Implementation in a Microsoft Cluster Server Environment › How to Implement CA SOI in an MSCS Environment › How to Implement Multi-Cluster Deployment › Install the UI Server

Install the UI Server

Install the UI Server on the active node of a different cluster from the one used for the SA Manager if you did not install the UI Server with the SA Manager in Step 3. Clear the Start Services option in the installer.

Note: If installing CA SOI components separately, install each component in a separate cluster, not on separate nodes in the same cluster. Each cluster must have the same CA SOI components that are installed on each necessary node.

Connect to the SA Manager during installation using its virtual node name.

The UI Server hosts the CA SOI user interfaces and establishes the interface communication with the SA Manager.

Consider the following installation items:

• Have your Installation Worksheet available. The installer prompts you to either enter values on the worksheet or to use the values on the worksheet to complete installation screens.
• This procedure assumes that you are installing the UI Server on a separate system and enter the information to connect to the installed SA Manager. The best practice is to install the UI Server on a separate server. However, you can install the UI Server on the same server as the SA Manager in a combined installation. If you are installing the components separately, install the SA Manager first.

Follow these steps:

1. Run soi-installer.exe from the Disk1\SOI folder of the CA SOI installation image.

   The License Agreement page opens.

2. Accept the license agreement, then accept the third-party license agreements, and click Next.

   The Choose Install Folder screen opens.

   Note: If CA SOI components are already installed on the system, the Choose Install Folder page does not appear. Any new CA SOI components that you install are installed to the existing CA SOI directory, because all components must reside in the same directory.

3. Accept, enter, or choose the installation folder.

   Note: The maximum installation path length is 150 characters. The installation blocks paths with more than 150 characters.

   The Choose Install Set screen opens.

4. Select the User Interface Server check box and click Next.
5. Follow the installation wizard instructions to complete the UI Server installation.

   Consider the following points not explained in the installation wizard instructions:

   • On the Manager DB Configuration page, enter the same database information as you did when installing the SA Manager.
   • Enter SA Manager information on the Manager Selection page.
6. (Optional) Review the installation log file (CA_Service_Operations_Insight_Install_releasenumber) that is in the SOI_HOME\log folder to check for installation errors. This folder also provides the installation log files for the other installed components.