliance Manager repositories, this software and the following services are not required.

    • IBM Resource Recovery Services (RRS) for z/OS to manage the Resource Recovery Services Attachment Facility (RRSAF)

      Note: RRSAF is the DB2 attachment facility that this discipline uses. For more information about implementing RRS for your DB2 systems, see the IBM Resource Recovery Services documentation.

    • Distributed Data Facility (DDF)
    • Workload Manager (WLM)
  • Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
  • JDBC Universal Driver

    Note: Install the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ so that the needed stored procedures are installed.

• PC software that is required for each user:
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124 or above

At the release of Version 4.0, we certified CA Chorus for Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 9 and 11, and Mozilla Firefox 23 through 32. As new browsers are released, we will certify them and update CA Chorus Browser Compatibility. You can use CA Chorus in new browser releases; however, until each release officially passes our certification test, you may face intermittent issues. If you encounter issues, contact support, and we will resolve your issue.

Note the following:

• Disable pop-up blockers for your browser before you access your CA Chorus instance.
• CA Chorus requires a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768. If your screen resolution does not meet this requirement, use full screen mode (F11 in most browsers) to include the scroll bar on the display.