Installing

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This section describes how to install

Test Data Manager

The product consists of the following high-level components:

CA TDM Portal

The CA TDM Portal provides a web interface for many product capabilities. It is available in the following configurations:

A Windows application

For more information, see Install TDM Portal for Windows.

An application that runs inside a network of Docker containers

Benefits of TDM Portal in Docker include:

Simplified deployment, configuration and execution of applications within CA TDM.

Scalability. See Scalable masking with Docker.

Easier implementation of disaster recovery procedures, due to the fact that its state persists in volumes independent of the Docker container. For more information, see Install TDM Portal for Docker.

From

Test Data Manager

4.8, the TDM Portal service installs the gtrep
repository tables (if they are not present) or updates gtrep
(if it is from a previous version) when you start the service. You still need to create the gtrep repository and user before you can install TDM Portal.

Repository

A database (called gtrep
) that

Test Data Manager

uses to store product data. Use the database management tools or the database installer (ca-tdm-db-installer.exe
) to install this repository.

For more information, see Install the Repository.

For Docker-only installations, you can create the gtrep
repository in a Docker container. This is an option for advanced users. For more information, see TDM Portal Oracle database container.

GT Server

Container for the primary

Test Data Manager

components. Use the GT Server installer to install these components.

For more information, see Install Product Components.

From

Test Data Manager

4.8, Datamaker does not update the gtrep repository. It is therefore necessary to install TDM Portal, or to use the database installer (ca-tdm-db-installer.exe
) to update gtrep.

Datamaker

The primary interface of

Test Data Manager

that provides a core project and data management interface and several core capabilities, including:

Data Discovery

Data Subset

Data Profiling

Data Generation

Data Reservation

Fast Data Masker

Provides an interface for masking sensitive production data so that you can use it for testing.

Javelin

Javelin is a workflow engine.

Remote Publish

The Remote Publish engine handles remote publish jobs instrumented from outside the Datamaker UI. This component is required for many capabilities, including data reservation.

Group Job Executor

Group Job Executor handles the requests submitted by the testers for data modelling, publishing, testmatching, etc., in batch mode.

Test Data Visualizer

Provides a customizable graphical representation of your test data coverage. Use this component to find gaps in your coverage that you can fill using data generation and other capabilities.

GT EDI

Provides an interface for importing and exporting EDI files so that you can work with the data using components like Datamaker and Fast Data Masker.

HP ALM Service

Provides an integration point for HP ALM.

ALM Batch Service

Provides integration point for HPALM in batch mode.

GTRallyBatch

Provides integration point for CA Agile Central in batch mode.

Test Data on Demand

Deprecated. Use the tester self-service capabilities provided by the CA TDM Portal instead.

Portus Job Processor

Deprecated. Use the file shredding capabilities provided by the CA TDM Portal instead.