APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Replication Manager
- Pre-Installation setup for NetApp (Replication)
- Installing the Data Collector software
- Introduction
- Installing the WMI Proxy service (Windows host resources only)
- Testing WMI connectivity
- Installing Data Collector software: From the internet
- Installing Data Collector software: No internet available from the Data Collector server
- Installing Data Collector software on Windows portal platform
- Installing Data Collector software on Linux portal platform
- Validating Data Collection
- Uninstalling the Data Collector
- Manually starting the Data Collector
- Appendix A. Firewall configuration: Default ports
Validation methods
Validation methods are initiated differently based on subsystem vendor associated with the Data Collector policy, but perform essentially the same functions. Refer to the following table for vendor-specific validation methods.
Test Connection - Initiates a connection attempt directly from a data collector policy screen that attempts to connect to the subsystem using the IP addresses and credentials supplied in the policy. This validation process returns either a success message or a list of specific connection errors.
On-Demand data collection run - Initiates an immediate end-to-end run of the collection process from the Portal without waiting for the scheduled launch. This on-demand run also serves to validate the policy and its values (the same as Test Connection), providing a high-level check of the installation at the individual policy level, including a check for the domain, host group, URL, Data Collector policy and database connectivity. This is initiated at the policy-level from
CLI Checkinstall Utility- This legacy command line utility performs both the Test Connection function and On-Demand data collection run from the Data Collector server.
See Using the CLI check install utility.
Note:
APTARE IT Analytics does not recommend using the CLI Checkinstall utility for any Data Collector subsystem vendor which supports On-Demand runs.