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CCS Requirements

Before deploying the CCS, note the following requirements:

Classification Cache

A classification cache is optional. However, if you do not deploy a classification cache, CCS performance will be slower if external applications repeatedly pass the same documents to the CCS for classification.

If you do deploy a classification cache, note the following:

• CA Directory must already be installed on the computer that will host the CCS classification cache.
• CA Directory is available to download along with the CA DataMinder CCS software from CA Support Online.

  We expect the CCS to work with all SP levels of CA Directory r12.0. We have tested the CCS with the version of CA Directory available to download from CA Support Online.

• For the best performance, we recommend that you install CA Directory on a server running Windows 2008 R2.

CCS Servers

Before you install your CCS servers, verify that the correct services, features, and roles are installed on the host servers. These requirements are summarized below. For full details, see Prepare the CCS Servers.

Operating System

CCS servers support:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5
• Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8.0

CCS servers may run on other 64-bit Windows operating systems, but these have not been tested.

Note: Windows Server 2008 R2 includes IIS 7.5. Windows Server 2012 includes IIS 7.5.

.NET Framework

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

In particular, the following features are required:

• All the .NET Framework 3.5.1 features and subfeatures.
• All the Windows Process Activation Service features and subfeatures.

The following role services are also required:

• Web Server > Application Development > .NET Extensibility
• Web Server > Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility (all items)
• Security > Windows Authentication
• Security > Request Filtering

For details about installing the required roles and services, see Prepare the CCS Servers.

SQL Server Database

A SQL Server database engine must already be installed before you install a CCS server, either on the target computer for the CCS server or on a remote server. Because the load on the database is minimal, the Express Editions of SQL Server are suitable for the CCS.

The supported versions are:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 Express Edition

  The 2012 SP1 Express Edition is included in the CCS distribution image.

Note: For SQL Server 2005, ensure that the SQL Server Browser service has started.

Load Balancing

As a minimum, you must install a primary CCS server. To maximize performance, we recommend that you also install one or more secondary CCS servers and set up load balancing.

CCS Preclassificaton Agent

Operating System

The preclassification agent supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of:

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012

If you install the preclassification agent on:

• A 32-bit server, run CCS_Prescan.msi directly. Find this installation package in the \Windows folder of the CCS distribution image.
• A 64-bit server, run setup.exe as normal. Find this executable in the root of the CCS distribution image.

The preclassification agent may also run on Windows Server 2003, but this has not been tested.

File Servers

You only need to install the preclassification agent on one server. Scanning jobs can use UNC paths to locate any supported files on any file server.

SharePoint Servers

Install the preclassification agent on a single SharePoint front-end web server. Specifically, install the agent on the front-end web server where you want scanning jobs to run.

Note: Although all scanning jobs run on the same front-end web server, an individual scanning job can analyze documents stored in multiple locations on multiple servers.

More information:

Prepare the CCS Servers