Implementation Guide › Installing CA User Activity Reporting Module › Install the ODBC Client › Prerequisites

Prerequisites

ODBC access to the event log store is available only in CA User Activity Reporting Module r12.1 and later releases. See the ODBC data source considerations for needed information before you begin the installation.

Users of this feature must belong to a user group that has the dataaccess privilege in the Default Data Access Policy (in the CALM access policies). See the CA User Activity Reporting Module r12.1 Administration Guide for more information about access policies.

For an ODBC client, the following prerequisites apply:

• You must have administrator privileges to install the ODBC client on a Windows server.
• The ODBC client installation requires the Microsoft Windows Installer service, and displays a message if it is not found.
• Configure the ODBC Server service in CA User Activity Reporting Module, ensuring that you select the Enable Service check box
• Configure an ODBC Data Source for Windows systems using the Data Sources (ODBC) utility on the Control Panel.
• You must have rights to create files in the directory where you want to install the client on UNIX and Linux systems.

See the CA User Activity Reporting Module Support Certification Matrix on http://www.ca.com/Support for details on the specific platforms supported for use with the ODBC and JDBC feature.