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Configure Proxy Settings

CA ARCserve Central Applications let you specify a proxy server to communicate with CA Support to check for and download available updates. To enable this capability, you specify the proxy server that you want to communicate in behalf of the CA ARCserve Central Applications server.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the application and click Configuration on the Navigation bar.

   The Configuration options appear.

2. Click Update Configuration.

   The update configuration options display.

3. Click Proxy Settings.

   The Proxy Settings dialog opens.

4. Click one of the following options:
   • Use browser proxy settings--Lets the application detect and use the same proxy settings that are applied to the browser to connect to the CA Technologies server for update information.

     Note: This behavior applies to only Internet Explorer and Chrome browsers.

   • Configure proxy settings--Lets you define an alternative server that the application will use to communicate with CA Support to check for updates. The alternative server (proxy) can help ensure security, increased performance, and administrative control.

     Complete the following fields:

     • Proxy Server--Specify the host name or IP address of the proxy server.
     • Port--Specify the port number that the proxy server will use to communicate with the CA Support website.
     • (Optional) Proxy server requires authentication--If the login credentials for the proxy server are not the same as the credentials for the CA ARCserve Central Applications server, click the check box next to Proxy server requires authentication and specify the User Name and Password that is required to log in to the proxy server.

       Note: Use the following format to specify the user name: <domain name>/<user name>.

   Click OK.

The proxy settings are configured

Note: To help ensure that CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup can deploy policies to nodes and can protect CA ARCserve D2D nodes, verify that the Host-Based VM Backup server and the proxy server can communicate with each other using their host names. Perform the following steps:

1. From the CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup server, ping the proxy server using the host names of the server.
2. From the proxy server, ping the CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup server using the host name of the server.