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How You Prepare for Installation

Before you start installing CA Directory, we recommend you do the following:

1. Check the Readme for system requirements.
2. Ensure that the computer has a CD-ROM drive, or that you can access a CD-ROM drive on the same network.
3. Log in as root (on UNIX) or as a user with administration permissions (on Windows).
4. Back up any existing data.
5. Back up the directory data, plus any schema files and configuration files that you have customized.
6. Review our recommendations on the computers you should use for your directory backbone, and determine which packages you want to install on each computer.
7. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of CA Directory, check and follow the recommendations in Fundamental Changes from r8.1.
8. Design the disk configuration.
9. Choose an installation method.

Note: For instructions about changing a CA Directory configuration to use DXmanager, see Modifying CA Directory Configuration To Use DXmanager in the Administration Guide.