NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager

Prior to discovering hosts, a data collector policy must be configured. You can use an existing policy--for example, a data collector policy that has been created for Storage Array data collection--or create a new data collector policy.

See Configure / Search the host Inventory.

Using the Host Inventory window, you can search for hosts in the inventory; or you can set up configurations in preparation for discovering and configuring hosts.

See Manage credentials.

Configure user IDs and passwords for authentication when the data collector is accessing hosts.

See Manage WMI proxy.

A WMI Proxy is required to collect data from Windows hosts. Use this option to define one or more WMI Proxies.

See Manage paths.

Configure the paths that data collectors will use to execute commands on hosts.

See Manage access control.

Data Collectors require read-only access to execute non-intrusive commands on hosts. It is strongly recommended that a separate login account used strictly for NetBackup IT Analytics be established and using Active Directory for Windows systems and the sudo command for Linux systems, restrict the commands that NetBackup IT Analytics can issue. To accommodate this security approach, you can optionally specify access control commands like sudo, sesudo, or pbrun.

See Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements.

See Configure host Discovery policies to populate the host Inventory.

Host Discovery attempts to find hosts and populate your NetBackup IT Analytics host inventory. Create Host Discovery Policies that use the credentials, WMI proxies, and paths that you configured.

See Host Inventory setup overview.

To facilitate data collection troubleshooting, you can create log requests and be notified when the logs are available. These logs can also be transferred to support for additional analysis.