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Connector Servers

Client applications can use a connector server to get data from the endpoints. Some client applications also manage some data on the endpoint. A connector server uses a connector to manage each endpoint.

• CA IAM Connector Server—A Java connector server which can manage the following things:
  • All of the Java connectors
  • Any dynamic connectors that were created with Connector Xpress
  • C++ Connector Server (CCS) and its connectors, if CCS is present
• CCS—A C++ connector server which manages all of the C++ connectors.

  When you install CA IAM Connector Server, you have the option to install CCS in a managed mode. If you do this, CA IAM Connector Server manages CCS and the C++ connectors that it manages.

  If you prefer to install CCS on its own, it manages the C++ connectors directly.

You cannot use both CA IAM Connector Server and CCS to manage the same endpoint type

Example: Two kinds of connectors

In this example, CA IAM Connector Server serves the connectors for PeopleSoft and SalesForce. CCS serves the connectors for Active Directory and DB2.