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Certified Configurations Guide
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Copyrights and Trademarks 2Contents
Chapter 1
Portal and Database Servers
Portal and Database Server Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Portal Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Portal Memory and Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Recommended Portal Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Oracle Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Oracle Database Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Supported Browsers and Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Browser Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Compatibility Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Linux Portal Server: Exported and Emailed Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Supported Third-Party and Open Source Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Portal: Supported Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oracle Database Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Chapter 2
Data Collector Server Configurations
Data Collector Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Data Collector Server Memory and CPU Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Customize the Linux File Handle Setting for Large Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Factors Impacting Data Collector Performance and Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Data Collector Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Firewall Configuration: Default Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Chapter 3
Capacity Manager Configurations
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
IBM Arrays: Modify Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating a NetApp User with API Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents 1Creating a NetApp Cluster-Mode User with API Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Capacity Manager Array/LUN Performance Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Port Performance Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 EMC Isilon Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 NetApp Cluster-Mode Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 EMC Symmetrix Enhanced Performance Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 WMI Proxy Requirements for Windows Host Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Host Resources Supported Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Supported Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 4 Cloud Configurations Supported Systems and Access Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chapter 5 Virtualization Manager Configurations Supported Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Virtualization Manager Data Collector Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 VMware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Microsoft Hyper-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Chapter 6 File Analytics Configurations Data Collector Probes by Storage Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 CIFS Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Host Inventory Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chapter 7 Fabric Manager Configurations Switch Vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Chapter 8 Backup Manager Configurations Backup Solutions and Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Centralized NetBackup Data Collection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Veritas NetBackup 8.1 Requirements for Centralized Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chapter 9 Internal TCP Port Requirements Internal Portal Server Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 2APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide
Internal Data Collector Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Contents 31
Portal and Database Servers
Chapter0
This section contains the following topics:
• Portal and Database Server Configurations
•
Portal and Database Server Configurations
For performance reasons, Data Collectors should not be installed on the same server as the Portal. If, for some reason, you require both to be on the same server, the
Portal and Data Collector software should not reside in the same directory on the server.
Portal Supported Operating Systems
The following 64-bit platforms are supported:
Operating System Version
CentOS 6, 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Upgrading to 10.3.XX: SUSE 11
New Installation 10.3.XX: SUSE 12
Windows Upgrading to 10.3.XX: Win 2012, Win 2012 R2 Server
New Installation 10.3.XX: Win 2016
Copyright © 2020 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.Portal Memory and Disk Space
Recommended Portal Configurations
Use the following Portal configurations. Enterprise-specific requirements may warrant additional resources, as you fully deploy features and add APTARE IT
Analytics licensed products to the Portal.
Medium Portal (Virtual Machine) Medium Portal Criteria
• Windows 64-bit or Linux 64-bit • Capacity < 10 PB and
• 4 vCPU cores with 32 GiB of memory recommended • Backup < 10,000 clients
• maximum 2 physical CPU sockets (Oracle license limitation)
• minimum of 200 GiB of usable disk space (SAN or DAS, not NAS)
Large Portal (Physical Server) Large Portal Criteria
• Linux 64-bit • Capacity > 20 PB or
• Minimum of 4 Cores (8 Logical CPUs), with 96 GiB of RAM • Backup > 20,000 clients
• Maximum 2 physical CPU sockets (Oracle license limitation)
• Minimum of 500 GiB of usable disk space (SAN or DAS, not NAS)
Note: For File Analytics data collection, contact your technical sales consultant for disk space recommendations.
Oracle Memory Requirements
Best Practice: Oracle memory size should be at least 25% of the Portal server’s total memory size, recommended in the above table, with a minimum of 12 GiB.
Oracle Database Requirements
The embedded Oracle Database license is a restricted license and may only be used or accessed in conjunction with APTARE IT Analytics software.
APTARE IT Analytics software is certified with the Oracle binaries embedded with the software product. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply
with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 license requirements, which permits use only on servers (including any virtual server platform) that have a maximum
capacity of 2 physical CPU sockets (populated or not). If using a Cloud Provider, Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 may be licensed only on Authorized Cloud
Environment instances up to 8 virtual cores. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified
configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
If explicitly licensed for the APTARE IT Analytics with Partitioning, the embedded Oracle binaries are Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Note
that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for
example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
Portal Memory and Disk Space 5If explicitly licensed for APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services, the APTARE IT Analytics embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the
APTARE IT Analytics software and cannot be used with the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services. End Users are solely responsible for purchasing and
licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services software.
For APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions, the APTARE embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the APTARE IT Analytics
software and cannot be used with the Managed Services Editions of APTARE IT Analytics. Managed Services Partners are solely responsible for purchasing and
licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions software.
Supported Browsers and Display Resolution
Display Resolution: The minimum resolution for the Portal is 1280 x 768 px.
The Portal was certified on the following browsers. Please note that if you are using other versions of these browsers your user experience may vary:
Browser Mac Windows Linux
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0, 11 x
Mozilla Firefox 23.0.1+ x x x
Google Chrome 29.0.1547.66 m+ x
Apple Safari 6.0+ x
Supported Browsers
Browser Performance
Several factors can impact web browser performance and behavior, such as:
• client memory size and free memory
• number of objects to be displayed in the Inventory
• volume of data to be displayed
• browser vendor (such as Chrome, Firefox, or IE) and version
The Portal is designed to handle data in large-scale environments, however, your browser vendor/version may not be able to render all the objects. If your browser
cannot accommodate the volume, you can reduce the total number of items displayed in the Inventory, or try a different browser.
Use the Google Chrome browser for an optimal user experience. Based on browser performance testing using very large data sets, Firefox and IE are supported, but
the performance may be degraded.
