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CMS and Gateways

Note the following requirements for the CMS and gateway servers:

Operating System

The CMS and gateways are included in the server.msi and server_x64.msi installation packages.

Server.msi supports 32-bit versions of these operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 (see note 1)
• Windows Server 2008

Server_x64.msi supports 64-bit versions of these operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 (see note 1)
• Windows Server 2008 (see note 1)
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012

Note 1: We have not tested these operating systems with the current versions of server.msi and server_x64.msi.

Database

CA DataMinder servers need sufficient memory and processing power to run your chosen database application. See your database documentation for details. The supported databases are:

• Oracle 10g (10.2.0.4) or 11g (11.1.0.7), 11g Release 2, or later

  Oracle 10g users may see improved search and report performance by applying the following Oracle fix 5765456:7. See the following My Oracle Support (formerly Oracle Metalink) notice: "Bug 5040753 Optimal index is not picked on simple query / Column group statistics."

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition

  Not recommended for CMSs or FastStart base machines.

  Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Note: SQL Server is supported on Windows servers only. Verify that the SQL Server Browser service has started.

Disk space

20 GB

This storage estimate covers the CA DataMinder infrastructure, consoles and captured data (based on typical usage rates). Note:

• The CMS needs sufficient free disk space to store data captured on all client machines.
• A gateway server needs enough free disk space to store data captured on the client machines that it serves. (Note that you can purge this captured data as soon as it has been replicated to the CMS.)

Consoles

To run the Administration console or Data Management console, you require:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9.

Note: If you are installing the Data Management console on Windows 2003 or XP, apply the hotfix described in the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950094.

More information:

Configure the Management of Free Disk Space on Servers