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Verify the Prerequisites

The analysis of the CA SDM server platforms helps you to decide how to move the authentication module to an external server.

Follow these steps:

• Identify the operating system of the following server, based on the configuration type:
  • Conventional: primary server.
  • Advanced availability: application server.
• Identify the type of required authentication from the following models:
  • Windows authentication for the CA SDM implementation on UNIX or Linux.
  • CA EEM authentication for the CA SDM implementation on Solaris.
• Make sure that CA SDM is installed on the selected external server.