Supported Browsers and Display Resolution 6Compatibility Mode
For supported browsers, some windows may not display properly if you are running in compatibility mode rather than the preferred standard mode. Steps to change
from compatibility mode to standard mode can be found by searching the Help in your vendor-specific browser window.
Linux Portal Server: Exported and Emailed Reports
On a Linux Portal server, to ensure proper rendering of reports that are emailed or exported as HTML images or PDF files, a graphics manager such as X Virtual
Frame Buffer (XVFB) is required. Contact your IT organization to configure this capability, if you plan to export/email reports as HTML images or as PDF files.
Supported Third-Party and Open Source Products
When you install the Portal and Reporting Database software, you install a compilation of software, which includes open source and third-party software.
For a list of open source components and licenses, see the LICENSE, NOTICE, and license.txt files on the Portal server.
Supported Third-Party and Open Source Products 7Portal: Supported Software
Software Product LINUX Windows
Oracle 11g Standard Edition (SE/SE2) Upgrading to 10.3.xx Upgrading to 10.3.xx
• 11.2.0.4.0 • 11.2.0.4.0
New Installation 10.3.xx New Installation 10.3.xx
• Not supported • Not supported
Oracle 12c Standard Edition 2 Upgrading to 10.3.xx Upgrading to 10.3.xx
• 12.1.0.2.0 • 12.1.0.2.0
New Installation 10.3.xx New Installation 10.3.xx
• 12.2.01 • 12.2.01
Oracle Java 2 Standard Edition SDK 10.0.2 64-bit 10.0.2 64-bit
VSphere Web Services SDK 5.5, 64-bit 5.5, 64-bit
Apache HTTP Web Server Upgrading to 10.3.xx Upgrading to 10.3.xx
• Manual upgrade to 2.4.38 is • Manual upgrade to 2.4.38 is
supported. supported.
New Installation 10.3.xx New Installation 10.3.xx
• 2.4.38. If you are using SSL, • 2.4.38. Verify that the C++
OpenSSL 1.1.0h is Redistributable for Visual
required.* Studio 2015 is installed.*
Supported Third-Party and Open Source Products 8Software Product LINUX Windows
Apache Tomcat Java Servlet Engine Upgrading to 10.3.xx Upgrading to 10.3.xx
• 8.5.38. For APTARE IT • 8.5.38. For APTARE IT
Analytics to automatically Analytics to automatically
upgrade your installation to upgrade your installation to
8.5.38, you must be running 8.5.38, you must be running
Tomcat version 7.0.42. If Tomcat version 7.0.42. If
you have an older version of you have an older version of
Tomcat installed, contact Tomcat installed, contact
Veritas Support for Veritas Support for
assistance. assistance.
New Installation 10.3.xx New Installation 10.3.xx
• 8.5.38* • 8.5.38*
OpenLDAP 2.4.37 2.1.29
If other versions of the above components are already running on the designated APTARE IT Analytics system, or other components are utilizing resources (such as
specific ports) typically used by APTARE IT Analytics, the product usually can be reconfigured to work around these conflicts; however, this cannot be guaranteed.
*Refer to Support for updated binaries as they become available.
Oracle Database Requirements
The embedded Oracle Database license is a restricted license and may only be used or accessed in conjunction with APTARE IT Analytics software.
APTARE IT Analytics software is certified with the Oracle binaries embedded with the software product. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply
with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 license requirements, which permits use only on servers (including any virtual server platform) that have a maximum
capacity of 2 physical CPU sockets (populated or not). If using a Cloud Provider, Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 may be licensed only on Authorized Cloud
Environment instances up to 8 virtual cores. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified
configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
If explicitly licensed for the APTARE IT Analytics with Partitioning, the embedded Oracle binaries are Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Note
that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for
example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.
If explicitly licensed for APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services, the APTARE IT Analytics embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the
APTARE IT Analytics software and cannot be used with the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services. End Users are solely responsible for purchasing and
licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services software.
Oracle Database Requirements 9For APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions, the APTARE embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the APTARE IT Analytics
software and cannot be used with the Managed Services Editions of APTARE IT Analytics. Managed Services Partners are solely responsible for purchasing and
licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions software.
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Data Collector Server Configurations
Chapter0
This section contains the following topics:
• Data Collector Supported Operating Systems
• Data Collector Server Memory and CPU Guidelines
• Firewall Configuration: Default Ports
Data Collector Supported Operating Systems
Install the Data Collector on a virtual machine (VM). The following 64-bit platforms are supported:
Operating System Version New Install Upgrade
Windows Server 2016 Yes Yes, requires .NET Framework 4
(Recommended) 2012 R2 .NET Framework 4 is installed by default
2012 with Windows Server 2012.
CentOS 6, 7 Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 Yes Yes
Solaris 11 (SPARC Yes - For Veritas Yes - For Veritas NetBackup collection
only) NetBackup only.
collection only.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11,12 SUSE 12 SUSE 11
Data Collector Server Memory and CPU Guidelines
Use the following guidelines for Data Collector Servers.
• Installation on a VM is recommended
Copyright © 2020 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.• CPU: 2 - 4 CPUs
• Memory: 32 GiB minimum; If collecting from more than 40 backup servers, contact Support for recommendations.
• Disk Space: 200 GiB minimum; If collecting File Analytics data, an additional 300 GiB of disk space is recommended.
Customize the Linux File Handle Setting for Large Collections
In Linux, a portion of memory is designated for file handles, which is the mechanism used to determine the number of files that can be open at one time. The default
value is 1024. For large data collection policy environments, this number may need to be increased to 8192. A large environment is characterized as any collector
that is collecting from 20 or more subsystems, such as 20+ TSM instances or 20+ unique arrays.
