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Prepare for the Installation

The installation lets you select which components to install or specify credentials. During the installation, the wizard displays only the dialogs necessary to install the selected components. Depending on your selections, the installation wizard requests the following environment-related data (default values in parentheses):

Component

Server

User

Password

Protocol

Port

Management DB (1)

X

X (sa)

X

-

X (1443)

Performance DB (1)

X

X (sa)

X

-

X (1443)

CA EEM Authentication (2)

X

EiamAdmin

X

-

-

Apache Logon as Service User (3)

-

X

X

-

-

Tomcat Logon as Service User (4)

-

X

X

-

-

Native Security User (5)

-

X

X

-

-

Active Directory Security
(5, 6)

X

X

X

-

-

System User

-

sys_service

X

-

-

Network Discovery Gateway

-

-

-

-

X (8082)

Apache HTTP Server

-

-

-

-

X (443)

Apache Tomcat Server

-

-

-

-

X (8443)

Apache Tomcat Shutdown

-

-

-

-

X (8005)

ActiveMQ

-

-

-

-

X (61616)

(1) Select Windows Authentication (default) or SQL Authentication. If SQL Authentication is selected, enter the name of the database administrator (sa) and password. Select the appropriate initial size of the Management Database:

Initial Size

Number of Systems

Disk Space

Small

1,000

1 GB - core components

500 MB - log files

Medium

5,000

5 GB - core components

1 GB - log files

Large

10,000

10 GB - core components

5 GB - log files

The SQL Server databases are set to Full Recovery Model by default, so the transaction log grows until it is backed up. Regularly schedule database backups.

The Performance database defaults to 500 MB and increases automatically as needed.

(2) CA EEM supports only one AIP instance. If an AIP instance exists in the specified EEM installation, do one of the following options:

Note: If you use CA EEM 12.0, specify the "EEM Application User" and "EEM System User" in CA EEM before you start the CA Virtual Assurance installation. For example, you can add the admin and sys_service users to CA EEM.

(3) Enter the user name and password to grant Logon as Service permissions for Apache to a Windows administrative domain user. This user is required if you use Windows Authentication for a remote SQL Server. See also Installation on Multiple Servers in this chapter.

(4) Enter the user name and password to grant Logon as Service permissions for Tomcat to a Windows administrative domain user. This user is required if you use Windows Authentication for a remote SQL Server. You can specify the same user for Tomcat and Apache. See also Installation on Multiple Servers in this chapter.

(5) Select Active Directory Security or Native Security (default).

(6) Select Active Directory Security, provide the External Directory host name, user, and password.

Note: If the installation installs SystemEDGE on the same system as the Distribution Server, the Configuration Manager Host Name for SystemEDGE is set to localhost.

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