CA is pleased to announce

Unicenter NSM Active Directory Agent
r11.1 is Generally Available

Last Updated: April 30, 2007
To: CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management Customers
From: The CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management Product Team
Subject: Priority Enhancement Announcement for CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management

Today we are pleased to announce the general availability of the CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management Active Directory Agent r11.1.

The Active Directory (AD) monitoring solution of Unicenter Network and Systems Management r11.1 (Unicenter NSM r11.1) monitors Active Directory domain controllers and gathers a comprehensive amount of Active Directory-related information from the monitored environment.

Active Directory Management extends the Active Directory monitoring solution of Unicenter NSM r11.1 by an enterprise-wide view of the Active Directory environment, showing Active Directory topology as well as the logical and physical relationships between Active Directory components.

The new CA Unicenter NSM r11.1 Active Directory Management solution delivers two key areas of functionality, Active Directory Explorer and Knowledge Base for Active Directory.

The AD Explorer will allow administrators to:

• View the domain topology and deployment of essential AD components and services such as Global Catalogs and FSMO servers.
• Gather enterprise-wide statistic records in the context of the AD topology.
• Provide reports on essential AD key statistics to support service levels.
• Schedule diagnostic monitoring scripts on important AD health metrics to proactively detect problems.

The AD Explorer component is comprised of the following sub components:

• AD Agent
• AD GUI
• AD Enterprise Manager
• AD Reporting

The associated Knowledge Base provides information for troubleshooting Active Directory problems.

A copy of the Active Directory Agent can be obtained via SupportConnect by downloading Published Solution QO87578. The corresponding Knowledge Base document can be found via Published Solution QO89112.

Through our commitment to creating IT value, we believe CA can help you succeed in using IT to achieve your organizational goals. We look forward to working with you as you implement the Active Directory Agent to optimize your IT operations.

Thank you for your business.

Sincerely,

The CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management Product Team.