APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Virtualization Manager

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. Pre-Installation setup for VMware
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for VMware
    2.  
      VMware Data Collection
    3. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (VMware)
      1.  
        Virtualization Manager: Collection of VMware Data
      2. Configure VMware Access
        1.  
          Creating a VMware Read-Only User with Required Permissions
    4.  
      Installation overview (VMware)
    5.  
      Add a VMware Data Collector policy
    6. Datastore scan collection
      1.  
        Reports impacted by Datastore Collection
  2. Pre-Installation setup for IBM VIO
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for IBM VIO
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding data collectors (IBM VIO)
    3.  
      Installation overview (IBM VIO)
    4.  
      Adding servers for the IBM VIO Data Collector policy
    5.  
      VIO servers (IBM Virtual I/O Servers)
    6.  
      LPAR clients (IBM Logical Partitioning Clients) managed by VIO servers
    7.  
      HMC (IBM Hardware Management Console)
    8.  
      Add an IBM VIO Data Collector policy
  3. Pre-Installation setup for Microsoft Hyper-V
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Microsoft Hyper-V
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Microsoft Hyper-V)
    3.  
      Installation overview (Microsoft Hyper-V)
    4.  
      Add a Microsoft Hyper-V Data Collector policy
  4. Install 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
  5. 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
  6. Uninstall the Data Collector
    1.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
    2.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
  7. Manually start the Data Collector
    1.  
      Introduction
  8. Appendix A. Firewall configuration: Default ports
    1.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports

Introduction

The installer configures the Data Collector to start automatically, however, it does not actually start it upon completion of the installation because you must first validate the installation.

Follow these steps, for the relevant operating system, to manually start the Data Collector service:

On Windows

The installer configures the Data Collector process as a Service.

To view the Data Collector Status:

  1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel

  2. Click Administrative Tools.

  3. Click Services. The Microsoft Services dialog is displayed. It should include entries for Aptare Agent. Start this service if it is not running.

On Linux

The installer automatically copies the Data Collector "start" and "stop" scripts to the appropriate directory, based on the vendor operating system.

To start the data collector, use the following command:

etc/init.d/aptare_agent start