Can we remove Adobe Flash player from ADA (Application Delivery Analysis) server?

Products

• CA Application Delivery Analysis MTP (NetQoS / ADA)
• CA Application Delivery Analysis (NetQoS / ADA)

Issue/Introduction

Can removing Flash player from ADA Server cause problems?

Environment

Release : 11.1.3

Component : NQSAMC - NETQOS SA MGMT CONSOLE

Resolution

As of ADA 11.1 SP3, Flash is no longer required. From the Release Notes:

 

11.1 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Features

This release of CA Application Delivery Analysis includes the following new features and enhancements.

Support for .Net framework based UI

This release contains the support for .Net framework based UI. Adobe Flash is removed from the CA Application Delivery Analysis, as it is going to be End of Support by 31st December 2020 to all the users. Existing Flash based Administration (Application) screen is replaced with .Net framework based screen

Additional Information

ADA Release Notes:

Release Notes (broadcom.com)