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Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2021-01-01

Product(s): NetBackup (9.0)

Configuring Backup Exec data collector

This section describes data collection from Backup Exec.

Caution:

The Backup Exec data collector requires the following component to be installed on the OpsCenter Agent host, to collect data properly.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) that is vcredist_x86.exe

VC Redistributable Package is available at:

Once you install this component on the Agent host, configure the Backup Exec data collector as described in the following section.

To configure Backup Exec data collector

Click Settings > Configuration > Agent.
On the Agent list, select a check box in front of the Agent, for which you want to configure a Data Collector.
Click Create Data Collector.
On the Create Data Collector: Product Selection page, select Veritas Backup Exec from the Select Product drop-down list.
In the Target Host Name text box, enter the Backup Exec server host name, from which you want to collect data.
Click Next.

On the Create Data Collector: Details page, specify the following Backup Exec data collector configuration settings:

User name	Enter the name of the user account that is required to connect to the Backup Exec Database .
Password	Enter the password of this user account.
Version	Select the version of the Backup Exec Server - 11.x or 12.x - from which you want to collect data.

Select blackout period details, data types to be collected, and collection interval.
For more details on collection interval, and other data collector settings, refer to the following section:
See Configuring an OpsCenter Data Collector.
Click Save.