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Order of Installation

Installing CA Performance Center always entails data source considerations. For most data sources, the order of installation is irrelevant. However, the installation of CA Performance Center for CA Infrastructure Management requires the installation of linked components (Data Repository, Data Aggregator, CA Performance Center, and Data Collector). To install or upgrade CA Infrastructure Management, we recommend the following installation order. All steps are required unless otherwise indicated.

1. Install Data Repository.
2. Configure log rotation for Data Repository.
3. (Optional) Set up autostart on Data Repository.
4. Set up automatic backups of Data Repository.
5. Install Data Aggregator.
6. Install CA Performance Center. For more information, see Linux Installation.
7. Register Data Aggregator as a data source in CA Performance Center.

   Note: For information about adding Data Aggregator as a data source, see the CA Performance Center Administrator Guide.

8. Set up the automatic recovery of the Data Aggregator process.
9. (Cluster installations only) Make Data Aggregator aware of the Data Repository hosts in a cluster environment.
10. Install Data Collector.

To install the Data Aggregator, Data Collector, and Data Repository components, follow the steps in the CA Infrastructure Management Data Aggregator Installation Guide.