To change the number of file handles, take the following steps.
1. On the Linux Data Collector server, edit /etc/security/limits.conf and at the end of the file, add these lines.
root soft nofile 8192
root hard nofile 8192
2. Log out and log back in as root to execute the following commands to validate all values have been set to 8192.
ulimit –n
ulimit –Hn
ulimit –Sn
3. Restart the Data Collector.
Factors Impacting Data Collector Performance and Memory Requirements
Because every environment has a unique set of resources, configured and tuned specifically for that environment,
there is no one size fits all formula. Several factors can impact performance and memory requirements:
• Number of active Data Collector Policies
• Number of hosts and active probes per host
• Number and types of storage arrays
• Number of LUNs
• Polling frequency and number of devices polled
• Amount of data transmitted
• Performance of array device managers
Data Collector Prerequisites
This list includes the general Data Collector server prerequisites. Specific requirements are listed with each supported subsystem.
Data Collector Prerequisites 12• 64-bit OS. See the APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.
• Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 10.0.2.
• For performance reasons, do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the APTARE IT Analytics Portal. However, if you must have both on the same
server, verify that the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory.
• Install only one Data Collector on a server (or OS instance).
Firewall Configuration: Default Ports
The following table describes the standard ports used by the Portal servers, the Data Collector servers, and any embedded third-party software products as part of a
standard “out-of-the-box” installation.
Component Default Ports Description
Apache Web http 80
Server https 443
Linux Hosts SSH 22, Telnet 23
Managed Oracle ASM 1521
Applications MS Exchange 389
MS SQL 1433
File Analytics CIFS 137, 139
OpenLDAP external LDAP 3268
LDAPS 638
LDAP 389
Oracle 1521 Oracle TNS listener port
Tomcat - Data 8011, 8017 Apache connector port and shutdown port for Data
Receiver Receiver instance of tomcat
Tomcat - Portal 8009, 8015 Apache connector port and shutdown port for Portal
instance of tomcat
Windows Hosts TCP/IP 1248
WMI 135
DCOM TCP/UDP > 1023
SMB TCP 445
Default Ports for Firewall Configurations
Firewall Configuration: Default Ports 13Data Collector Vendors by Product Default Ports and Notes
Storage
Dell Compellent 1433
SMI-S http (5988)
SMI-S https (5989)
Dell EMC Data Domain Storage SSH 22
Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) REST API 80/4443
Dell EMC Isilon SSH 22
Dell EMC Symmetrix SymCLI over Fibre Channel 2707
Dell EMC Unity REST API version 4.3.0 on 443 or 8443
Dell EMC VNX (Celerra) XML API 443, 2163, 6389, 6390, 6391, 6392
Dell EMC VNX (CLARiiON) NaviCLI 443, 2163, 6389, 6390, 6391, 6392
Dell EMC VPLEX https TCP 443
Dell EMC XtremIO REST API https 443
Hitachi Block Storage TCP 2001
Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) SNMP 161
REST API https 9090
Hitachi NAS (HNAS) SSC 206
HP 3PAR 22 for CLI
HP EVA 2372
HPE Nimble Storage 5392, REST API Reference Version 5.0.1.0
Huawei OceanStor Enterprise Storage 8080
IBM Enterprise TCP 1751, 1750, 1718
DSCLI
IBM SVC SSPC w/CIMMOM 5988, 5989
IBM XIV XCLI TCP 7778
INFINIDAT InfiniBox REST API TCP 80, 443
Firewall Configuration: Default Ports 14Data Collector Vendors by Product Default Ports and Notes
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016
WMI 135
DCOM TCP/UDP > 1023
NetApp E-Series SMCLI 2436
NetApp ONTAP 7-Mode and Cluster- ONTAP API
Mode 80/443
Pure Storage FlashArray REST API https 443
Data Protection
Cohesity DataProtect REST API on Port 80 or 443
Commvault Simpana 1433, 135 (skipped files)
445 (CIFS over TCP)
DCOM >1023
Dell EMC Avamar 5555
SSH 22
Dell EMC Data Domain Backup SSH 22
Dell EMC NetWorker • NSRADMIN TCP 7937-7940
• WMI Proxy range of ports
• SSH 22 (Linux)
HP Data Protector 5555 WMI ports SSH 22 (Linux)
IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) 1500
Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 1521
Rubrik Cloud Data Management REST API 443
Veeam Backup & Replication 9392
Veritas Backup Exec 1433
Veritas NetBackup 1556, 13724
WMI ports
SSH 22 (Linux)
Network & Fabrics
Firewall Configuration: Default Ports 15Data Collector Vendors by Product Default Ports and Notes
Brocade Switch SMI-S 5988/5989
Cisco Switch SMI-S 5988/5989
Virtualization
IBM VIO SSH 22, Telnet 23
Microsoft Hyper-V WMI 135
DCOM TCP/UDP > 1023
VMware ESXi,vCenter,vSphere vSphere VI SDK
https TCP 443
Replication
NetApp ONTAP 7-Mode ONTAP API
80/443
Cloud
Amazon Web Services https 443
Microsoft Azure https 443
OpenStack Ceilometer 8774, 8777
Keystone Admin 3537
Keystone Public 5000
OpenStack Swift Keystone Admin 35357
Keystone Public 5000
SSH 22
1617
18
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Capacity Manager Configurations
Chapter0
This section contains the following topics:
• Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements
• Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations
• WMI Proxy Requirements for Windows Host Data Collection
• Host Resources Supported Configurations
• Supported Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements
This section contains the following topics:
• IBM Arrays: Modify Profile
• Creating a NetApp User with API Privileges
• Creating a NetApp Cluster-Mode User with API Privileges
• Storage Viewer for Capacity Array/LUN Performance Data Collection
• Port Performance Metrics
• EMC Isilon Metrics
• NetApp Cluster-Mode Metrics
• EMC Symmetrix Enhanced Performance Metrics
Capacity Manager currently supports the storage management products and storage arrays listed below. In general, any storage array that the device manager or
command-line interface supports should work with Capacity Manager. For specific prerequisites and configuration requirements, see the specific Data Collector
information.
