List of Configuration Automation features
Article ID: 252754
Updated On: 06-10-2025
Products
Issue/Introduction
Through CCA, it can discover attributes from Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX platforms.
Environment
Release : 12.9
Resolution
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Operation Performed On Server(s)
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- CA Configuration Automation Use Cases: Test Servers |
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Manage Servers |
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Unmanaged Servers |
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Group Servers |
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Assign Profiles |
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Reconcile Server IPs |
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Refresh Servers |
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Delete Servers |
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Export Servers |
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Perform Run Discovery |
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Perform Stop Discovery |
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Run Management Profile with Discovery |
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Run Management Profile without Discovery |
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Take Snapshot |
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Run Change Detection |
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Run Compare |
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Run Rule Compliance |
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Secure Agents |
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Install Agents |
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Uninstall Agents |
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Locate Agents and SSH |
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- Service(s): Refresh Services |
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Assign Management Profile |
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Delete Services |
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Export Services |
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Perform Run Discovery |
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Perform Stop Discovery |
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Run Management Profile with Discovery |
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Run Management Profile without Discovery |
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Take Snapshot |
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Run Change Detection |
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Run Compare |
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Run Rule Compliance |
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- Management Profile: Create Management Profile |
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Import Management Profile |
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Set As Default Profile |
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Run Management Profile with Discovery |
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Run Management Profile without Discovery |
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Enable/Disable Profiles |
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Copy/Delete/Export Management Profiles |
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Assign Blueprints to Management Profile |
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Assign Blueprint Groups to Management Profile |
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Assign Blueprint Category to Management Profile for Discovery |
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Discovery Hardware Information through Blueprint |
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Discovery Networking Information through Blueprint |
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Discovery Storage Information through Blueprint |
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Discovery Server Properties through Blueprint |
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Search the Registry |
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Enable Symbolic Links |
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Include Network Drives |
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Enable Refresh Previously Discovered Components |
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Perform Change Detection and Compare |
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Perform Rule Compliance |
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Take Snapshot |
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- Schedule: Perform Discovery Based on Frequency(once/minutes/Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly) |
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Run Management operations on Frequency(once/minutes/Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly) |
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- Notification Profile: Notification Email can be sent on Completion of Job |
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Notification Email can be sent on Failure of Job |
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Do not notify |
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Multiple emails can enter by separating email addresses with a semi-colon |
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Below are the attributes which can discovery through NDG |
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- Network Discovery Gateway(NDG): Hostname |
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Windows Domain Name |
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NIS Domain Name |
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Domain Server |
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Domain IP Address |
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Operating System Name |
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Operating System Detail |
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Operating System Version |
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Operating System Kernel |
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Operating System Patch Level |
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SNMP Name |
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SNMP Object ID |
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SNMP Contact |
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SNMP Location |
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SNMP Description |
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SNMP IP Forwarding |
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IPV4 Address |
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IPV6 Address |
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Mac Address |
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Network Adapter |
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DNS Domain |
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Hardware - Manufacturer |
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Hardware - Model |
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Hardware - Serial Number |
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Memory Capacity(MB) |
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Memory Type |
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Memory Speed |
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Memory Slots In Use |
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Memory Total Slots |
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Virtual Memory(MB) |
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BIOS Name |
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BIOS Manufacturer |
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BIOS Firmware Version |
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BIOS Serial Number |
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Processor Name |
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Processor Architecture |
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Processor Description |
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Processor L2 Cache Size |
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Processor L2 Cache Speed |
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Processor Manufacturer |
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Processor Maximum Clock Speed |
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Physical Disk Name |
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Physical Disk Interface Type |
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Physical Disk Media Type |
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Physical Model |
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Physical Disk Size(MB) |
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Disk Unallocated Space |
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Serial Number |
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Discovered Time |
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Logical Partitions Drive Designations |
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Logical Partitions Name |
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Logical Partitions Size |
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Logical Partitions Free Space |
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Is Boot Partition |
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Is Primary Partition |
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File System |
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Optical Drives |
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Tape Drives |
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Discover Applications Name/Version/Publisher/Architecute/Is Patch/Install Location/Install Date/Discovered Time |
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Discover Open Port/Protocol/Name/Path/Discovered Time |
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Through NDG we can discover… |
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SNMPv1v2 - credentials are not required |
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SNMPv3 - credentials are required |
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VMWare/RHEV/NetAPP/SMI-S/AWS-EC2 can be discovered |
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Discover Relationships |
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- Discover Virtualization Relationships: Virtual Environment |
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Parent Name |
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Relationship Type |
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Child Name |
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VM Guest Logical Name |
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VM Guest Startup |
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VM Management Type |
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- Discover Communication Relationships: Communication Type |
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Server Name |
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IP Address |
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Port |
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Application |
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Relationship Type |
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Packet Count |
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Engine Type |
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Discovered Time |
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- Discover Configuration Relationships: Parameter Name |
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Server Name |
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IP Address |
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Application |
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Instance |
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Relationship Type |
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Discovered Time |
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For every blueprint discovery below buckets will be discovered, it may vary on blueprint category type. |
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- Components Discovered through Blueprints: . Discover Parameters We can create rules on the Parameters bucket. |
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. Discover Managed Files We can create rules on this bucket. |
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. Discover Managed Registry We can perform remediation on this bucket. We can Add Registry Key through Remediation. We can Add Registry Value through Remediation. We can Create rules on the Managed Registry data. |
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. Discover Configuration Executables We can create rules on this bucket. |
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. Discover Configuration Files We can create rules on this bucket. We can perform remediation on this bucket. |
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. Discover Macros We can perform remediation on this bucket. |
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Blueprints can be customized - Blueprints End user can develop their own Blueprint. |
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Compliance Blueprints are also available OOB. |
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Blueprints can be supported on Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, HPUX Platforms. |
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CCA Provides Jasper Reports OOB - Reports 40 Report Templates are available of Server,.Service,.Blueprints,.Storage,.Virtualization. |
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Dashboard and Charts are available in CCA |
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CCA Supports integration with CMDB via SDM From CCA we can Export below CI's to CMDB(SDM). |
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Server CI |
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Service CI |
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Nic CI |
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HardDrive CI |
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FileSystem CI |
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Component CI |
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ServerToComponentRelationship CI |
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ServerToFileSystemRelationship CI |
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ComponentToServiceRelationship CI |
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ServerToServiceRelationship CI |
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ServerToHardDriveRelationship CI |
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ServerToNicRelationship CI |
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InstalledApplication CI |
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ServerToInstalledApplicationRelationship CI |
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ComponentToComponentRelationship CI |
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ServerToServerConfigurationRelationship CI |
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ComponentToServerConfigurationRelationship CI |
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VirtualRelationship CI |
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Virtual CI |
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Lpara CI |
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Attributes corresponding to each CI's is available in the CCA UI. |
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End User can view Attribute Mappings, Relationship Mappings, Class Mappings & Attribute Transform Mappings are available in the CCA UI. |
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