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Install CA Configuration Automation Server on Windows

You can use the installation wizard to install the CA Configuration Automation Server software on supported Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Note: You must be logged in as an Administrator user or a user with administrative privileges.

Follow these steps:

  1. Double-click setup.exe in the dvd1 folder on the CA Configuration Automation installation media.

    The CA CCA Setup window opens.

  2. Click the Run the CA CA Configuration Automation Server Installation Wizard link.

    The Welcome page appears.

  3. Click Next.
  4. On the License Agreement page, scroll and read the License Agreement, select I accept the terms of the License Agreement, and click Next.
  5. On the Server Type page, select one of the following options, then click Next.
    Standard Server

    Specifies to install a single CA Configuration Automation Server instance.

    Tenant Master

    Specifies to install the master CA Configuration Automation Server instance. The master instance can host multiple tenant instances that cannot access or manage data on the master or other tenants.

    Tenant

    Specifies to install the tenant CA Configuration Automation instance. Each tenant accesses the master CA Configuration Automation Server instance. When you select Tenant, complete the following fields:

    Tenant Name

    Defines the tenant organization name.

    Master Server Name

    Defines the name of the master CA Configuration Automation Server instance to which the specified tenant connects.

    Master Port Number

    Defines the master CA Configuration Automation Server instance listening port.

    Default: 8080

    Master User

    Defines the user name of an administrator on the master CA Configuration Automation Server instance.

    Default: ccaadmin

    Master User Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified master user.

  6. Take one of the following actions on the Choose Installer Folder page:

    If you specify an installation location other than the default, the location must include a drive letter and a folder name (for example, C:\CA). You cannot install CA Configuration Automation at the root level of a drive (for example, C:\).

    Default: C:\Program Files\CA\CA Configuration Automation Server

  7. On the Windows Service Configuration page, select one of the following accounts to associate with the CA Configuration Automation Server service, then click Next.
    Local system account

    Defines the credentials that are issued on the current host system for Windows Softagent discovery.

    This account

    Defines the user name and password to associate with the CA Configuration Automation Server service.

  8. On the Database Server page, complete the following fields, then click Next:
    Database Type

    Defines the type of database that is used for the CA Configuration Automation Database.

    Server Name

    Defines the name or the IP address of the CA Configuration Automation Database server.

    The application supports maximal extended form and maximal abbreviated form addresses for IPv6 addresses. The application does not support link local IPv6 addresses.

    Port Number

    Defines the database listening port number. Accept the default or enter a different port number if you did not use the vendor‑recommended default port number when you installed the database software.

    Defaults:

    • Microsoft SQL Server: 1433
    • Oracle: 1521
    Instance Name

    (Microsoft SQL Server only) Defines the database instance name.

  9. On the Database Information page, complete the following fields, then click Next:
    Database Action

    Specifies one of the following actions:

    • Create Database and User
    • Create Database
    • Use Existing Database
    Database Administrator

    Defines the database administrator name. Take one of the following actions:

    • Accept the default administrator name (system or sa).

      Note: On an Oracle database, do not use the default database administrator (system). Oracle database administrators have CA Configuration Automation objects that are created in the administrator tablespace, and the system administrator tablespace cannot contain user objects.

    • Enter the name of the database administrator user with the permissions to create the database instance.

      Note: This option only appears when you are creating an instance.

    Database Administrator Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the database administrator user you specified in the previous field.

    Note: This option only appears when you are creating an instance.

    Database Name

    Defines the database name authorized to create or update the CA Configuration Automation Database schema.

    Database User

    Defines the database user name.

    Database User Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified CA Configuration Automation Database user. Retype the password in the Re-type Password field.

    Oracle SID

    (Oracle only) Defines the Oracle database System Identifier (instance name).

    Use Partition Tables (Enterprise Server Only)

    Specifies the CCA Database to use Partition Tables.

    Note: To change any of the database settings, complete the installation process, then edit the cca.properties file as described in Edit Database Properties.

    (Microsoft SQL Server only) The application displays a warning that the CA Configuration Automation Server uses CLR functions in SQL Server to implement regular expressions in SQL queries.

  10. Verify that the global CLR Enabled flag is set, then click Yes.

    The Web Server Configuration page opens and displays the service name. The service configuration lets the WMI discovery work properly. You can use the Service Control Manager to change the user account under which the service runs.

  11. Complete the following fields, then click Next:
    HTTP Port

    Defines the port that Tomcat uses to communicate with the CA Configuration Automation Server.

    Redirect Port

    Defines the port on which Tomcat listens for redirect requests.

    Shutdown Port

    Defines the port on which Tomcat listens for shutdown requests.

  12. On the Grid Configuration page, complete the following fields, then click Next:
    TCP Base Port

    Defines the port on which CA Configuration Automation listens for grid process requests.

    TCP Port Range

    Defines the range of ports relative to the base port that can be used to process grid requests.

  13. On the Blueprints Import page, select the type of Component Blueprints to install, then click Next.
    Standard Blueprints

    Provides the deep configuration management that CA Configuration Automation Component Blueprints historically provide.

    Light Blueprints

    Supports the CA CMDB customers who use CA Configuration Automation as an engine to discover software components and the relationships between them.

    The Light Component Blueprints increase performance and scalability by only discovering the data that is useful to CA CMDB customers. Light Component Blueprints do not typically include files, registry entries, and configuration data that do not contain relationships. They do include the Discovery Parameters and the data (CIs, attributes, and relationships) that is exported to CA CMDB.

    The Notification Configuration screen appears.

  14. On the Notification Configuration page, complete the following fields, then click Next.
    Mail Server

    Defines the name of your mail server.

    Mail From Address

    Defines the email address that appears on system-generated notification emails.

    Default: ccaserver@noreply.serverName.domainName

  15. On the CA Embedded Entitlements Manager Configuration page, complete the following fields, then click Next.
    Server Name

    Defines the name of your CA EEM Server. This name must match the name that was entered during the EEM Server installation process. If the names do not match, you cannot view the Access Management page in the CA Configuration Automation Server UI. The Access Management page is where CA EEM appears in the CA Configuration Automation Server UI. For more information, see the Product Guide or the online help.

    Administrator

    Defines the CA EEM administrator user name.

    Administrator Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified Administrator.

    CCA Administrator

    Defines the CA Configuration Automation administrator user name.

    Default: ccaadmin

    CCA Administrator Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified CCA Administrator.

    Default: ccaadmin

  16. On the Reporting Configuration page, complete the following fields, then click Next:
    Server Name

    Defines the name of the <CA Business Intelligence> report server.

    Port

    Defines the <CA Business Intelligence> report server listening port.

    Default: 6400

    Administrator

    Defines the <CA Business Intelligence> report server administrator user name.

    Default: Administrator

    Administrator Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified Administrator.

    Web Server Protocol

    Defines the Web server protocol.

    Web Server Name

    Defines the web server name.

    Web Server Port

    Defines the port that processes the web server requests.

  17. On the Pre-Installation Summary page, review the summary, then click Install.

    The installation process starts. When it finishes, the Installation Complete page confirms a successful installation.

  18. Click Done.

    The installation wizard closes.

See the following topics for information about verifying that the CA Configuration Automation Server installed correctly:

We recommend that you now install the CA Configuration Automation Agent on the CA Configuration Automation Server host system as described in Installing CA Configuration Automation Agent on Windows.