Capacity Chargebacks can be configured for block storage only; file-based storage is not supported for Array Capacity Chargeback.
Copyright © 2020 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.Data Collectors require the following privileges to access APIs and underlying details:
• On Linux, root privileges for SSH and Telnet
• On Windows, administrator privileges for WMI.
Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
Dell Compellent v6.4, 6.5, 6.5.1 • SMI-S Provider User ID. 5988 SMI-S No installations required on
Enterprise Manager, • Enterprise Manager IP address. over http the Data Collector server.
v6.2.2.8 and v14.2.2.6 for SMI-S • Enterprise Manager DB IP 5989 SMI-S
provider and DB address. over https
1433 DB
Dell EMC Unity 330/300F, 400/400F, 500/500F, 600/ • Read-only credentials REST API
600F, 350F, 450F, 550F and 650F (username and password) are version 4.3.0
required to connect to DELL on Port 443
EMC Unity storage array using or 8443
REST API.
EMC Elastic Cloud 3.x • User must belong to REST API
Storage (ECS) Management Users with System on Port 80
Monitor privilege or 4443
EMC VNX (Block), Naviseccli, Navicli, v7.30, 7.31, 7.32 • IP address/hostname Defaults: • NaviSecCLI must be
CLARiiON • Customize: : 6389, 6390, Collector server.
6391, 6392 • Enable statistics logging on
• View-only user ID & pwd for
CLARiiON NaviSuite the VNX system to collect
LUN performance data.
• A low security level for
certificates is required.
Ensure this setting by using
the following command:
naviseccli security
-certificate -
setLevel low
EMC VNX (File), v7.0.40.1, 7.0.50.2, 7.0.52, 7.1.56 • XML API v2 access allowed Defaults: No installations required on
Celerra must be enabled for Client 443, 2163, the Data Collector server.
Access. 6389,6390,
• XML API server must be 6391,6392
running.
• Read-only user (Operator role).
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 20Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
EMC Data Domain 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, Port 22
6.1, 6.2 (SSH)
EMC Isilon Isilon OneFS 6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.2, • Access to a single, externally 22 • A sudo user, specific to this
8.0 addressable node in the cluster data collection, can be used
via SSH. for root-level access.
• Root access required (for
certain isi commands).
EMC Symmetrix Solutions Enabler (Symcli), v7.1.3, No User ID & pwd required. 2707 Data Collector must be
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 8.0, 8.1 5480 installed on the server that
Unisphere 8.3 manages the Symmetrix
arrays.
Symcli uses Fibre Channel
(FC) to communicate; Data
Collector must be installed
on a server connected via FC
to the Symmetrix array, by a
switch, if necessary.
Sample command: symcfg
list -v
Unisphere 8.3 is used for
Performance collection.
EMC VPLEX 5.3, 5.4 User ID & pwd for the VPLEX https TCP The VPLEX storage system
storage system. 443 should be reachable by the
Data Collector server.
EMC XtremIO Management Server 3.0.x, 4.0.x Read-only user ID & pwd 80 REST API
X2 (V6.0.x)
Hitachi Hitachi Content HCP Version 7.2.x.x, HCP Mib Read-only user ID & pwd (Local SNMP:161 SNMP v2/v3
Platform (HCP) Version 7.2 User/AD User). Refer to the REST API: REST API
HCP-specific data collector https 9090
information for all permissions.
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 21Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
Hitachi Virtual Storage Hitachi Device Manager (HDvM), • Name of Device Manager ensure port XML API calls over HTTP
Platform (VSP) 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3. 6.4, 7.0, 7.1.1, server. 2001 is open
Hitachi Universal 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 8.0, 8.4, 8.5 • Admin User ID & pwd of HP XP arrays are treated as
Storage Platform Hitachi Dynamic Tiering (HDT) Device Manager. Hitachi Block Storage
V starting with • For 7.1.1 thru 7.4, the User ID
Hitachi Unified HDvM v7.1; Valid only if your configured to access HDvM
Storage (HUS) HDvM is managing VSP arrays must have view permissions to
Model 100 Series running HDT. HRpM and HTSM.
(DF850)
TagmaStore AMS,
USP, WMS,
Network Storage
Controller
Lightning 9900 V
Series
Thunder 9500 V
Series
HP Command
View Advanced
Edition
Hitachi Hitachi Tuning Hitachi Tuning Manager (HTnM) Supported on Windows only. N/A Data Collector must be
Manager (for versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1 installed on the host where
performance data Tuning Manager is installed.
collection) Single Data Collector policy
must be used to collect both
capacity data from the
Device Manager server and
performance data from the
Tuning Manager server.
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 22Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
Hitachi BlueArc Hitachi NAS CLI • Hitachi NAS Admin EVS N/A To collect block storage that
(HNAS) NAS HNAS versions 10.x and 11.x addresses separated by is shared with HNAS, create
HUS (File commas. a separate data collector
Module) • The location of the policy for the relevant
SiliconServer Control (SSC) supported vendor storage; for
CLI. For example: example, Hitachi Storage.
Linux: /usr/bin/ssc
Windows: c:\program files\ssc
• Create a user with supervisor
privileges for accessing the
Hitachi NAS.
