NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for File Analytics

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.2)
  1. Pre-Installation setup for File Analytics
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for File Analytics
    2.  
      File Analytics Data Collection overview
    3.  
      File Analytics Data Collection architecture
    4.  
      File Analytics Data Collector policies
    5.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (File Analytics)
    6.  
      CIFS shares
    7. Host Discovery and Collection File Analytics probe
      1.  
        File Analytics Probe Configurations by operating system
      2.  
        Both Windows and Linux servers
      3.  
        Best practices for host Inventory File Analytics probes
    8. Adding a File Analytics Data Collector policy
      1.  
        Importing the CIFS share configuration
    9.  
      Set up FIPS compliant Data Collector for File Analytics
  2. File Analytics Export Folder Size and Folder Depth
    1.  
      Extracting File Analytics export folder size
    2.  
      Specifying the File Analytics folder depth
  3. Installing the Data Collector software
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Installing the WMI Proxy service (Windows host resources only)
    3.  
      Testing WMI connectivity
    4.  
      Considerations to install Data Collector on non-English systems
    5.  
      Install Data Collector Software on Windows
    6.  
      Install Data Collector software on Linux
    7.  
      Deploy Data Collector in native Kubernetes environment
  4. Validating Data Collection
    1.  
      Validation methods
    2.  
      Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods
    3. Working with on-demand Data Collection
      1.  
        View real-time logging during an on-demand collection
      2.  
        Generating debug level logs during an on-demand collection
    4.  
      Using the CLI check install utility
    5.  
      List Data Collector configurations
  5. Uninstalling the Data Collector
    1.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
    2.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
  6. Manually starting the Data Collector
    1.  
      Introduction
  7. File Analytics Export folder size and folder depth
    1.  
      Extracting File Analytics export folder size
    2.  
      Specifying the File Analytics folder depth
    3.  
      Data export
  8. Appendix A. Firewall configuration: Default ports
    1.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports

File Analytics Data Collector policies

File Analytics data collection can be configured in different ways, depending on the location of the files you want to profile in your enterprise. Determine which of the following approaches is relevant for your environment:

  • Create a File Analytics Data Collector policy to configure a file shares probe. This Data Collector traverses the network CIFS shares to collect and categorize filesystem storage consumption metadata. This highly optimized traversal profiles unstructured data to enable you to identify storage that can be reclaimed. Use this for any CIFS share that is serving up files that you want to profile, regardless of manufacturer of the appliance.

  • Host Discovery and Collection option directly interrogates hosts' attached storage to profile files. Configure a host probe for Windows (WMI Proxy) and Linux (SSH) collection of a host's locally attached storage.

    See Host Discovery and Collection File Analytics probe.

  • Create a Veritas NetBackup Collection policy and configure File Analytics in it to collect file information of backed up clients from the NetBackup Server. Refer to the Configuring File Analytics in NetBackup Data Collector Policy section of the Data Collector installation Guide for Backup Manager for the configuration steps.