Upgrade Paths

Upgrade CA Application Delivery Analysis from version 9.2 or above to version 10.2. If necessary, upgrade to version 9.2, and then upgrade to version 10.2.

Important! CA ADA version 10.2 is not compatible with CA Multi-Port Monitor version 9.2 or below. If you upgrade the CA ADA Manager to version 10.2, you must upgrade a version 9.2 Multi-Port Monitor to version 10.0 or later to resume data collection.

If you are running:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: Upgrade CA Application Delivery Analysis to the current version.
Windows Server 2003: We recommend that you migrate CA ADA from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.

If CA Application Delivery Analysis is a registered data source with CA NetQoS Performance Center, and both products are installed on the same computer, do not upgrade. The CA Single Sign-On application that is provided with CA Application Delivery Analysis is not compatible with the CA Single Sign-On that is provided with the CA NetQoS Performance Center. Instead, migrate CA Application Delivery Analysis to Windows Server 2008.

This release of CA ADA includes an upgrade of the MySQL database from version 5.1 to 5.6. CA NetQoS Performance Center (CA NPC) requires MySQL version 5.1.

If you have CA NPC installed on the same server as CA ADA, you will receive a warning message during the upgrade of CA ADA, and you will not be allowed to continue.

To avoid this problem, ensure that CA NPC is installed on a separate server from CA ADA before you begin the upgrade of CA ADA. See the Prerequisites section later in this guide for information on uninstalling CA NPC.