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Step 1: Creating a Universe

A universe is a virtual location that encompasses the data collected from the enterprise security and identity management systems. This data is stored in the CA RCM configuration files. A universe consists of a specific pair of master-model configurations, enabling tracking of differences between the real-world configuration imported from the system (master) and the desired configuration generated after a campaign (model).

You need the following information to create a universe:

• Master configuration file name and path
• Model configuration file name and path
• (Optional) Approved Audit Card
• Audit Settings file name and path
• Names of the fields (in the configuration files) that contain the following information:
  • Login
  • Email
  • User manager
  • Role manager
  • Resource manager

    Note: You can provide names of configuration files that do not yet exist. Because you do not have the field names, you create the master/model configuration files later and then update the universe with the correct field names.

More information:

Universe Settings