Problem
Backup the nodes is mandatory for serving as the Collector roles in a Data Insight deployment.
Solution
To back up the Data Insight server with Collector role
1. Log in to the server with the Collector role.
2. Backup the entire $data folder using backup tools such as Veritas NetBackup. The backup software should be capable of taking Volume Shadow Copy/Snapshot based backups. If your backup software does not have such a capability, you must stop all Data Insight services before backup, to avoid incomplete backup due to locked files.
To restore the Collector node
1. Install the operating system. Use the same version, host name (recommended for ease of configuration), and architecture as was installed before the backup.
2. Install the same version of Data Insight that was installed before the backup.
3. Select the option to install the Collector role while installing Data Insight.
4. Specify the original location of the $data directory as the previous install. By default, the $data directory is located at C:\DataInsight\data.
5. Clear the Launch worker node registration wizard after exit checkbox. You do not need to register the worker node at this time as the registration information is already present in the data that you have backed up.
6. Complete the installation. Do not start the services at this time; clear the Start services now option when the installer prompts for it.
7. Delete the $data folder that is created as a part of the new installation and copy the backed up data to this location.
8. Start the Data Insight services, which include DataInsightComm, DataInsightWatchdog, and DataInsightConfig.
9. Check the status of the services and ensure that they come to running state. Successful start of all services indicates that the Collector node is successfully restored.
What happens to the Audit Events while the Collector node is down
- For Netapp, you would lose events during Collector outage.
- For Windows, audit files would be present on the windows server. However if outage lasts for a long time and disk space starts to fill up, DataInsightWatchdog service will shut down audit gathering.
- For Sharepoint, audit events would keep collecting in the Sharepoint db. If the outage lasts for a long time, then the SQL database on the Sharepoint farm will increase in size.
Once, DI collector is back online it would fetch the stored audit events from Sharepoint and Windows servers.
Was this content helpful?
Translated Content
Please note that this document is a translation from English, and may have been machine-translated. It is possible that updates have been made to the original version after this document was translated and published. Veritas does not guarantee the accuracy regarding the completeness of the translation. You may also refer to the English Version of this knowledge base article for up-to-date information.