APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for File Analytics

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.6)
  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. 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
  3. 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
  4. Uninstalling the Data Collector
    1.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
    2.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
  5. Manually starting the Data Collector
    1.  
      Introduction
  6. 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
  7. Appendix A. Firewall configuration: Default ports
    1.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports

Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux

This uninstall process assumes that the Data Collector was installed using the standard installation process.

  1. Login to the Data Collector Server as root.

  2. Stop the Data Collector service.

    [Data Collector Home Folder]/mbs/bin/aptare_agent stop

  3. Run the Uninstall Data Collector Agent script, located in the following directory: 

    [Data Collector Home Folder]/UninstallerData