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

Considerations to install Data Collector on non-English systems

This section describes the prerequisites of NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector installation on a non-English Windows or a non-English Linux host. Apart from English, Data Collector installation is supported in the following locales, provided the Data Collector host system locale is set to any one of these languages:

  • Simplified Chinese

  • French

  • Korean

  • Japanese

After you have set one of the above as system locale, the installation progress and responses appear in the preferred locale. If the system locale is set to any other non-supported locale, the installation progress and responses appear in English.

The OS-specific requirements mentioned below.

Non-English Linux OS

On a non-English Linux host:

  • The user locale can be one of the non-English supported locales if the Data Collector will collect only from a Veritas product.

  • The user locale must be English if the Data Collector will be used to collect from any non-Veritas product.

To install the Data Collector in one of the supported locales, verify whether the host OS has multiple languages and then add the preferred locale for the installation. The procedure below guides you to set one of the supported languages as the system locale.

To set one of the supported languages as the system locale for Data Collector installation, set the preferred language as described below:

  1. Check the current language.
    #locale
  2. Check whether your system has multiple languages:
    #locale -a
  3. To change the System locale into one of the supported languages, run the command #vi /etc/profile and add the following at the end of the file based on your preferred language:
    • To add Simplified Chinese:

      export LANG=zh_CN.utf8
      export LC_ALL=zh_CN.utf8
    • To add French:

      export LANG=fr_FR.utf8
      export LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8
    • To add Korean

      export LANG=ko_KR.utf8
      export LC_ALL=ko_KR.utf8
    • To add Japanese

      export LANG=ja_JP.utf8
      export LC_ALL=ja_JP.utf8
  4. Reboot the host to set the desired system locale for the Data Collector installation.

Having completed setting the system locale, proceed with the Data Collector installation, with the appropriate user locale.

See Install Data Collector software on Linux.

Non-English Windows OS

Veritas recommends that the user locale to be set to English while installing the Data Collector on a non-English Windows host, be it for a Veritas or a non-Veritas product.

To verify the user locale and system locale respectively before the Data Collector installation, run the get-culture and get-winsystemlocale commands from PowerShell Windows. This way, you can decide which user locale to set for the Data Collector installation.

If you must run the Data Collector installer in one of the supported locales, ensure the Windows OS is installed in either Simplified Chinese, French, Korean, or Japanese. Avoid having Windows OS in English, installed with language pack and changing the locale later. The Data Collector installer detects the locale from the Windows Language Settings and launches the installer in the respective locale. If the Windows Time & Language Setting is set to a language other than Simplified Chinese, French, Korean, or Japanese, the installer is launched in English.

See Install Data Collector Software on Windows.