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Register a Data Source

Data sources must be registered before data can be made available in CA Performance Center dashboards. Registration takes place on the CA Performance Center Manage Data Sources page.

Note: For more information about data source version compatibility, see the Release Notes.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the Administrator role.
2. Navigate to the Manage Data Sources page.

   The Manage Data Sources page displays the current list of registered data sources.

3. Click Add.

   The Add Data Source dialog opens.

4. Select the type of data source you want to add from the Source Type list.

   Note: All CA products that can be registered as CA Performance Center data sources are shown in the Source Type list. The list is not filtered to show installed products.

5. Select the data source status. Select Disabled if you want to delay polling of this data source while still registering it.

   Note: No data from this data source is reported until you edit the data source to select the Enabled status. Views from this data source display a message stating, "No data to display".

6. Enter the Host Name of the data source.

   The hostname is typically the IP address or DNS hostname of the server where the database for this data source is installed.

   • For a Data Aggregator data source, supply the IP address or hostname of the host where the Data Aggregator component is installed.
   • For other data sources in a distributed configuration, supply the hostname of the management console.
7. Type the port to use when contacting the data source. The port that you enter depends on the protocol you select.

   For more information, see the CA Single Sign-On User Guide.

8. Select the protocol to use to contact the data source. Select https if your network is using SSL for communications. Verify that you have configured the system correctly before you select the https option.

   Note: SSL can be used for communications between CA Performance Center and the data source products. For more information, see the CA Single Sign-On User Guide.

9. (Optional) Enter a Display Name for the data source.

   By default, the data source type and the hostname are combined to create the display name. You can supply another name here. For example, instead of NetworkFlowAnalysis@xxx.x.x.xx, you can name the data source NetworkFlowAnalysis_NewYork.

10. (Optional) Clear the 'Web Console: Same as Data Source' check box to enable Web Console options. You can supply another IP address and port for the data source console.

    Note: The data source Web console address is typically the same as the hostname. Use this parameter in cases where network address translation is deployed.

11. (Optional) Select the Discover devices from other data sources check box. This option allows you to configure whether Data Aggregator automatically discovers devices that are synchronized with CA Performance Center by other data sources.

    Note: This option is available only when you select Data Aggregator as a data source.

12. Click Save to register the data source.

    CA Performance Center lists the data sources that you have registered in the Data Source List.

More information:

Test Data Source Connections

Edit a Data Source