NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Virtualization Manager

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.2)
  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.  
          Pre-requisites for vSAN Data Collection
        2.  
          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.  
      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
    8.  
      Configure Data Collector manually for Veritas NetBackup
    9.  
      Install Data Collector binaries on Windows (without configuration)
    10.  
      Install Data Collector binaries on Linux host (without configuration)
  5. 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
  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

Reports impacted by Datastore Collection

The following reports may be impacted by the Datastore Scan collection configuration in the data collector policy.

Table: Reports impacted by Datastore Collection

Report

Default Inventory

Collect all files on datastore

VM Files Summary (drilldown)

  • No Last Modified date.

  • Total # files collected will usually be less than with an all files collection.

Last Modified date will be missing for files not found in the datastore scan.

Datastore Usage Breakdown

  • Non-VM Files and VM Not In Inventory will be zero.

  • Total VM Used will be reduced by the amount that would have been collected as VM Not In Inventory if an all files collection had been done.

  • Unknown category in the pie chart will often be significantly higher than if an all files collection had been done.

The Unknown category in the pie chart will usually be non-zero and will often be significantly higher than the default inventory collection.

Datastore Utilization

  • VM Not In Inventory will be zero.

  • Total VM Used will be reduced by the amount that would have been collected as VM Not In Inventory if an all files collection had been done.

Datastore Detail

  • Non-VM Files and VM Not In Inventory will be zero.

  • Total VM Used will be reduced by the amount that would have been collected as VM Not In Inventory if an all files collection had been done.

VMDK and Other VM Files values typically will not be impacted by the datastore collection type.

VM Server Detail

  • VM Not In Inventory will be zero

  • Total VM Used will be reduced by the amount that would have been collected as VM Not In Inventory if an all files collection had been done.

Last Modified date will be missing for files not found in the datastore scan.

VM Detail

  • No Last Modified date.

  • Total # files collected will usually be less than with an all files collection.

VM Snapshot Summary

  • No Last Modified date.