HP 3PAR InForm 2.3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.1 • Comma-separated list of IP ssh: 22 for Uses CLI collection via ssh
addresses or host names of the CLI
HP 3PAR servers from which to
collect data.
• User ID & Password must be
the same for all servers listed in
the Server Address field.
HP EVA v8400, 6400, 6100, 4400 • Server name or IP address of 2372 HP Storage System Scripting
the HP EVA management Utility (SSSU) must be
server. installed on the Data
• SSSU user name & password. Collector server.
HP StorageWorks XP Hitachi Device Manager (HDvM), • Name of Device Manager Ensure port XML API calls over HTTP.
5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3. 6.4, 7.0, 7.1.1, server 2001 is open
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 8.0 • Admin user ID & password of For HP Command View
HP Command View Advanced Device Manager. Advanced Edition, HP XP
Edition (CLI/SMI-S enabled) • For 7.1.1 & 7.2, user ID arrays are treated as Hitachi
Hitachi Dynamic Tiering (HDT) configured to access HDvM Block Storage.
starting with HDvM v7.1; Valid only must have view permissions to
if HDvM is managing VSP arrays HRpM & HTSM.
running HDT.
HPE Nimble Storage 5.0.7.100-607338-opt Storage System Addresses 5392
REST API Reference Version 5.0.1.0
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 23Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
Huawei OceanStor Huawei OceanStor DeviceManager • IP address of the storage array Huawei
Enterprise Storage REST APIs are used. OceanStor to be accessed OceanStor
Model - 5300 V3, 5500 V3, 5600 V3, • User ID and password for the Device
5800 V3, 6800 V3, Storage versions - Huawei OceanStor storage Manager
V300R003, V300R006. system. port that
provides
services.
The port
number is
8088.
IBM 6000 & 8000 DSCLI 5.2.2.272 • User account on the array with 1751 DSCLI must be installed on
(Enterprise arrays) monitor group privileges 1750 the Data Collector server.
See IBM Arrays: Modify Profile. 1718 Location:
Linux: /opt/ibm/dscli
Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\dscli
IBM N Series Data ONTAP, versions 7.2, 7.3, 8, 8.1 Use an existing NetApp user or 443 Typically, the root, admin
7-Mode and Cluster-Mode, 8.3P1 create one with the necessary user has all the capabilities,
Cluster-Mode, 9 privileges to access the API: but it is not advisable to use
login-http-admin root or admin passwords.
api-* If api-* does not meet your
See Creating a NetApp User with security requirements,
API Privileges. contact Support for a list of
exact required api privileges.
IBM SVC v4.3.x, v5.1, • Namespace: /root/ibm 5988 SSPC (System Storage
v6.1 - 6.4. • IP address or hostname of SVC 5989 Productivity Center) with
v7.4 master console (from which ssh: 22 CIMOM agent is required
Storwize V7000 data will be collected). OR embedded CIMOM for
v5.1, v6.1 & v6.3.
FlashSystem V9000, 840/900 • Super User ID & pwd for
CIMOM. Super User ID refers Known issue: v5.1.08 does
Performance data is collected only for
to the user ID of the SVC not provide vdisk data.
SVC 6.x and 7.4, with an SMI-S
version of 1.4 or above. master console server. The The data collector can run on
same user is used to execute any server that can access the
CLI commands via ssh. SSPC server with CIMOM.
• Enable statistics collection via
the SVC UI: Manage Clusters >
Start Statistics Collection.
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 24Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
IBM VIO v1.5, v2.1, Hardware Management • IP Address/Hostname of LPAR ssh: 22
Console (HMC) Version 7 Management Server of either telnet: 23
HMC (Hardware Management
Console) or IVM (Integrated
Virtualization Manager).
• User name & password for
LPAR Management Server. For
HMC, user name should have at
least HMCViewer permissions.
IBM XIV, Model 2810/ XIV Storage Manager, v10.1.x, • XCLI must be installed on the TCP 7778
2812-A14 (Gen v10.2.x Data Collector server.
2), Model 2810/ • Read-only user credentials are
2812-114 (Gen 3) sufficient for executing XCLI
commands for data collection.
INFINIDAT InfiniBox 2.0, 2.2, 3.0.12.0 (F4000) • user with read-only role https: 443
LSI LSI 1532, 1932, IBM Storage Manager CLI: • See the corresponding IBM N/A
3992, 3994, 6994, 3K series: 02.70.G5.15 & above Array requirements.
6998, 7900 4K/5K series: 10.10.G5.05 & above
6K/8K series: DSCLI 5.2.2.272 &
above
NetApp FAS6000 Series, Data ONTAP, versions 7.2, 7.3, 8, • Use an existing NetApp user or TCP 80/443 Array performance data also
FAS3100 Series, 8.1, 8.2, 7-Mode and Cluster-Mode, create one with the necessary can be collected via the
FAS3000 Series, 8.3P1 Cluster-Mode, 9 privileges to access the API: ONTAP API.
FAS2000 Series, login-http-admin If api-* does not meet your
V-Series api-* security requirements,
Typically, the root, admin user contact Support for a detailed
has all the capabilities, but it is list of exact api privileges
not advisable to use root or that are required.
admin passwords.
See Creating a NetApp User with
API Privileges.
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 25Vendor Arrays/NAS Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
NetApp E-Series: E2600, SANtricity SMcli: 10.86, 11.30 TCP 2436 SMCLI must be installed on
E2700, E5400, the Data Collector server.
