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Business Objects

Business Objects is a third-party business intelligence platform shipped with CA Configuration Automation that provides interactive reporting. Predefined CA Configuration Automation reports are hosted on the Business Objects server.

Installation Prerequisites

Before installing CA Configuration Automation, verify the following items:

• You should have working knowledge of the operating system for the computer on which you are installing the software.
• You should have knowledge of and administrative support for the database software you use for the CA Configuration Automation Database.
• Verify that your system meets the requirements detailed in the Release Notes. The Release Notes contain information such as hardware requirements, operating system support, database requirements, CA software support, and web browser support.
• Read the Readme file for known issues and general considerations about installing and using CA Configuration Automation. The Readme file is linked from the first page of the CA Configuration Automation Server installation wizard (Windows) and is located in the root directory of the installation media (Linux and UNIX).
• Install the NDG Server as described in Network Discovery Gateway Installation.
• Ensure the user performing the installation or upgrade has the following database user rights:

  Microsoft SQL Server User Rights

  • Minimum install rights: dbcreator
  • Minimum user rights: db_owner

  Oracle User Rights

  The user needs to be granted quota space for the tablespaces. If the user is assigned the RESOURCE role, the user has unlimited tablespace. If the RESOURCE role is not assigned, the user must have quota space assigned using the alter command as follows:

  alter user cca quota unlimited on CCADATA; 
  alter user cca quota unlimited on CCAINDEX; 
  

  The following privileges are required:

  • CREATE PROCEDURE
  • CREATE SEQUENCE
  • CREATE SESSION
  • CREATE TABLE
  • CREATE TRIGGER
  • CREATE VIEW
• If you do not already have <CA Business Intelligence> installed in your enterprise, you must install it before installing CA Configuration Automation. The first screen of the installation wizard provides an option to do this. If it is already installed in the environment, the CA Configuration Automation Server installation can be configured to use the server where it is located.

  For installation considerations for the reporting server, see <CA Business Intelligence> Installation Considerations.

• If you do not already have CA EEM installed in your enterprise, you must install it before installing CA Configuration Automation. The first screen of the installation wizard provides an option to do this. If CA EEM is already installed in the environment, the CA Configuration Automation Server installation can be configured to use the server where it is located.

  For installation considerations and procedures, refer to the CA EEM product documentation.