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

Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods

Table: Vendor-specific validation requirements.

Vendor Name

Test Connection

On-Demand

CLI Checkinstall Utility

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

x

x

 

Brocade Switch

x

 

Brocade Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cisco Switch

x

 

Cisco Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cohesity DataProtect

x

x

 

Commvault Simpana

  

x

Compute Resources

x

  

Dell Compellent

x

Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)

x

x

 

Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery

x

  

Dell EMC Unity

x

x

 

EMC Avamar

x

EMC Data Domain Backup

x

x

EMC Data Domain Storage

x

x

EMC Isilon

x

EMC NetWorker

x

EMC Symmetrix

x

x

EMC VNX

x

x

EMC VNX Celerra

x

EMC VPLEX

x

EMC XtremIO

x

x

HDS HCP

x

x

HDS HNAS

x

HP 3PAR

x

HP Data Protector

x

HP EVA

x

HPE Nimble Storage

x

x

 

Hitachi Block

x

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

x

x

 

Hitachi NAS

x

x

 

IBM Enterprise

x

IBM SVC

x

IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)

x

IBM VIO

x

x

 

IBM XIV

x

Microsoft Azure

x

x

Microsoft Hyper-V

x

x

 

Microsoft Windows Server

x

x

 

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

x

x

 

NetApp E Series

x

Netapp

x

Netapp Cluster Mode

x

OpenStack Ceilometer

x

x

OpenStack Swift

x

Test Connection is included with the Get Nodes function.

x

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

x

x

Pure FlashArray

x

x

Rubrik Cloud Data Management

x

x

 

VMWare

x

Veeam Backup & Replication

x

x

Veritas Backup Exec

x

Veritas NetBackup

x

x

Veritas NetBackup Appliance

X

x