SQL and AD team is planning to move from NTLM over to SPN Kerberos

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

SQL and AD team is planning to move from NTLM over to SPN Kerberos. Will this change impact UIM and CABI?

Environment

Release: UIM, OC, CABI v20.4

Resolution

Yes, as of Jan. 2023, DX UIM does not test nor provide support for SPN Kerberos authentication for UIM/OC/Admin Console or CABI, e.g., UIM hub, hub authentication, data_engine/data_engine authentication to the backend UIM database server, CABI or AC auth.