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How CA SRM operates

The following list summarizes the basic steps in a CA SRM operation:

• CA SRM agents collect information about the storage assets of and the capacity used by all managed computers. High-level summary information is stored in the CA SRM database for use later in monitoring and reporting.
• Storage Managers define automated tasks that they want CA SRM to initiate. These tasks can include:
  • Generating reports
  • Monitoring resources
  • Issuing alerts
  • Executing an external application, for example, an antivirus solution

  You can always execute services on demand or schedule them for deferred or periodic execution. CA SRM stores service definitions in the CA SRM database. See the individual chapters for a description of each option that CA SRM manages.

• When CA SRM receives a service request from the storage manager or from a queue of scheduled services, it obtains the task parameters it needs to execute the service from the database and assigns the task to one or more available computers. Then it routes the results to designated users according to the service definition. For example, if CA SRM receives a request to produce a given report, it retrieves the necessary information from the database, assigns the report to one or more eligible computers for data collection and formatting, and outputs the formatted report.

Several hardware and software components participate in the execution of a CA SRM task. The hardware is the network and the computer registered in CA SRM. This chapter describes the CA SRM software components and the interactions between the various components.