CASHCOMP does not allow custom folder location

Products

• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

How can Autosys installer use a custom CASHCOMP location?

Environment

Release : 12.0

Component : CA Workload Automation AE (AutoSys)

Cause

When EEM is installed as part of Autosys,  EEM installer is forcing CASHCOMP to default to /opt/CA/SharedComponents  (/etc/profile.CA is also updated in a similar way). 

Resolution

- CASHCOMP gets defaulted by /opt/CA/SharedComponents

- So, it is suggested to create a softlink /opt/CA/SharedComponents to a custom SharedComponents folder, before installing any of the Autosys/EEM components

Example:

1) create a softlink /opt/CA/SharedComponents pointing to /apps/CA/SharedComponents
mkdir /apps/CA/SharedComponents
cd /opt/CA
ln -fs /apps/CA/SharedComponents SharedComponents
ls -al /opt/CA
# we should see a soft link  /opt/CA/SharedComponents pointing to /apps/CA/SharedComponents

2) Now install EEM,  make sure its successful by accessing the URL
Note: after EEM install, it updates /etc/profile.CA  to have CASHCOMP=/opt/CA/SharedComponents

3) If EEM URL is accessible, but some how in the /tmp/cawa_installer.log it showed that the EEM installer failed, below approach can be used:

$AUTOSYS/globalVars  file,   add this entry if it is missing
 IA_AE_INSTALLED_EEM = 1 
 
4) Install Autosys now