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General Installation

Before an installation or an upgrade, read this document, understand, and incorporate the best practices. Also, follow the steps that are outlined in the Installation Guide and any provided ancillary documentation. A best practice is to install the CA WA CA 7 Edition product using CA CSM. Additionally, apply all CA WA CA 7 Edition maintenance available using CA CSM during the initial installation.

If you currently have CA WA CA 7 Edition installed and are installing a new release, you are upgrading and must follow the upgrade steps in the Installation Guide. Even if you are putting a new image on an LPAR for testing purposes, use the upgrade steps and copies of the production files for the testing phase.

Install all provided programs even though you are not using them (for example, CA General Transaction Server (CA GTS), CA Critical Path Monitor (CA CPM), and so forth). If you later decide to use them, the installation procedures make these programs available for use.

Verify that the following libraries are APF authorized:

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Following these installation best practices ensures a successful upgrade or a new installation of the software.

Additional Considerations:

No IPL is required to install CA WA CA 7 Edition. CAIRIM initializes the required system modules.