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Establish prerequisites

Before you install the product, the following prerequisites are required:

• MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.5.8

  The product stores its data in a MySQL database. The required MySQL packages are provided with the product, install them separately. You do not need to reinstall MySQL when upgrading from an older version of the product.

• CA Embedded Entitlements Manager (CA EEM) 8.4 or 12.0

  CA EEM is used to authenticate and authorize the users that log in to CA Executive Insight. Before you can log in to CA Executive Insight, set up a user in CA EEM. To set up a user, create a user in the CA EEM local store. Alternatively, you can configure CA EEM to connect to your Active Directory, LDAP server, or CA SiteMinder.

  Note: Although CA EEM lets you add a user without a password, CA Executive Insight requires that all users have passwords. For more information about setting up users in CA EEM, see the CA EEM documentation.