Chapter 3 Installing the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents
Local and Remote DB Installation Overview
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Directory Paths Per Version
Cisco Systems\CSAMC\CSAMC52
Cisco Systems\CSAMC\CSAMC51
CSCOpx\CSAMC50
Local and Remote DB Installation Overview
You must have local administrator privileges on the system in question to perform
the CSA MC installation. Once you’ve verified system requirements, you can
begin the installation.
Caution After you install CSA MC, you should not change the name of the MC system.
Changing the system name after the product installation will cause agent/CSA
MC communication problems.

New Installation Configuration Options

For a new product install, you have three installation configuration options to
consider before launching the CSA MC installation process.
• You can install CSA MC and the database on the same machine. (Select the
Local Database radio button during the CSA MC installation.)
For a local database configuration, you have the option of installing CSA MC
and the included Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition (provided with the
product) on the same system if you are planning to deploy no more than 1,000
agents. In this case, the CSA MC installation also installs its own version of
Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition on the system.
For a local database configuration, you also have the option of installing
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 instead of using the Microsoft SQL Server
Express Edition that is provided. Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition has
a 4 GB database size limit. In this case, you can have CSA MC and Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 on the same system depending on the number of agents you
are deploying (see Scalable Deployments, page 2-3). Note that if you are
using SQL Server 2005, it must be licensed separately and it must be installed
on the system before you begin the CSA MC installation.