Install CA Executive Insight

Install CA Executive Insight

CA Executive Insight supports business indicators that are mapped to IT metrics. You create business indicators that are based on the available metrics from different data sources in your environment.

A metric connector creates a connection between a data source and the CA Executive Insight application. After the connection is established, the application retrieves IT metrics from the data source and publishes the metric data as business indicators in a dashboard.

Many data sources are supported:

• CA Application Performance Management (CA APM)
• CA Service Operations Insight (CA SOI)
• CA Capacity Command Center (CA CCC)
• CA Infrastructure Management 2.0 (CA IM)
• Comma-separated values files (CSV files)
• RESTful Web services via Web Service connectors

To retrieve data, add a connector and specify the connection information for the instance.

Before you configure metric connectors and build business indicators for your mobile device users, complete the installation of CA Executive Insight.

The following illustration describes how an administrator installs CA Executive Insight.

To complete the installation of CA Executive Insight, follow these steps:

1. Prepare for the installation:
   1. Verify system requirements.
   2. Establish prerequisites.
   3. Identify options.
   4. Perform sizing.
   5. Install a MySQL Server.
2. Install the product:
   1. Download the supporting components package file.
      • For Windows
      • For Linux
   2. Install CA Executive Insight.
      • On Windows
      • On Linux
3. Post-installation procedures:
   1. Examine log files.
   2. Log in to the Admin UI.