APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. Portal and database servers
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Recommended portal configurations
    3.  
      Oracle Database and Memory Requirements
    4. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
    5.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
  2. Data Collector server configurations
    1.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    2. Data Collector server memory and CPU guidelines
      1.  
        Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
      2.  
        Factors impacting Data Collector performance and memory requirements
    3.  
      Data Collector prerequisites
    4.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports
  3. Capacity Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported storage arrays and access requirements
    2.  
      IBM Arrays: Modify profile
    3.  
      Creating a NetApp user with API privileges
    4.  
      Creating a NetApp cluster-mode user with API privileges
    5. Array/LUN performance Data Collection
      1.  
        Port performance metrics
    6.  
      EMC Isilon metrics
    7.  
      NetApp cluster-mode metrics
    8.  
      EMC Symmetrix enhanced performance metrics
    9.  
      Host resources prerequisites and configurations
    10. Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements
      1.  
        Access requirements by OS
    11.  
      WMI proxy requirements for Windows host Data Collection
    12.  
      Host resources supported configurations
    13.  
      Supported host bus adapters (HBAs)
  4. Cloud configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
  5. Virtualization Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported versions
    2. Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for VMware
      1.  
        Creating a VMware Read-Only user
    3.  
      Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
  6. File Analytics configurations
    1. Data Collector probes by storage type
      1.  
        CIFS shares
      2.  
        Host inventory probe
  7. Fabric Manager configurations
    1. Switch vendors
      1.  
        Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager
  8. Backup Manager configurations
    1.  
      Backup solutions and versions
    2.  
      Centralized NetBackup Data Collection requirements
    3. Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (and later) requirements for centralized collection
      1.  
        Required Software
  9. Internal TCP port requirements
    1.  
      Internal TCP port requirements
    2.  
      Internal portal server ports
    3.  
      Internal data collector ports

Internal data collector ports

The following table describes the standard internal TCP ports that are used by the Data Collector and any embedded third-party software products as part of a standard "out-of-the-box" installation:

Table:

Product

Port

Description

Capacity Manager

HDS Device Manager

9323

9324+

Hitachi Data Collector

EMC Symmetrix

9723

9724+

EMC Symmetrix Data Collector

EMC CLARiiON

9223

9224+

EMC CLARiiON Data Collector

EMC VNX

9223

9224+

EMC VNX (Block) CLARiiON and EMC VNX (File) Celerra Data Collectors

NetApp

10223

10224+

NetApp Data Collector

Host Resources

9423

9425+

Host Resources Collector

WMI Proxy Server

1248

Used to communicate with the Host Resources Data Collector

Backup Manager

Veritas NetBackup

9123

NetBackup agent

IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)

9823

9824+

9825+

1500

Spectrum Protect (TSM) Data Collector event and meta collectors

-Server port

EMC NetWorker

9623

9624+

9625+

EMC NetWorker Data Collector event and meta collectors

Veritas Backup Exec

9123

9124+

Backup Exec event collector port

HP Data Protector

9523

9524+

9554+

HP Data Protector Data Collector

Generic Backup

9923

9924+

Generic Backup for collection of data from backup products not native to APTARE IT Analytics

+ indicates an Admin port