Previous Topic: Mainframe 2.0 Best Practices

Next Topic: System and CA Common Services Requirements

CA Agent Technology Best Practices

This section contains specific instructions for CA Agent Technology installation and management. You should consider each of the best practices in this chapter before installing CA Agent Technology and implement them as appropriate.

Business Value

Taking these best practices into consideration will make the installation process smoother and insure that operation and maintenance of CA Agent Technology is most efficient and cost effective.

For example, proper consideration of configuration and installation requirements results in faster installation and better operation after installation, due to adequate resource allocation.

Following proper startup, verification, performance tuning, and discovery procedures results in the most efficient operation of CA Agent Technology and less down time for maintenance and adjustments for poor performance.

This section contains the following topics:

System and CA Common Services Requirements

Configure Agent Technology

Mainframe Agent Installation Considerations

Startup Procedures

Installation Verification

Performance Considerations

The Discovery Process