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APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Backup Manager

Last Published: 2022-11-10

Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.6)

Introduction
1. Overview
2. Backup Manager Collection of Backup and Restore Data
Pre-Installation setup for Commvault Simpana
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (Commvault Simpana)
3. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Commvault Simpana)
4. Upgrade troubleshooting: Microsoft SQL Server and Java 11
5. Installation overview (Commvault Simpana)
6. Open TCP/IP access to the Commvault database
  1. Additional Static Port Configuration Steps
7. Set up a read-only user in the CommServe server
  1. Option 1: Execute SQL commands in the CommServe database
  2. Option 2: Use MSSQL Management Studio
8. Load historical data prior to initial data collection
9. Add Commvault Simpana servers
10. Add a Commvault Simpana Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Cohesity DataProtect
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Cohesity DataProtect)
3. Installation overview (Cohesity DataProtect)
4. Add a Cohesity DataProtect Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for EMC Avamar
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (EMC Avamar)
3. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (EMC Avamar)
4. Installation overview (EMC Avamar)
5. Add EMC Avamar servers
6. Adding an EMC Avamar Data Collector policy
7. Testing the collection
8. Add/Configure an Avamar Server within the Data Collector policy window
9. Import EMC Avamar server information
  1. CSV Format Specifications
  2. Import Notes
10. Export EMC Avamar server information
Pre-Installation setup for EMC Data Domain backup
1. Architecture overview (EMC Data Domain Backup)
2. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (EMC Data Domain Backup)
3. Installation overview (EMC data domain Backup)
4. Add EMC data domain servers
5. Add an EMC data domain backup Data Collector policy
6. Adding/Configuring an EMC data domain server within the Data Collector policy window
7. Configure a data domain server for file-level compression collection
Pre-Installation setup for EMC NetWorker
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (EMC NetWorker)
  1. EMC NetWorker Terminology
3. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (EMC NetWorker)
4. Installation overview (EMC NetWorker)
5. Add EMC NetWorker servers
6. Adding an EMC NetWorker Data Collector policy
7. Adding/Editing a EMC NetWorker server within the Data Collector policy
8. Configure a notification action in EMC NetWorker
Pre-Installation setup for Dell EMC NetWorker backup & Recovery
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery)
3. Installation overview (Dell EMC Networker Backup & Recovery)
4. Adding a Dell EMC Networker Backup & Recovery Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for generic backup
1. Introduction
2. Generic backup data collection
3. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Generic Backup)
4. Installation overview (generic backup)
5. Add generic backup servers
6. Add a generic backup Data Collector policy
7. Adding/Editing a generic backup server within the Data Collector policy
8. Manually load the CSV file (generic backup)
9. CSV format specification
  1. EXAMPLE: genericBackupJobs.csv
Pre-Installation setup for HP Data Protector
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (HP Data Protector)
3. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (HP Data Protector)
4. Installation overview (HP Data Protector)
5. Identify HP Data Protector collection requirements
6. Cell Manager commands for data collection
7. Preparing for centralized data collection on a remote Cell Manager
8. Configure the Data Collector server in Cell Manager (HP Data Protector)
  1. Requirements for the Data Collector (Windows)
  2. Steps to Configure the Data Collector Server in Cell Manager
9. Configure an HP Data Protector admin user
10. Validate HP Data Protector setup
11. Add HP Cell Manager servers to APTARE IT Analytics
12. Add an HP Data Protector Data Collector policy
13. Add/Edit a HP Data Protector server within the Data Collector policy
14. Tune the configuration
Pre-Installation setup for IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (IBM Spectrum Protect -TSM)
  1. IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) - servers and instances defined
3. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (IBM Spectrum Protect - TSM)
4. Installation overview (IBM Spectrum Protect - TSM)
5. Add IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) servers
6. Adding an IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) Data Collector policy
7. Add/Configure an IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) server within the Data Collector policy
8. Import IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) information
  1. CSV format specifications
9. Export IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) server information
Pre-Installation setup for NAKIVO Backup & Replication
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (NAKIVO Backup & Replication)
3. Installation overview (NAKIVO Backup & Replication)
4. Add a NAKIVO Backup & Replication Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Veritas Backup Exec
1. Introduction
2. Architecture overview (Veritas Backup Exec)
3. Backup Exec terminology
4. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Veritas Backup Exec)
5. Upgrade troubleshooting: Microsoft SQL Server and Java 10
6. Installation overview (Veritas Backup Exec)
7. Enable TCP/IP for the SQL server
8. Configure a Windows user
9. Add Veritas Backup Exec servers
10. Importing Backup Exec Server information
11. Add a Veritas Backup Exec Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Veritas NetBackup
1. Introduction
2. General prerequisites for adding data collectors (Veritas NetBackup)
3. Centralized or distributed deployment (Veritas NetBackup)
4. Centralized NetBackup data collection (Recommended)
5. Prerequisites to use SSH and WMI (Veritas NetBackup)
6. Prerequisites for NetBackup collection over SSH (Kerberos option)
  1. Enable Kerberos authentication for NetBackup SSH collection
7. Prerequisites for centralized NetBackup data collection (using NetBackup software)
8. Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (or later) requirements for centralized collection
9. Distributed NetBackup data collection
10. Enable access to the Veritas NetBackup Master Server
11. Before you install the Data Collector (Veritas NetBackup)
12. Collecting from NetBackup clusters
13. Clustered NetBackup upgrade procedure
14. Add a Veritas NetBackup Data Collector policy
15. Add/Edit NetBackup Master Servers within the Data Collector policy
16. Configuring file analytics in NetBackup Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Veritas SaaS backup
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Veritas SaaS Backup)
3. Installation overview (Veritas SaaS Backup)
4. Add a generic backup Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Oracle Recovery Manager - RMAN)
3. Installation overview (Oracle Recovery Manager - RMAN)
4. Add an Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Rubrik Cloud Data Management
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Rubrik Cloud Data Management)
3. Installation overview (Rubrik Cloud Data Management)
4. Add a Rubrik Cloud Data Management Data Collector policy
Pre-Installation setup for Veeam Backup & Replication
1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites for adding data collectors (Veeam Backup & Replication)
3. Verifying Data Collector servers can connect to Veeam servers
4. Known issues and limitations (Veeam Backup & Replication)
5. Installation overview (Veeam Backup & Replication)
6. Add a Veeam Backup & Replication Data Collector policy
Discovery policies for Veritas NetBackup
1. Task overview: Configure and monitor discovery policies
2. Discovery policies overview
3. About Discovery types
4. Activate a Discovery license
5. Create and edit Discovery policies
6. Exclude devices from Discovery policies
7. Activate Discovery probes in the NetBackup Data Collector policy
8. Monitor Discovery processes
9. View client protection status
10. Reset Discovery data
11. Why enable SNMP?
12. About SNMP probes
  1. First probe (sysObjectOID)
  2. Second probe (sysDescr OID)
13. Example--Installing Net-SNMP
14. Troubleshoot Net-SNMP installations
Installing the Data Collector software
1. Introduction
2. Installing the WMI Proxy service (Windows host resources only)
3. Testing WMI connectivity
4. Installing Data Collector software: From the internet
5. Installing Data Collector software: No internet available from the Data Collector server
6. Installing Data Collector software on Windows portal platform
7. Installing Data Collector software on Linux portal platform
Validate data collection
1. Validation methods
2. Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods
3. Working with on-demand Data Collection
4. Collect historic data on-demand
5. Using the CLI check install utility
6. List Data Collector configurations
Manually start the Data Collector
1. Introduction
Uninstall the Data Collector
1. Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
2. Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
Appendix A. Load historic events
1. Load historic events
2. Load Commvault Simpana events
3. Load EMC Avamar events
4. Load EMC NetWorker events
5. Load HP Data Protector events
6. Load IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) events
7. Load Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) events
8. Load Veeam Backup & Replication events
9. Load Veritas NetBackup events
  1. Load events for individual NetBackup clients
  2. Load events for a group of NetBackup clients
10. Load Veritas Backup Exec events
11. Corrections in duplication of clients
Appendix B. Firewall configuration: Default ports
1. Firewall configuration: Default ports

