NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.3)
  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

Switch vendors

Note:

Refer to the Software and hardware disclaimer supported and tested by Veritas.

Fabric Manager provides reports that include topological views of the interrelationships of objects attached to the switches--end-to-end paths for objects such as LUNs and File Systems. Fabric Manager can collect data for the following switches.

Table: Switch information to collect

Vendor

Agent/Interface

Notes

Brocade

Preferred SMI Integrated Agents:

  • DCFM (Data Center Fabric Manager) v10.4

  • CMCNE (EMC Connectrix Manager Converged Network Edition) v10.4

  • Network Advisor (BNA) v11.x, 14.4

  • Stand-alone host-based SMI Agent installed on a host that can communicate with the Fabric v120.9.0

REST API exposed by Brocade Switches with FOS version - 8.1.x and above and 9.0.x

Collection Method: Command Line Interface (CLI) exposed by Brocade Switches with Brocade FOS versions 7.4.x, 8.x, 9.0.x

  • Select SMI Agent-only option when installing DCFM or Network Advisor.

  • The Brocade host-based SMI Agent supports Brocade SAN infrastructures from a single access point by communicating with multiple switches and multiple fabrics. Consult the Brocade list of host-based SMI-S switches. NetBackup IT Analytics supports the switches on this list, including Brocade DCX Backbones. For switches with firmware version 7, you must use the integrated SMI agent.

  • SMI-S ports 5988/5989

  • On Brocade Switch Policy, select Collection Method - REST API.

    In Brocade Rest API server address populate comma separated list of switch FQDN/IP Address:port. Ideally, IP address/FQDN of principal switch for a fabric must be populated.

Brocade Server Address*: This field is enabled if Collection Method is Command Line Interface (CLI). Specify only one Principal Switch IP address or fully qualified one Switch name for the Brocade Switch.

Note:

The port number is optional. The format should be: <ip_address>[:port_number].

Note:

When collection method is Command Line Interface, TCP port 22 and UDP port 161 on Brocade Switch must be open, and those must be accessible to Data Collector.

Cisco

Preferred SMI Agent:

  • DCNM (Data Center Network Manager) v5.2.1

  • MDS 9000 SAN-OS v3.3.2 or higher

  • MDS 9000 NX-OS v4.1 or higher