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Prepare a CA ControlMinder Endpoint for Enterprise Management

You can install the Enterprise Management Server on a CA ControlMinder endpoint. The endpoint does not contain all the components that are required by the Enterprise Management Server. Before you can install the Enterprise Management Server on the endpoint, you prepare the endpoint.

Follow these steps:

1. Stop all CA ControlMinder services (Windows) or daemons (UNIX) on the endpoint
2. Install the Enterprise Management Server on the endpoint

   The web-based applications and the Distribution Server are installed. If not already installed, the latest version of CA ControlMinder is also installed.

3. Create a DMS on the Enterprise Management Server.

   The Enterprise Management Server installation does not create the DMS on the endpoint. Use the dmsmgr utility to create the DMS.

4. Start the Enterprise Management Server services or daemons.
5. Create a user account with the ADMIN, AUDITOR, and Logical authorization attributes.

   You use the logical user account when you define the DMS connection settings in CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management.

6. Create a host group on the DMS.
7. Add the node to the DMS using the dmsmgr utility.
8. Log in to CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management with the administrative user account that you specified when you installed the Enterprise Management Server.
9. In CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management, define the DMS connection settings.

   You specify the DMS you created on the endpoint.

   The Enterprise Management Server is installed and configured to use the DMS you created.

Note: For more information about the dmsmgr utility, see the Reference Guide. For more information about how to use selang to create and configure users, see the selang Reference Guide.