What is APM Application Behavior Analytics (ABA) and how to obtain it

Products

• CA Application Performance Management Agent (APM / Wily / Introscope)
• INTROSCOPE

Issue/Introduction

Description:

This is a short summary of the ABA software and the APM releases where it is available.

Solution:

Overview of ABA

A pplication Behavior Analytics (ABA) is a feature of CA Application Performance Management (CA APM). It proactively identifies performance anomalies and helps users identify potential root causes.

It automatically mines selected data collected by CA APM and can also be configured to analyze data, which is imported into CA APM.

ABA correlates anomalous behavior across application components and even across different applications to identify unusual behaviors. Often this reveals likely causes or insights regarding unforeseen interactions.

Application Behavior Analytics (ABA) employs a state-of-the-art behavioral learning engine which consumes raw metric data, finds correlations within the data, and identifies normal and abnormal patterns of behavior.

For further background on ABA refer to:

• CA APM Technical Brief: Application Behavior Analytics : https://one.ca.com/solutions/Master/Service%20Assurance/APM-ABA-TechnicalBrief-External.pdf
• John Michelson's video : http://www.ca.com/au/collateral/videos/na/ca-application-performance-management-application-behavior-analytics.aspx
• Short ABA functional video "CA APM and Application Behavior Analytics" on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9yDCsnEV4

Availability of ABA by APM release:

Release	Availability	How To Get
9.5.0	Available as an APM add-on	Contact Technical Support for assistance.
9.5.1	Not available	Not available
9.5.2	Built into APM and enabled by default. (See APM Release notes for details) The APM Application Behavior Analytics documentation is contained within the release notes	Go to Support.CA.Com> Download Center On pull-down menu select CA Application Performance Management - MULTI-PLATFORM, Select 9.5 Release and Gen Level 2 Press GO and Download the appropriate software which will include the ABA Analysis Server components.
9.5.3	Built into APM and enabled by default. (See APM Release notes for details) The APM Application Behavior Analytics documentation is contained within the release notes	Go to Support.CA.Com> Download Center On pull-down menu select CA Application Performance Management - MULTI-PLATFORM, Select 9.5 Release and Gen Level 3 Press GO and Download the appropriate software which will include the ABA Analysis Server components.
9.5.5 (APM agent-only release.)	Not applicable.	Not applicable.

Environment

Release:
Component: APMCEM