Veritas Information Map Installation and Administration Guide
- Introduction to Veritas Information Map
- Planning installation of the Information Map Agent
- Installing and configuring Information Map
- Logging in to Veritas Information Map
- Downloading the Agent installer
- Configuring locations in Information Map
- Installing the Information Map Agent
- Registering the Information Map Agent with Information Fabric
- Configuring credentials for share discovery and native scanning
- Updating the Information Map Agent
- Cloud Agent configuration
- Global settings
- Managing Information Map settings
- Troubleshooting
Information Map Agent jobs
The Information Map Agent performs several actions on a scheduled basis. These services are called jobs. The section explains the function of the important jobs that run on the Information Map Agent.
Table: Information Map Agent jobs
Job | Description | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
CompactJob | Compresses the | 5:00 A.M. everyday |
FileTransferJob | Copies files to appropriate folders for processing. | Every minute |
MergeStatsJob | Aggregates the published statistics into a master | Every 15 minutes |
NbuDiscoveryJob | Discovers content sources and containers along with NetBackup policy details. | 2:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. everyday |
NbuIFConfigSyncJob | Checks the Information Fabric for configuration changes, and updates the local configuration database accordingly. | Every minute |
NbuIFHeartbeatJob | Sends a heartbeat from the Agent to Information Fabric technology platform. | Every minute |
NbuPopulateScansJob | Fetches backups to be scanned from the NetBackup master server. | 8.00 A.M. everyday |
NbuProcessScanDataJob | Processes output of the NetBackup scanner and prepares JSON files to be sent to Information Fabric. | Every 10 minutes |
NbuScanPauseResumeJob | Checks the allowed scanning window and starts/stops NetBackup scans accordingly. | Every 10 minutes |
NbuUploadScansJob | Uploads JSON files to IF platform. | Every 10 minutes |
PingMonitorJob | Checks whether the Communication Service on the Agent is connected. | Every minute |
ProcessEventsJob | Processes internal debug events for the Information Map Agent. | Every minute |
SendNodeInfoJob | Maintains the node information, such as the operating system, CPUs etc. | Every minute |
SpoolEventsJob | Does intermediate processing of internal events. | Every minute |
SystemMonitorJob | Monitors statistics like CPU usage, memory usage, disk space etc. | Every minute |
UpdateConfigJob | Refreshes in-memory configuration. | Every minute |
Table: Connector Framework services
Service | Description |
|---|---|
Connector Service | Forwards the discovery results to the Consumer Service which stores them in the configuration database. |
Consumer Service | Manages the Connector Framework configuration data. It also creates discovery jobs for content that is enabled for collection and receives results. |
Diff Service | Processes the results of the scan job. It picks up the scan results and perform differentials between scans so that the metadata sent to the consumer applications will contain only the deltas. |
Scheduler Service | Creates the scan and discovery jobs for connectors. Connectors perform the Discovery Job and post the results to the Connector Service. |
Upload Service | Upload the results to the consumer applications. |