Introducing CA Configuration Automation

CA Configuration Automation is a standards-based software product that lets you manage your enterprise's distributed hardware and software components from a centralized browser-based window. You can use CA Configuration Automation, to do the following:

Discover the servers in your enterprise
Find out what operating systems, databases, and software application components are installed on those servers
Access complex data, information, and configuration settings from within those components
Determine the relationships and dependencies between the servers in your enterprise
Detect server and service configuration changes and differences
Take and retain snapshots (point-in-time copies) of your services
Ensure software component and configuration policy compliance to corporate standards and best practices
Enact change on a collection of software component attributes within a service
Troubleshoot and improve the mean time to repair your servers and services

The following sections describe the CA Configuration Automation software components and provide a high-level overview of key concepts.