NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for the Cloud

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.0)
  1. Pre-Installation Setup for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Amazon Web services (AWS)
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (Amazon Web services)
    3.  
      Prerequisite Amazon Web services (AWS) configurations
    4.  
      Configure an S3 bucket to receive billing reports
    5.  
      Select cost allocation tags
    6. Create an AWS IAM user
      1.  
        Example of a custom AWS policy for NetBackup IT Analytics AWS collection
    7. Link AWS accounts for Collection of consolidated billing data
      1.  
        Create a role for NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collection
      2.  
        Add the role to the IAM user
    8.  
      Installation overview (Amazon Web Services - AWS)
    9.  
      Add an Amazon Web Services (AWS) policy
  2. Pre-installation setup for Google Cloud Platform
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Pre-installation setup for GCP
    3.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (GCP)
    4.  
      Installation GCP
    5.  
      Adding policy
    6.  
      Testing the collection
    7.  
      Creating an IAM role
    8.  
      Billing Data Access Role
    9.  
      Cloud API
    10.  
      Project access
  3. Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Ceilometer
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for OpenStack Ceilometer
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (OpenStack Ceilometer)
    3.  
      Installation Overview (OpenStack Ceilometer)
    4.  
      Adding an OpenStack Ceilometer Data Collector policy
  4. Pre-Installation Setup for OpenStack Swift
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for OpenStack Swift
    2.  
      Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (OpenStack Swift)
    3.  
      Installation overview (OpenStack Swift)
    4.  
      Adding an OpenStack Swift Data Collector policy
  5. Pre-Installation Setup for Microsoft Azure
    1.  
      Pre-Installation setup for Microsoft Azure
    2.  
      Setting up credentials for Microsoft Azure Data Collection
    3.  
      Install the Azure PowerShell client on a Windows computer
    4.  
      Find your tenant and subscription ID
    5.  
      Register a new application for the Data Collector
    6.  
      Create a principal and assign role to the application
    7.  
      Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (Microsoft Azure)
    8.  
      Installation overview (Microsoft Azure)
    9.  
      Add a Microsoft Azure Data Collector policy
  6. Installing the Data Collector Software
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Installing the WMI Proxy service (Windows host resources only)
    3.  
      Testing WMI connectivity
    4.  
      Install Data Collector Software on Windows
    5.  
      Install Data Collector software on Linux
    6.  
      Install Data Collector in containerized environment
  7. 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
  8. Uninstalling the Data Collector
    1.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Linux
    2.  
      Uninstall the Data Collector on Windows
  9. Manually Starting the Data Collector
    1.  
      Introduction
  10. Appendix A. Firewall Configuration: Default Ports
    1.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports

Create an AWS IAM user

Data collection requires an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) user with restricted permissions. This user must have read-only permission to collect billing records from the S3 bucket and also to access the AWS API methods to retrieve data about EC2 resources and any S3 bucket.

See Link AWS accounts for Collection of consolidated billing data.

  1. In Amazon Web Services IAM Management Console, create an IAM user, specifically for use by the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector.

    Click Users > Create New Users > enter a user name.

    Ensure that Generate an access key for each user is selected.

    This configuration results in the following security credentials: Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

  2. Download the credentials, which you will need later when configuring a Data Collector Policy.

    These credentials are required when configuring the NetBackup IT Analytics AWS Data Collector Policy. The access key and secret access key will be used by the Data Collector to make read-only requests to AWS APIs.

  3. In the IAM window, select the IAM User you just created and grant permissions by attaching the AWS-supplied ReadOnlyAccess policy.

    This read-only policy allows the Data Collector to retrieve data about EC2 resources and S3 buckets.

  4. If you prefer to create a custom AWS policy, for example, to restrict access to buckets with sensitive data.

    See Example of a custom AWS policy for NetBackup IT Analytics AWS collection.

  5. If you want to link AWS accounts, refer to the following.

    See Link AWS accounts for Collection of consolidated billing data.