CA Client Automation - 14.0

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Content Utility

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The Content Utility tool lets you share software definitions between independent
CA Client Automation
 installations. The new and updated software definitions that CA Technologies provides are downloaded to an online Domain or Enterprise Manager which has access to the Internet. Import definitions into all the offline Domain (or Enterprise) Managers.
The exported definitions are saved as text files that installations share, which is either not part of the same network or run in an offline environment.
You can export the software definitions to files on a shared network location or a portable media, such as a USB device, and then import into the offline installations.
The utility works with both CA Technologies provided and custom-created software definitions and is available as a command-line utility.
Run the Content Utility
The Content Utility is a command-line tool that functions as described in the configuration file, content_utility.xml.
To run the Content Utility, specify the following command in the command prompt:
Contentutility.exe
Configure the Content Utility
When the Content Utility runs for the first time, a configuration file that is named content_utility.xml is generated in the
Installation path
\CA\DSM\bin folder. Configure this file to set the following parameters:
  • Specify whether you want to export or import, or both. If you select both, the import starts only after the export is complete.
  • Specify whether to include ca_intellisig, custom_intellisig, and intellisig_detail in the export or import.
  • Specify whether you want to process the CA Provided or Custom Created definitions, or both.
  • Specify the export and import server names.
The look after content_utility.xml is run for the first time is as follows:
<contentutility_configuration>
	<general>
		<datadirectory>default</datadirectory>
	</general>
	<export>
		<manager>
			<hostname>machine001.ca.com</hostname> 
  			<enabled>yes</enabled> 
  			<ca_provided>no</ca_provided> 
 			<custom_created>yes</custom_created> 
  			<ca_intellisig>no</ca_intellisig> 
  			<custom_intellisig>yes</custom_intellisig> 
  			<intellisig_detail>yes</intellisig_detail>
		</manager>
	</export>
	<import>
		<manager>
			<hostname>machine101.ca.com</hostname> 
  			<enabled>yes</enabled> 
  			<ca_provided>no</ca_provided> 
  			<custom_created>yes</custom_created> 
  			<ca_intellisig>no</ca_intellisig> 
  			<custom_intellisig>yes</custom_intellisig> 
  			<intellisig_detail>yes</intellisig_detail>
		</manager>
	</import>
</contentutility_configuration>
  • General Section
    This section has the following tag:
    • datadirectory
      This parameter defines the location of the export and import files. The default path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CA\software_definitions.
  • Export Section
    In this section, you can specify the following parameters for exporting the files:
    • hostname
      This parameter defines the DSM Manager name where you want to export the files.
    • ca_provided
      This parameter defines whether the CA Provided definitions are exported.
    • custom_created
      This parameter defines whether the custom software definitions are exported.
    • enabled
      This parameter specifies whether to export files.
    • ca_intellisig
      This parameter specifies whether to export CA Intellisig.
    • custom_intellisig
      This parameter specifies whether to export Custom Intellisig.
    • intellisig_detail
      This parameter specifies whether to export the Intellisig Details.
  • Import Section
    In this section, you can specify the following parameters for importing the files:
    • hostname
      This parameter defines the DSM Manager name where you want to import the files.
    • ca_provided
      This parameter defines whether to import CA Provided definitions.
    • custom_created
      This parameter defines whether to import the custom software definitions.
    • enabled
      This parameter specifies whether to import files.
    • ca_intellisig
      This parameter specifies whether to import CA Intellisig.
    • custom_intellisig
      This parameter specifies whether to import the Custom Intellisig.
    • intellisig_detail
      This parameter specifies whether to import Intellisig Detail.
Content Utility Log Files
The content utility generates a set of log files from which you can determine the status or result of the export or import. The following log files are located under ...\DSM\logs:
  • ContentUtility.log
    This file contains the information that the content utility generates because the time it started.
  • ContentUtility[hostname].log
    This file contains the actions that are performed on the host system.
  • .out and .err files
    This file contains the information that is generated during import that is overwritten with the last import data. These files are available in the data directory for each processed table.