Create and edit Discovery policies

Discovery is a policy-based module that enables you to tune and configure parameters for the Discovery engine. You must create a Discovery policy for each Veritas NetBackup master server and for each Discovery type that you want to enable on them.

Discovery policies are executed on the master servers at intervals that you can set. Although the values that you specify for these "wake-up" intervals reside in a configuration file, the recommendation is that you update these intervals via the Portal, not the configuration file.

See Discovery policies overview .

See About Discovery types.

To create Discovery policies

Determine the master server that requires the policy that you are about to create.
Select Admin > Reports > NetBackup Discovery to display the list of master servers in the Discovery Administration window.
Select a Management Server and click Edit. You also can double-click the server.
Three Discovery processes can be scheduled via this Discovery Administration window:
- New server discovery
- Media server file systems
- NetBackup server file systems
See Client drive discovery.
See Media server disk discovery.
See Backup policy coverage.

Set the times that specify when the Discovery process will be executed.

The format for the time:

minutes

hours

day of month

month

day of week

The following tables list the allowed and default values.

Field	Allowed Values
minutes	0-59
hours	0-23
days of the month	1-31
month	1-12
days of week	1-7 (1 is Sunday)

Note:

A field may also be an asterisk (*), which means the full range - i.e. "first" to "last".

When configuring the start window, you need to consider the wake-up period of the Discovery processes. If you configure a window of "* 2-3 1 * *" (that is, between 2 and 3 am on the first day of each month) for the New Server Discovery process, the process might run twice if it wakes up at 2am, takes 15 minutes to execute, sleeps for 40 minutes, then wakes up again at 2:55am. Since the start window is still active at 2:55am, it will run again.

Discovery Type	Wake-up Time Default	Start Window Default Values
New Server Discovery	40 minutes	* 14-15 * * 1 (Every Monday, between 2 and 3pm)
Media Server Discovery	20 minutes	* * * * * (Anytime - i.e. runs every 20 minutes)
NetBackup Client File Systems	35 minutes	* 16-17 * * 1 (Every Monday, between 4 and 5pm) 1-31
month		1-12
days of week		1-7 (1 is Sunday)

For each device that Discovery must probe:
In the Discovery Administration window, click Add to add a device or select device and click Edit.
In the IP address range field, enter either a single IP address or an IP address range.
An IP range is in the format nnn-nnn (For example: 172.16.100-110.1-255 covers 11*255 = 2805 IP addresses). Multiple ranges can be added and each range can be independently activated or deactivated via the active check box.
The Media Server Discovery Policy automatically generates the list of devices to probe - essentially all media servers associated with the management server. Similarly, the NetBackup Server File System Discovery Policy automatically generates the list of servers to probe by finding all servers contained in policies on that management server.
Click OK to save your settings.