E5500, EF560 Location:
Linux: /opt/SM8/client/
Windows: C:\Program
Files\SM8\client
This also applies to the IBM
DS Series arrays.
OpenStack OpenStack Swift • Keystone v2 35357 for • If multiple proxies exist,
(Juno10, TBC), • Proxy path for Swift Keystone APTARE IT Analytics uses
SwiftStack v2.2 configuration files must be Admin only one. Capacity reports
specified. 5000 for will reflect only one proxy.
• Controller credentials that have Keystone • Configure the policy to use
access to tenants/projects. Public the address of the actual
22 for SSH proxy server, not the server
• Swift proxy server credentials
responsible for load
with super-user privileges.
balancing.
• Capacity data is collected
from devices mapped to
OpenStack nodes.
OpenStack OpenStack REST API • 8777 •
Ceilometer
Pure Storage FlashArray REST API View-only User ID for the Pure 443 API calls for HTTPS
Storage FlashArray storage
system.
Sun StorEdge 9900 Hitachi Device Manager (HDvM), • Device Manager server name. 2001 XML API calls over HTTP
5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3. 6.4, 7.0, 7.1.1, • Admin user ID & password of
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 8.0 Device Manager.
Table 1 Storage Array Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 26IBM Arrays: Modify Profile
For the IBM Enterprise arrays (6000 & 8000 Series), the profile must be modified. Locate the profile file, typically in the /profile sub-directory and named
dscli.profile. In this file, uncomment the Output Format property and set it to XML, as shown in the following example.
# Output format type for ls commands, which can take one of the following values:
# default: Default output
# xml : XML format
# delim : delimit columns using a character specified by "delim"
# stanza : Horizontal table format
# "format" is equivalent to option "-fmt default|xml|delim|stanza".
format: xml
Creating a NetApp User with API Privileges
Use an existing NetApp user or create one with the necessary privileges to access the application programming interface (API). This role and user is required for
collection from NetApp-7 systems. Typically, the root, admin user has all the capabilities, but it is not advisable to use root or admin passwords.
To create a new user, with the required privileges, on a NetApp system, use the following Command Line Interface (CLI) steps. For the role command, do not
include a space after the comma.
filer> useradmin role add apifarole -a login-http-admin,api-*
filer> useradmin group add apifagroup -r apifarole
filer> useradmin user add apifauser -g apifagroup
If api-* does not meet your security requirements, additional File Analytics privileges can be configured using the following steps:
filer> useradmin role add apifarole -a api-volume-list-info,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules,api-cifs-share-list-iter-start,api-cifs-
share-list-iter-next,api-cifs-share-list-iter-end,api-snapdiff-iter-start,api-snapdiff-iter-next,api-snapdiff-iter-end,login-
http-admin,api-volume-options-list-info,api-snapshot-list-info,api-snapshot-delete,api-snapshot-create,api-nameservice-map-uid-
to-user-name
filer> useradmin group add apifagroup -r apifarole
filer> useradmin user add apifauser -g apifagroup
Note: For the role command, do not include a space after the comma.
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 27Creating a NetApp Cluster-Mode User with API Privileges
Data collection of NetApp Cluster-Mode requires a specific read-only role and user in order to collect data for a cluster.
To create a new user account with the required privileges, use the following Command Line Interface (CLI) steps. This set of commands creates a role as
apt_readonly and then a user named apt_user with read-only access.
1. Create a read-only role using the following two commands.
security login role create -role apt_readonly -cmddirname DEFAULT -access readonly
security login role create -role apt_readonly -cmddirname security -access readonly
2. Create the read-only user using the following command. Once you have executed the create command, you will be prompted to enter a password for this user.
security login create -username apt_user -application ontapi -authmethod password -role apt_readonly
The resulting role and user login will look something like this:
Role Command/ Access
Vserver Name Directory Query Level
---------- ------------- --------- ------------------ --------
cluster1 apt_readonly DEFAULT readonly
cluster1 apt_readonly security readonly
cluster1::security login> show
Vserver: cluster1
Authentication Acct
UserName Application Method Role Name Locked
---------------- ----------- -------------- ---------------- ------
apt_user ontapi password apt_readonly no
Supported Storage Arrays and Access Requirements 28Capacity Manager Array/LUN Performance Data Collection
The following array families are supported for block storage LUN performance and port performance data collection.
Read/
Read/Write Total
Read/Write Read/Write Write
Array Family Total IO/sec Response Response Notes
IO/sec MB/sec Cache
(ms) (ms)
Hits/sec
Dell Compellent X X X X -- --
EMC VNX (CLARiiON) X Calculated X X X Calculated For CLARiiON arrays: The minimum FLARE OS
version required to capture response times is
04.30.000.5.524 A11. Note that VNX (Block) will
have completely different FLARE releases and all
support the collection of the counter fields needed for
capturing response time, starting with FLARE
version 05.31.000.5.006 A01. Enable statistics
logging on the VNX system.
EMC Symmetrix X X X X -- --
EMC XtremIO Calculated Calculated Calculated -- X X For EMC XtremIO, the values obtained are averages
over the time interval. The Read/Write/Total IOs and
the Read/Write MBs are multiplied by the time
interval and persisted.
HDS Tuning Manager X Calculated X X X X For Hitachi arrays: To collect performance data from
Hitachi Tuning Manager, the Data Collector must be
installed on the same server as Tuning Manager.
And, a single Data Collector policy must be used to
collect both the capacity data from the Device
Manager server and the performance data from the
Tuning Manager server.
