Installing CA Enterprise Log Manager - CA Technologies

Chapter 2: Planning Your EnvironmentThis section contains the following topics:Server Planning (see page 17)Log Collection Planning (see page 24)Federation Planning (see page 28)User and Access Planning (see page 35)Subscription Update Planning (see page 41)Agent Planning (see page 54)Server PlanningThe first step in planning your environment is to determine how many CAEnterprise Log Manager servers you need and what role each server will perform.Roles include:■ManagementStores predefined and user-defined content and configurations. Alsoauthenticates users and authorizes feature access.■CollectionReceives event logs from its agent; refines events.■ReportingProcesses queries on collected events, both on-demand queries and reportsand also scheduled alerts and reports.■Restore pointReceives restored event log databases for investigation of past eventsThe first server you install is the management server; this server can performother roles as well. You can have only one management server in a single CAEnterprise Log Manager network. Every CA Enterprise Log Manager networkmust have one management server.Possible architectures include:■■■Single-server system, where the management server performs all the otherrolesTwo-server system, where the management server performs all roles butcollection. Collection is performed by a server dedicated to this role.Multiple-server system, where each server is dedicated to a single role.Details on server roles and architectures follow.Chapter 2: Planning Your Environment 17