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Prerequisites for CSE Installation and Configuration

Before you begin installing and configuring the CSE, consider these factors:

• Plan the CSE environment.
  • Determine the computer system or systems on which you plan to run the software and the general configuration of those systems.
  • Determine the directory in which to install the software.
  • For the UNIX installations, determine the owner and group properties for the account that owns and operates the CSE Servers.
• Install or upgrade the computer hardware and operating system to meet the system requirements for the platform on which you are installing and executing the CSE Server software.

  Note: For more information about system requirements, see CA Gen Technical Requirements at http://ca.com/support.

• Select, install, and configure a Database Management System. Complete this task before configuring CA Gen CSE. CSE configuration and operation interact with the DBMS as a user of the DBMS. All operations that require Database Administrator (DBA) authority are your responsibility. If you are not the DBA for the system and your planned configuration includes new databases, you need the assistance of the system DBA.
• Configure TCP/IP as defined in this chapter.
• Current AllFusion Gen users must upgrade to CA Gen.

Note: You can configure the CSE environment with the database on a different system. We recommend that you do not do so because the database and the CSE exchange so many messages that the exchange can cause a significant performance impact, especially when network latency issues already exist between the systems. When the CSE and DBMS must exist on separate systems, it is important to ensure that the communications infrastructure between the systems is as fast as possible.

Follow these steps:

1. Prepare for Client Server Encyclopedia Server (CSE) installation.
2. Install the CSE client software, at least the Coordination and Encyclopedia Clients, on a local or remote supported Windows platform.

   Note: You need the Administrator privileges to install Client Server Encyclopedia.

3. Install the CSE Server software.

   Note: If this is the first CSE Server for the Windows installation on this system, or if the installation is to a new directory, reboot the computer to update the environment variables. Omitting this step cause consistency check and generation problems when the CSE runs as a service.

4. Complete pre-configuration tasks. Create one or more databases for the encyclopedia and coordination servers to use, or upgrade existing DBMS software and databases to meet the system requirements that are defined in CA Gen Technical Requirements at http://ca.com/support.
5. Configure the CSE Servers by running this program:

   cse_config
   

6. Verify CA Gen Configuration.

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