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Installation Preparation and Prerequisites

Before beginning installation, review the following prerequisites:

1. You can deploy CA CloudMinder in a Linux environment only. Prepare your installation environment accordingly.
2. You must install all components on separate machines, as follows:

   These separate machines can be physical or virtual. Have the appropriate physical or virtual hardware available before you begin installation.

3. Install and configure an Oracle 11g database in your environment. Configure the database with all services (such as listener and DB) running.
4. For good performance, the Oracle database requires the following settings:

   Sessions=772

   Processes=500

5. Configure the Oracle database with a UTF-8 encoded character set. If you plan to enable Advanced Authentication for your environment, install the AL32UTF8 Oracle database character set.
6. Create an Oracle user with the username "CamAdmin" and privileges to create tablespaces and users. Assign the CamAdmin user the DBA and Connect roles in Oracle. This CamAdmin user is used to create other base CA CloudMinder system users. Make a note of the password for CamAdmin for later use during installation.
7. If you plan to install CA Business Intelligence for reporting, install and configure an additional Oracle 11g database to house reporting data.