HP 3PAR X X X X X X
IBM SVC X X X -- -- --
IBM XIV X X X X X X
NetApp ONTAP 7-Mode (Block X Calculated X -- -- Avg Latency For NetApp ONTAP 7-Mode (Block only): Total
response time is the average latency (ms) for all LUN
only) read and write operations. Performance data is
collected for both iSCSI LUNs and FC LUNs.
Pure Storage FlashArray X Calculated X -- X Calculated
Capacity Manager Array/LUN Performance Data Collection 29Port Performance Metrics
Array Family Read/Write MB Total MB Read/Write I/O Total I/O Notes
Dell Compellent X Calculated -- X For Dell
Compellent:
Only Fibre
Channel port
statistics are
collected.
EMC VNX (CLARiiON) Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported
EMC Symmetrix -- X -- X
EMC XtremIO -- Calculated -- Calculated
HDS Tuning Manager X X X X
HP 3PAR X Calculated -- X
IBM SVC Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported
IBM XIV X X X X
NetApp ONTAP 7-Mode (Block X Calculated -- --
only)
Calculated = Calculated from collected data, X = Collected from the array, -- = Not Collected
EMC Isilon Metrics
Isilon performance data (raw, hourly, and daily) is collected from SNMP MIB statistics. For example, collected data includes such metrics as cluster, node, protocols
(CIFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP), and disk performance. See the Array Performance Statistics Technical Note for an extensive list of collected metrics.
NetApp Cluster-Mode Metrics
A large variety of NetApp Cluster-Mode performance data (raw, hourly, and daily) is collected. For example, collected data includes such metrics as system,
protocols (CIFS and NFS), volume, LUN, and target port performance. See the Array Performance Statistics Technical Note for an extensive list of collected
metrics.
EMC Symmetrix Enhanced Performance Metrics
In addition to LUN and Port performance metrics that can be collected from EMC Symmetrix arrays, data collection gathers other performance metrics by accessing
storage devices via the EMC Unisphere REST API. See the Array Performance Statistics Technical Note for an extensive list of collected metrics.
Capacity Manager Array/LUN Performance Data Collection 30Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations
To gather data from hosts, the following privileges are required.
Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements
WMI Proxy Requirements for Windows Host Data Collection
Host Resources Supported Configurations
Supported Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
Host Access Privileges, Sudo Commands, Ports, and WMI Proxy Requirements
If you are using sudo to elevate access to root privileges, update the sudoers file:
• Sudoers file: /etc/sudoers
• Use the lists of the sudo commands (per OS) that are located on the Portal server in:
/opt/aptare/updates
• Comment out this line in the sudoers file: Defaults requiretty
Access Requirements by OS
Host OS Host Access Requirements Port Requirements Notes
Linux ssh or telnet must be enabled ssh: 22 Collection uses ssh/telnet to
RH Linux Some commands may telnet: 23 execute commands. OS and
require an account with application commands
SUSE
super-user root privileges. require root privileges for
CentOS HBA API access.
sudo, sesudo, and pbrun
AIX are supported; ensure the The sysstat utility must be
HP-UX user ID has required sudo, installed on Linux servers or
Solaris sesudo, or pbrun privileges. storage nodes for Linux host
performance data collection.
Windows A WMI Proxy is required to RPC: TCP Port 135 for WMI When the Data Collector
collect from Windows hosts. DCOM: TCP/UDP 1024-65535 Policy is configured to
All Windows hosts require a include file-level data, the
TCP/IP 1248, if WMI Proxy
user ID with Administrator Data Collector and WMI
server is not the same as the Data
privileges for WMI. need to use a Windows
Collector server
Domain Administrator ID.
Table 2 Host Resources Prerequisites by Operating System
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 31WMI Proxy Requirements for Windows Host Data Collection
A WMI Proxy server is required for collecting data from Windows hosts.
• WMI uses DCOM for networking. DCOM dynamically allocates port numbers for clients. DCOM’s service runs on port 135 (a static port) and any client
communicating with a host connects on this port. The DCOM service allocates the specific port for the WMI service. To set up a fixed port for WMI, see http://
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219447%28VS.85%29.aspx.
• When installing the WMI Proxy, if the installer detects that Microsoft .NET is not already installed, it notes this dependency and then installs .NET for you.
Microsoft .NET contains several necessary libraries.
• .NET Framework 4 is installed by default with Windows Server 2012..
Data Collector Server OS WMI Proxy Requirements Notes
Windows WMI Proxy will be installed
on the Data Collector server
by default
Red Hat Linux Identify a Windows machine Note the IP address of the server on which the
SUSE on which to install the WMI WMI Proxy resides, as you will use it during
Proxy the Portal configuration process.
CentOS
Host Resources Prerequisites by Operating System
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 32Host Resources Supported Configurations
You can configure Capacity Manager to collect the following Host Resources data:
Host Resource Supported Configurations/Versions Port Prerequisites and Notes
Applications SQL: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 1433 The Data Collector requires a user account with
2008 permissions to execute the procedures: sp_helpdb and
sp_spaceused.
Local authentication only is supported at this time.
Exchange: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 389 The user name must have privileges to search under
2010 the DN within the Active Directory. Typically, this is
an Administrator.
Microsoft Exchange 2003: WMI used for data
collection.
Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010: Data collection
requires PowerShell remoting to be enabled on the
Exchange server. The Data Collector connects to
PowerShell via the WMI Proxy to execute PowerShell
commands. For details on remoting, see the Microsoft
Administrator’s Guide to Windows PowerShell
Remoting.
