NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      NetBackup IT Analytics Overview
    2.  
      Purpose of this document
    3.  
      Software and hardware disclaimer
  2. Portal and database servers
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Recommended portal configurations
    3.  
      Oracle Database and Memory Requirements
    4. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
    5.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
  3. Data Collector server configurations
    1.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    2. Data Collector server memory and CPU guidelines
      1.  
        Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
      2.  
        Factors impacting Data Collector performance and memory requirements
    3.  
      Data Collector prerequisites
    4.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports
  4. Capacity Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
    2.  
      IBM Arrays: Modify profile
    3.  
      Creating a NetApp user with API privileges
    4.  
      Creating a NetApp cluster-mode user with API privileges
    5. Array/LUN performance Data Collection
      1.  
        Port performance metrics
    6. EMC Isilon array performance metrics
      1.  
        EMC Isilon Array Performance
      2.  
        EMC Isilon Disk Performance
      3.  
        EMC Isilon Node Performance
      4.  
        EMC Isilon OneFS Performance
      5.  
        EMC Isilon Protocol Performance
    7. NetApp Cluster-Mode performance metrics
      1.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Aggregate Performance
      2.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode CIFS Performance
      3.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Disk Performance
      4.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Fiber Channel Protocol Logical Interface Performance
      5.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode LUN Performance
      6.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode NFS Performance
      7.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Processor Node Performance
      8.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Processor Performance
      9.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode RAID Performance
      10.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode SMB (Server Message Block) Performance
      11.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode System Performance
      12.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Target Port Performance
      13.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Volume Performance
    8. EMC Symmetrix enhanced performance metrics
      1.  
        Create enhanced EMC Symmetrix Performance report templates
      2.  
        EMC Symmetrix Array Performance
      3.  
        EMC Symmetrix Backend Director Performance
      4.  
        EMC Symmetrix Frontend Director Performance
      5.  
        EMC Symmetrix Front-end Port Performance
      6.  
        EMC Symmetrix Storage Group Performance
      7.  
        EMC Symmetrix Database Performance
      8.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk Group Performance
      9.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk Performance
      10.  
        EMC Symmetrix Device Groups Performance
      11.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk by Technology Performance
      12.  
        EMC Symmetrix Storage Tier Performance
      13.  
        EMC Symmetrix Thin Tier Performance
      14.  
        EMC Symmetrix Thin Pool Performance
      15.  
        EMC Symmetrix Enhanced Performance metrics
    9.  
      Hitachi Vantara array performance metrics
    10.  
      Host resources prerequisites and configurations
    11. Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements
      1.  
        Access requirements by OS
    12.  
      WMI proxy requirements for Windows host Data Collection
    13.  
      Host resources supported configurations
    14.  
      Pure Storage Flash Array performance metrics
    15.  
      Supported host bus adapters (HBAs)
    16.  
      Compute Resources supported configurations
  5. Cloud configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
  6. Virtualization Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported versions
    2. Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for VMware
      1.  
        Creating a VMware Read-Only user
    3.  
      Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
  7. File Analytics configurations
    1. Data Collector probes by storage type
      1.  
        CIFS shares
      2.  
        Host inventory probe
      3.  
        File Analytics probe
  8. Fabric Manager configurations
    1. Switch vendors
      1.  
        Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager
  9. Backup Manager configurations
    1.  
      Backup solutions and versions
    2.  
      Centralized NetBackup Data Collection requirements
    3. Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (and later) requirements for centralized collection
      1.  
        Required Software
  10. ServiceNow configurations
    1.  
      ServiceNow configurations
  11. Internal TCP port requirements
    1.  
      Internal TCP port requirements
    2.  
      Internal portal server ports
    3.  
      Internal data collector ports

Data Collector prerequisites

This list includes the general Data Collector server prerequisites. Specific requirements are listed with each supported subsystem.

  • 64-bit OS.

  • When the NetBackup IT Analytics system collects data from any vendor subsystem, the collection process expects name/value pairs to be in US English and requires the installation to be done by an Administrator with a US English locale. The server's language version can be non-US English.

  • Support Amazon Corretto 11. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi- platform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK).

  • For performance reasons, do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the NetBackup IT Analytics Portal. However, if you must have both on the same server, verify that the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory.

  • Install only one Data Collector on a server (or OS instance).

  • Verify the rpm fontconfig is installed. Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access. If the rpm fontconfig is not installed, the installer will not be able to load User Interface Mode. This is a prerequisite for new Data Collector installations.