Prerequisites
To set up and use TSA, you need to ensure that you meet prerequisites, such as the
required credentials for the discovery environment and configuration requirements for connecting to
IBM® Support Insights.
Download TSA image TSA images are available for both Microsoft® Hyper-V [TSA-HYPERV-<version> ] and VMware [TSA-VMWARE-<version> ] servers. Requirements for TSA Before you set up and use TSA, ensure that you meet the following prerequisites.Required web browsers A web-based user interface is used to set up and monitor discovery and transmission.Configuration requirements for connections to IBM Support Insights TSA connects to IBM Support Insights through a direct connection or a user-supplied proxy that you must configure to allow communication with IBM. If you are using a proxy, TLS/SSL inspection is not supported. Any requests through a proxy must be allowed to flow directly to IBM without TLS/SSL termination.Credential and software requirements for the discovery environment In order to discover endpoints or resources in your environment, TSA must have access to those resources. It is recommended that you create a service account on each resource that is specifically for TSA to use when accessing that resource.