APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Fabric Manager

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.6)
  1. Fabric Manager Data Collection overview
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Fabric Manager: Collection of SAN switch data
    3.  
      Switch zone alias collection
  2. Pre-Installation setup for Brocade switch
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Brocade switch
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Brocade switch)
    3.  
      Upgrade troubleshooting: Brocade BNA SMI-S (CIM) server and Java 11
    4.  
      Supported switches
    5.  
      Brocade switches: Default ports and firewall considerations
    6.  
      Installation overview (Brocade switch)
    7.  
      Brocade switch Data Collector policy
  3. Pre-Installation setup for Cisco switch
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Cisco switch
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Cisco switch)
    3.  
      Upgrade troubleshooting: Cisco DCNM SMI-S (CIM) server and Java 11
    4.  
      Cisco switches: Default ports and firewall considerations
    5.  
      Installation overview (Cisco switch)
    6.  
      Cisco switch Data Collection policy
    7.  
      Before you start Cisco switch Data Collection
  4. Pre-Installation setup for Brocade Zone alias
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Brocade zone alias
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Brocade zone alias)
    3.  
      Brocade switches: Default ports and firewall considerations
    4.  
      Installation overview (Brocade zone alias)
    5.  
      Brocade zone alias Data Collector policy
  5. Pre-Installation setup Cisco Zone alias
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup Cisco zone alias
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Cisco zone alias)
    3.  
      Cisco switches: Default ports and firewall considerations
    4.  
      Installation overview (Cisco Zone Alias)
    5.  
      Cisco zone alias Data Collector policy
  6. Installing the Data Collector software
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Installing the WMI Proxy service (Windows host resources only)
    3.  
      Testing WMI connectivity
    4.  
      Installing Data Collector software: From the internet
    5.  
      Installing Data Collector software: No internet available from the Data Collector server
    6.  
      Installing Data Collector software on Windows portal platform
    7.  
      Installing Data Collector software on Linux portal platform
  7. Validating Data Collection
    1.  
      Validation methods
    2.  
      Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods
    3.  
      Working with on-demand Data Collection
    4.  
      Using the CLI check install utility
    5.  
      List Data Collector configurations
  8. Uninstalling the Data Collector
    1.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
    2.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
  9. Manually starting the Data Collector
    1.  
      Introduction
  10. Appendix A. Firewall configuration: Default ports
    1.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports

Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods

Table: Vendor-specific validation requirements.

Vendor Name

Test Connection

On-Demand

CLI Checkinstall Utility

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

x

x

 

Brocade Switch

x

 

Brocade Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cisco Switch

x

 

Cisco Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cohesity DataProtect

x

x

 

Commvault Simpana

  

x

Dell Compellent

x

Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)

x

x

 

Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery

x

  

Dell EMC Unity

x

x

 

EMC Avamar

x

EMC Data Domain Backup

x

x

EMC Data Domain Storage

x

x

EMC Isilon

x

EMC NetWorker

x

EMC Symmetrix

x

x

EMC VNX CLARiiON

x

x

EMC VNX Celerra

x

EMC VPLEX

x

EMC XtremIO

x

x

HDS HCP

x

x

HDS HNAS

x

HP 3PAR

x

HP Data Protector

x

HP EVA

x

HPE Nimble Storage

x

x

 

Hitachi Block

x

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

x

x

 

Hitachi NAS

x

x

 

Huawei OceanStor

x

x

IBM Enterprise

x

IBM SVC

x

IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)

x

IBM VIO

x

x

 

IBM XIV

x

INFINIDAT Infinibox

x

x

Microsoft Azure

x

x

Microsoft Hyper-V

x

x

 

Microsoft Windows Server

x

x

 

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

x

x

 

NetApp E Series

x

Netapp

x

Netapp Cluster Mode

x

OpenStack Ceilometer

x

x

OpenStack Swift

x

Test Connection is included with the Get Nodes function.

x

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

x

x

Pure FlashArray

x

x

Rubrik Cloud Data Management

x

x

 

VMWare

x

Veeam Backup & Replication

x

x

Veritas Backup Exec

x

Veritas NetBackup

x

x

Veritas NetBackup Appliance

X

x