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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 7 About CA MDB r1.0.4 and r1.5 Releases ......................................................... 7 Managing Information Technology .............................................................. 8 Reduce Costs .............................................................................. 8 Mitigate Risks .............................................................................. 9 Ensure Infrastructure Availability ............................................................ 9 The MDB Approach ............................................................................ 10 Integrated IT Management Data ........................................................... 10 The MDB Schema ............................................................................. 11 Integrated Database Administration ............................................................ 11 The MDB and Relational Databases for CA MDB r1.0.4 ........................................... 11 What Does the MDB Contain? .................................................................. 12 Chapter 2: MDB Deployment 13 Single Management Database ................................................................. 13 Multiple MDBs ................................................................................ 14 Planning for Availability ....................................................................... 15 Hardware ................................................................................. 15 Database Backup ......................................................................... 15 Replication ............................................................................... 16 Cluster Support ........................................................................... 16 Failover Support .......................................................................... 16 Chapter 3: MDB Administration 17 Security Rules (CA MDB r1.0.4) ................................................................ 17 Define New Users ............................................................................. 18 Maintenance .................................................................................. 18 Schema Upgrades ............................................................................ 19 Extend the MDB .............................................................................. 19 Chapter 4: Ingres MDB Considerations (CA MDB r1.0.4) 21 Microsoft Windows Paging File for Ingres (CA MDB r1.0.4) ....................................... 21 Ingres Memory Pre-Allocation (CA MDB r1.0.4) ................................................. 21 Ingres NFC Unicode (CA MDB r1.0.4) ........................................................... 22 Ingres MDB Owner Name (CA MDB r1.0.4) ..................................................... 22 Set Ingres Configuration Parameters (CA MDB r1.0.4) ........................................... 22 Contents 3 Define Ingres User IDs (CA MDB r1.0.4) ........................................................ 24 Enable an Existing User to Administer the CA MDB for r1.0.4 ................................. 24 Create a New User to Administer the CA MDB for r1.0.4 ..................................... 25 Access to Ingres MDB Objects (CA MDB r1.0.4) ................................................. 26 Ingres MDB Case Sensitivity and Collations (CA MDB r1.0.4)..................................... 26 How to Maintain an Ingres MDB (CA MDB r1.0.4) ............................................... 26 Remove the Ingres MDB (CA MDB r1.0.4) ...................................................... 27 Chapter 5: Microsoft SQL Server MDB Considerations 29 Connections .................................................................................. 29 Management Database Owner ................................................................. 29 Tempdb ...................................................................................... 29 Partitions ..................................................................................... 30 Security ...................................................................................... 30 Configuration ................................................................................. 30 Environment ................................................................................. 30 Case Sensitivity .............................................................................. 31 SQL Server Collations ......................................................................... 31 Microsoft SQL Server Maintenance ............................................................. 33 Remove the SQL Server MDB .................................................................. 34 Chapter 6: Oracle Management Database Considerations 35 Storage Considerations ........................................................................ 35 Stripe And Mirror Everything (S.A.M.E.) .................................................... 35 RAID ..................................................................................... 36 File Systems .............................................................................. 36 Optimum Flexible Architecture (OFA) ....................................................... 37 Log Files ..................................................................................... 37 Oracle Database Installation, Configuration, and Deployment .................................... 37 Database Block Size ....................................................................... 37 Tablespaces .............................................................................. 38 Database File Management ................................................................ 39 Global Database Name, System Identifier (SID) ............................................. 39 Processes Parameter ...................................................................... 39 Character Sets ............................................................................ 39 Connection Mode .......................................................................... 40 Redo Log Files ............................................................................ 40 MDB Database Users .......................................................................... 40 Security Considerations ....................................................................... 41 Archive Logging ........................................................................... 42 Undo and Database Backup ................................................................ 42 4 Overview Guide Remove the Oracle MDB....................................................................... 42 Index 45 Contents 5 Chapter 1: Introduction CA Management Database (MDB) r1.5 is a common enterprise data repository that integrates CA product suites. The MDB provides a unified database schema for the management data stored by all CA products (distributed). Use of the MDB with CA products