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Administrative UI Pre-Installation Checklist

You may want to print the following to use as a checklist to help ensure you meet the required system, JDK, application server, object store database, and administrative user store requirements before installing the Administrative UI.

• Confirm that the Windows or UNIX system that is to host the Administrative UI meets the minimum system requirements. Refer to Administrative User Interface System Requirements.
• Confirm that a supported application server is installed on the system that is to host the Administrative UI. Refer to:
  • JBoss as an Application Server
  • WebLogic as an Application Server
  • WebSphere as an Application Server
• Confirm that the required JDK is installed on the system to which the application server is installed.
• Ensure that you are using a supported SQL Server or Oracle database for the object store.

  Important! If you are using WebSphere 6.0.x as an application server and MS SQL Server 2005 for the object store, enable XA transactions in MS SQL Server 2005 before installing the Administrative UI or the installation fails. More information exists in How to Enable XA on MS SQL 2005.

• Ensure that all of your SOA Security Manager administrative users are stored in a single directory server or database. A single administrator user store is a requirement of the Administrative UI.

  Note: If you are installing the Administrative UI as part of an upgrade, you can use an existing user store as an administrator user store.

• Configure a directory configuration file (directory.xml). A directory configuration file describes how users are stored in the administrator user store. You supply the location of your directory configuration file during the Administrative UI installation. The Administrative UI uses the file to locate SOA Security Manager administrators. Refer to:
  • Configure an LDAP Directory Configuration File
  • Configure an ODBC Directory Configuration File

Note: For a list of supported CA and third-party components, refer to the SOA Security Manager r12.1 Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site. This matrix also lists the Policy Server components supported on a Japanese operating system.

To locate the support matrix from the Support site

1. Click Technical Support.
2. Click Support By Product or Solution.
3. Select CA SOA Security Manager from the Select a Product or Solution Page list.
4. Click Platform Support Matrices in the Product Status group box.

You can download the latest JDK and JRE versions at the Sun Developer Network.