Oracle: Oracle 11g, Oracle 12c 1521 Oracle user must have SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE
role granted
Oracle ASM: Oracle ASM, v10gR1, 10gR2, 11gR1, 1521 Oracle ASM requires a user with SYSASM (Oracle-
11gR2, 12c supported only for 11g and above) or SYSDBA
privileges
Containers Oracle Containers Sometimes referred to as Solaris Zones.
Clustering Clustering technologies, both active-active and Clusters are listed as Related Hosts in reports. This
active-passive relationship is established when multiple servers are
accessing the same storage.
Table 3 Host Resources Supported Configurations
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 33Host Resource Supported Configurations/Versions Port Prerequisites and Notes
File Systems • Solaris ZFS; Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)
Metastat
• AIX 5.2, 5.3 JFS and JFS2, with correlation to
SAN disks
• SUSE SLES 9, 10; 32 & 64 bit REISER FS &
EXT3 & Logical Volume Manager (LVM &
LVM2)
• VxFS on all supported Operating Systems
• Windows NTFS
• Oracle ASM
• Linux ext4 file systems
Multi-pathing • EMC PowerPath
• Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM)
• VERITAS Dynamic Multi-Pathing (VxDMP)
• Device Mapper Multipath for Linux
If using a non-supported MPIO driver, storage
• Microsoft MPIO - Windows 2003, 2008 (R2), capacity may be double-counted in capacity reports.
Windows 2012 (R2) drivers
Operating • Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 5 and 6 In general, APTARE supports these operating systems
Systems • Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC ONLY), x86 up to and including the latest OS patch level.
• Windows 2003; Windows 2008 Server; Windows
2012 Server.
• IBM AIX
• HP-UX
• SUSE
Volume • Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 and 5.1 (Supported Besides Veritas Volume Manager, each of the
Managers OS: RedHat Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Win- operating systems comes with its own built-in logical
dows) volume manager, so no specific version numbers are
• Solaris Volume Manager mentioned
• Linux Logical Volume Manager
• AIX Logical Volume Manager
• HP-UX Logical Volume Manager
Table 3 Host Resources Supported Configurations
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 34Supported Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
HBA OS Supported Configurations/Versions Prerequisites
Windows HBA information is obtained using OS commands, looking An internal probing mechanism is used to gather HBA
for specific operating system files and directories. Product- data.
specific commands (Emulex and QLogic) are also used.
AIX & HP-UX HBA information is obtained using OS commands. No fcmsutil (used only for HP-UX HBA information;
product-specific commands are used; therefore, Capacity should already be installed by default)
Manager supports all HBAs supported by these operating
systems.
Linux HBA information is obtained using OS commands, looking scli or hbacmd (required only for HBA information)
for specific operating system files and directories. Product-
specific commands (Emulex and QLogic) are also used.
Solaris HBA information is obtained using OS commands such as scli or hbacmd (required only for HBA information)
luxadm. Product-specific commands (Emulex and QLogic)
are also used.
Table 4 Host Bus Adapters: Supported Configurations
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 35Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 36
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations 37
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Cloud Configurations
Chapter0
This section contains the following topics:
• Supported Systems and Access Requirements
Supported Systems and Access Requirements
For specific prerequisites and configuration requirements, see the Cloud Data Collector information.
Data Collectors require the following privileges to access APIs and underlying details:
• On Linux, root privileges for SSH and Telnet
• On Windows, administrator privileges for WMI.
Copyright © 2020 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.Vendor Subsystems Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
Amazon Web Services • S3 Bucket (Details and Usage) - AWS Java SDK Before a Data Collector can gain https 443 AWS reports are under
Simple Storage Service (S3) for read-only access to retrieve data for read- Capacity Manager and
storage in the cloud the following steps are required in only access Virtualization Manager.
• EC2 Details - Elastic Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) to the data
Compute (EC2) for computing 1. Configure an S3 Bucket to
services, much like virtual servers Receive Billing Reports.
• Billing Records - Usage and 2. Activate AWS detailed
corresponding charges, by service billing.
3. Select Cost Allocation Tags.
4. Create an AWS IAM User.
5. Generate Access Keys.
6. Link AWS Accounts for
Collection of Consolidated
Billing Data.
Microsoft • Azure Virtual Machine REST API Prerequisite: Install the Microsoft 443 The Data Collector only
• Azure Storage Account Azure PowerShell client on a supports Azure resources
Windows computer. Execute deployed with the Resource
• Azure Billing
Manager model.
• Azure Backup Microsoft Azure PowerShell as an
administrator.
1. Find your Azure Subscription
ID and Tenant ID.
2. Register a new Application
3. Create a Principle and assign
Contributor role to the
application.
4. Find your Azure Application
ID, Offer ID and Application
Password.
Table 1 Data Collection Prerequisites
Supported Systems and Access Requirements 39Vendor Subsystems Dev Mgr/API/CLI Access Requirements Ports Notes
OpenStack OpenStack Swift (Juno10, TBC), • Keystone v2 35357 for • If multiple proxies exist,
SwiftStack v2.2 • Proxy path for Swift Keystone APTARE IT Analytics uses
configuration files must be Admin only one. Capacity reports
specified. 5000 for will reflect only one proxy.
• Controller credentials that have Keystone • Configure the policy to use
access to tenants/projects. Public the address of the actual
22 for SSH proxy server, not the server
• Swift proxy server credentials
responsible for load
with super-user privileges.
balancing.
• Capacity data is collected
from devices mapped to
OpenStack nodes.
OpenStack OpenStack Ceilometer REST API • Keystone v2 35357 for
• Credentials that have admin Keystone
access to tenants/projects. Admin
5000 for
Keystone
Public
8777 for
Ceilometer
API Service
8774 for
Compute
Table 1 Data Collection Prerequisites
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