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

Using the CLI check install utility

This legacy utility performs both the Test Connection function and On-Demand data collection run from a command line interface launched from the Data Collector server.

Note:

NetBackup IT Analytics does not recommend using the CLI Checkinstall utility for any Data Collector subsystem vendor which supports On-Demand runs.

The following directions assume that the Data Collector files have been installed in their default location:

Windows (C:\Program Files\Aptare) or Linux (/opt/aptare).

If you have installed the files in a different directory, make the necessary path translations in the following instructions.

Note:

Some of the following commands can take up to several hours, depending on the size of your enterprise.

To run Checkinstall

  1. Open a session on the Data Collector server.

    Windows: Open a command prompt window.

    Linux: Open a terminal/SSH session logged in as root to the Data Collector Server.

  2. Change to the directory where you'll run the validation script.

    Windows: At the command prompt, type:

    cd C:\Program Files\Aptare\mbs\bin <enter>

    Linux: In the SSH session, type:

    cd /opt/aptare/mbs/bin <enter>
  3. Execute the validation script.

    Windows: At the command prompt, type: checkinstall.bat <enter>

    Linux: In the SSH session. type: ./checkinstall.sh <enter>

    The checkinstall utility performs a high-level check of the installation, including a check for the domain, host group and URL, Data Collector policy and database connectivity. This utility will fail if a Data Collector policy has not been configured in the Portal. For a component check, specifically for Host Resources, run the hostresourcedetail.sh|bat utility.

    Checkinstall includes an option to run a probe for one or more specific devices. Note that certain Data Collectors will not allow individual selection of devices. Typically these are collectors that allow the entry of multiple server addresses or ranges of addresses in a single text box.

    These collectors include: Cisco Switch, EMC Data Domain, EMC VNX arrays, HP 3PAR, IBM mid-range arrays, IBM XIV arrays and VMware.

    Data Collectors that probe all devices that are attached to a management server also do not allow individual selection of devices: EMC Symmetric, File Analytics, Hitachi arrays and IBM VIO.

  4. If the output in the previous steps contains the word FAILED, then contact Support and have the following files ready for review: /opt/aptare/mbs/logs/validation/

    C:\Program Files\Aptare\mbs\logs\validation\