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How to Install CA Performance Management Data Aggregator – Installation Wizard

You can install Data Aggregator using the installation wizard. Installing Data Aggregator consists of installing Data Repository, Data Aggregator, and Data Collector.

Note: You use the command line to install Data Repository. No installation wizard exists for the Data Repository installation.

Do the following steps in this recommended order:

  1. Install CA Performance Center.

    Note: CA Performance Center is an independent installation. It can be installed at any time. For information about installing CA Performance Center, see the CA Performance Center Installation Guide.

  2. Install Data Repository.
  3. Configure log rotation for Data Repository.
  4. (Strongly Recommended) Set up automatic backups of Data Repository.
  5. Install Data Aggregator.
  6. (Cluster installations only) Make Data Aggregator aware of Data Repository hosts in a cluster environment.
  7. Install Data Collector.

Note: You can confirm what version of the product you have installed by looking at the .history file in the installation_directory/logs directory for each component.

caim--How to Install CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management

CA Mediation Manager monitors the performance for non-SNMP based devices, such as mobile wireless, fiber-optic switch, radio access, and 3G or 4G voice data. CA Mediation Manager supports a wide range of protocols to access data, such as, SOAP, SSH, XML, SQL, JMS, SFTP, and HTTP. CA Mediation Manager is portable across all platforms.

The CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management lets you create and migrate device packs, which are vendor-specific API plug-ins that collect data from a device or from an Element Management System (EMS). Follow this process to install CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management.

Prerequisites

Before installing CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management, make sure that you have installed the following:

  1. Install CA Performance Center. Refer to the CA Performance Center installation guide.
  2. Install the Data Aggregator Component.
  3. Install the Data Collector Component.

Install CA Mediation Manager for Infrastructure Management

After fulfilling the prerequisites:

  1. Install CA Mediation Manager for Performance Manager.
  2. Install the device packs.