Installation Guide for NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager

The installation guide provides planning and installation information for the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager product (Secure Configuration Manager). This book guides you through the installation process and helps you make the correct decisions for your environment.

Intended Audience

This book provides information for individuals responsible for installing Secure Configuration Manager.

Other Information in the Library

The library provides the following information resources:

UNIX Agent Installation and Configuration Guide

Provides conceptual information about the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager UNIX Agent and guides you through the installation and configuration process.

Windows Agent Installation and Configuration Guide

Provides conceptual information about the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager Windows Agent and guides you through the installation and configuration process.

User Guide

Provides conceptual information about Secure Configuration Manager. This book also provides an overview of the user interfaces and step-by-step guidance for many tasks.

Help

Provides context-sensitive information and step-by-step guidance for common tasks, descriptions of reports and actions you can run with the product, and definitions for fields on each window.

Conventions

The library uses consistent conventions to help you identify items throughout the documentation. The following table summarizes these conventions.

Convention

Use

Bold

  • Window and menu items

  • Technical terms, when introduced

Italics

  • Book and CD-ROM titles

  • Variable names and values

  • Emphasized words

Fixed Font

  • File and folder names

  • Commands and code examples

  • Text you must type

  • Text (output) displayed in the command-line interface

Brackets, such as [value]

  • Optional parameters of a command

Braces, such as {value}

  • Required parameters of a command

Logical OR, such as value1 | value2

  • Exclusive parameters. Choose one parameter.

About NetIQ Corporation

NetIQ, an Attachmate business, is a global leader in systems and security management. With more than 12,000 customers in over 60 countries, NetIQ solutions maximize technology investments and enable IT process improvements to achieve measurable cost savings. The company’s portfolio includes award-winning management products for IT Process Automation, Systems Management, Security Management, Configuration Audit and Control, Enterprise Administration, and Unified Communications Management. For more information, please visit www.netiq.com.

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