This document contains instructions on the basic administrative tasks of Tectia Server. It is intended for system administrators responsible for the configuration of the Tectia Server software.

There are two separate Tectia Server product versions:

Tectia Server for Unix and Windows is handled in this manual.

Tectia Server for IBM z/OS is released separately and described in its own Administrator Manual.

This document contains the following information:

To fully use the information presented in this document, you should be familiar also with other system administration tasks. To edit the configuration files manually without Tectia Server Configuration GUI, you should have basic knowledge of XML.

Tectia Client/Server Product Description contains important background information on the Tectia client/server solution, and we recommend that you read it before installing and starting Tectia Server.