Managers

An enterprise manager is an optional top management tier for CA Client Management Solutions. It provides a single point of management for a group of CA Client Management Solutions domains, and also allows setting of configurations and policies on groups of objects located in one or more domains. Only one enterprise should exist in a CA Client Management Solutions environment.

The enterprise manager usually runs on a server class computer on the network. It has a number of functions:

Configuration of the host agents.
User authentication and permissions, enabling validation of user credentials during the connection process and enforcement of permissions, which control when a user is connected.

An enterprise administrator can configure the enterprise manager using the DSM Explorer. This manager also manages other CA IT Client Manager components, each of which appears as a node in the DSM Explorer tree.

The computer name of the manager appears under the Control Panel, Manager node in the DSM Explorer tree in the left pane. To view the properties of a manager, right-click the manager and click Properties in the context menu.

A domain manager is the central point of management for the other CA Client Management Solutions components, including scalability servers and agents. The domain manager has the same functions listed above for the enterprise manager, but it also handles logging of application and security events arising from the operation of the host agent.

You can add a domain manager to the enterprise from the Control Panel, Domains, All Domains node.

Note: For detailed information about common security and working with managers, servers, and domains, see the DSM Explorer Help and the Implementation Guide.