Installing the Client Manager

This chapter describes the prerequisites and installation procedures for installing the Client Manager on Windows and Unix machines.

Two main components of the TA architecture are the Master and Client Manager. The Client Manager allows TA to achieve higher performance and scalability needs. Its purpose is to service requests from user-initiated activities, such as through the TA Web Client, TA Transporter and from other external sources that use the Command Line Interface (CLI) or published TA Web services. Client Manager allows the TA Master to focus more capacity on core scheduling needs related to job execution and job compilations, while the Client Manager addresses demands from activities such as users viewing or configuring scheduling data and output. A single Client Manager is mandatory and you can deploy more to address performance needs.

Note: Beginning with version 6.5.1, the TESCache Database is from the Client Manager. The Client Manager now syncs the information from the Master database into its own in-memory database that it then uses to provide all TA Web Client users with current information.

Installation Prerequisites

For platform support and minimum system requirements for the Client Manager. If the system requirements have been met, Client Manager can be installed on the same machine as the Master.

Before installing Client Manager:

  • Install and configure a TA Windows or Unix Master.

  • Apply all patches supplied in the latest hotfix.

  • Be sure that you have installed JDK version 17 on the Client Manager machine.

  • Note down machine names, host names, port numbers, and IP addresses before beginning the installation.

  • Ensure that each computer used for TA can communicate with the other machines on the network. If you cannot ping to and from each component machine, TA cannot function properly. Network conditions affect the operation of TA.

  • Log in with an account that has Administrator privileges.

  • Review any supplementary documentation provided with your software.

  • Exit all Windows programs before running any installation.

    The TA Client Manager must have Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server to connect to Microsoft SQL Server, if TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2 is selected during the TA Client Manager installation for Windows. Before installing the Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server for the TA Client Manager, make sure that you have disabled TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.

    Note: Contact Support if you have any questions.