Windows Operating System Requirements

You can install and upgrade CA Network Flow Analysis 9.3.0 on servers with the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition (all components)
For help with upgrading your Windows operating system in preparation for the software upgrade, contact CA Technical Support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or 5.6 (Harvester)

If you add new component servers to your deployment, use servers that have one of the following operating systems:

Harvester: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or 5.6
DSA: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition

The servers must meet the following requirements:

The most recent service pack and all important updates installed
English, Chinese (Simplified), French (France), or Japanese language
Appropriate language packs installed on all servers for localized deployments
Minimum display resolution of 1024x768 (XGA)
Upgrades to CA Network Flow Analysis 9.3.0 require additional space for database backup and migration. To determine the space needed:
1. Locate the CA/NFA/MySql51/data directory.
2. Determine the size of the directory.
3. Add the size of the directory to the size of the 9.3.0 product install (~1.5 GB) to get the required free disk space.
Server configuration as described in:
- Verify That the Windows Servers Are Prepared
- Post-Upgrade Tasks

Notes:

Before you begin the tasks in this guide, log in to a Windows server as a user who is a member of the Administrators group or log in to a Linux server with root privileges.
CA Network Flow Analysis 9.3.0 supports installation and upgrade on servers with IPv4 addresses, but not IPv6 addresses.
We recommend that you configure a single NIC (network interface card) on each server.
The requirements and recommendations in this section apply to both physical and virtual deployments.

If you have either of the following special situations, ask for help from your CA Support Availability Manager:

DSA on Linux: Migrating Linux DSAs to Windows servers
Changing the Installation Drive: Moving the installation location for any component to a new drive