A Quick Tour of CA SRM › Registering a Computer

Registering a Computer

The Computer Registration wizard lets you specify the computers from which to collect information and define properties for the data collected.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA SRM Windows Client main window.
2. Select Open Systems, Register, Network Storage, Computers, Domains.

   The Computer Registration Wizard dialog appears.

3. Select the operating system from the Selecting Operating System dialog.

   

   Tip: As you progress through the Computer Registration wizard, notice that the text at the top of each window provides brief usage instructions.

4. Identify the domain of the computer you are registering, and specify a user name and password to continue the installation:

   

   Select the registration type. Select Agentless computers if you want to collect data remotely without installing the agent on the specific machine.

   Agentless registration requires administrative access rights to the remote computers. Prior to registering an agentless computer, you need to register its domain and belong to the domain's administrator security group.

   If you select the agentless mode but CA SRM discovers an existing agent, then the computer is registered as a managed computer with an agent.

   Note: For purposes of this guide, the registration procedure for the Managed computers registration type is provided.

5. Select the machines that you want CA SRM to manage from a list of available computers. Notice your current CA license information is displayed at the bottom of the dialog:

   

6. Specify the frequency at which you want CA SRM to perform data collection:

   

7. Select the File Level Collection check box to define the file level collection and storage analysis statistics that you want to collect and then click Next.

   

8. Provide a user name and password to authorize data collection on the managed computers:

   

9. You can add a location, organization or contact to the machine you want to register. All of these settings are optional:

   

   To attach a geographic location to the computer or server, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add a location by clicking New Location. Type the location information and select a contact in the Create New Location dialog.You can add a contact by clicking New Contact. This opens the Create New Contact dialog. Enter the name, phone number and email address of the new contact person. Clicking OK returns you to the New Organization dialog.

   To attach an organization to the computer or server, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add an organization by clicking New Organization. Type the organization name and select a contact in the Create New Organization dialog. You can add a contact by clicking New Contact. This opens the Create New Contact dialog. Enter the name, phone number and email address of the new contact person. Clicking OK returns you to the New Organization dialog.

10. Click Install to install the CA SRM agent software on the computers you are registering. Notice that your CA license information has been updated:

    

11. The Installation Progress dialog tells you the percent complete for each computer:

    

    When the registration process completes, click Finish and the final dialog tells you how many computers were successfully registered.