IBM APTARE 6.5 - Manual (Page 5)

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Preface 1
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Contacting APTARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1
Introduction to Data Collection 3
Data Collection Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Architecture Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2
Pre-Installation Setup 7
Before You Install the Data Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Updating the Local Hosts File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adding TSM Host Servers to StorageConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring Data Collector Policies in the Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3
Data Collector Installation 15
Installing the Data Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing from the Data Collector CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing via the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
GUI Deployment of the Data Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Console Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4
Validating the Data Collector Installation 27
Validating the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Checkinstall for a Meta Collector - Advanced Usage . . . . . . . . . . . 29
List Data Collector Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Example Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 5
Starting the Data Collector 33
Data Collector Manual Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 6
Un-installing the Data Collector 35
Un-install the Data Collector on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Un-install the Data Collector on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix A - Troubleshooting 37
Verify the Data Collector Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Check the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Verify Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Appendix B - Data Collector Pre-Installation Worksheet 39
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