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Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Configuration Management System (CMS)2018.08

Install

This node contains the following sections:

Installation Notes

Support Matrix

Universal CMDB Installation Overview

During installation, the following CMS components are installed:

CMS UI
Universal CMDB server
Configuration management database (CMDB)
Universal CMDB packages
Data Flow Probe (if a suitable license is present – for licensing details, contact the Software Sales Assist team (sw_ssa@microfocus.com).

The following diagram provides a graphical overview of a typical deployment of the CMS system.

Note Universal CMDB must not be installed more than once on a server, even if the instances are installed in different folders or are different versions.

Installation Workflow

The installation workflow contains the following main stages:

Set up the CMDB database server.

Set up the Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle server, or a remote PostgreSQL Server.

Note Setting up a remote PostgreSQL Server is necessary only if you are installing the PostgreSQL server remotely. If your intention is to install a PostgreSQL database locally, follow the instructions in the UCMDB Server installation procedure.
Install the Universal CMDB Server.

Install the UCMDB Server and configure the connection to the database.

For High Availability, install two or more UCMDB Servers and configure their connection to the database and the load balancer.
Install Universal CMDB Configuration Manager (if necessary)

Install and configure Configuration Manager to analyze and control the data in UCMDB.
Install one or more Data Flow Probes

The Data Flow Probes are the components that enables the flow of data from the UCMDB to remote machines and back.
Secure the UCMDB Server

For details, see Hardening.
Secure the Data Flow Probe.

For details, see Hardening.
Launch Universal CMDB.

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