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Specify User Accounts

In contrast to Direct mode, running Import Policy in Hub mode requires communication between the machines running the policy engines and the policy engine hub. To implement this communication, before installing the Policy Engine Connector, you must specify a PE domain user and create a corresponding CA DataMinder user account.

PE domain user

Policy engines and the policy engine hub (in this case, the Policy Engine Connector) use the same account to communicate with each other. This account is the ‘PE domain user’. This can be a new or existing domain user.

The Policy Engine Connector uses the PE domain user account to access remote policy engine machines. Policy engines use the PE domain user as their service logon account. Policy engines also use this account (or more accurately, a CA DataMinder account with the same name) to log on to the CMS.

For policy engines, you can specify the PE domain user as the service logon account when you run the installation wizard. For the Policy Engine Connector, you must manually provide the account credentials for the PE domain user after installation.

CA DataMinder user

After specifying the PE domain user, you must create a matching CA DataMinder user account. The policy engine uses this account to log on to the CMS when mapping email addresses to CA DataMinder users.