• 64-bit OS. See the APTARE Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.

• Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.

• For performance reasons, APTARE recommends that you do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the 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).

• For most Backup Manager systems, install the Data Collector on a server that is in the same time zone as the backup server from which you are collecting data. For Veritas NetBackup and IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) collection, the Data Collector server and backup server can be in different time zones.

• TCP ports 5555 and 22.

• An Avamar Utility Node server must be configured in the Data Collector Policy. The login credentials must have admin or dpn access to the Avamar utility node so that the Data Collector can invoke command-line programs in the /usr/local/avamar/bin directory.

• One Data Collector can be used to include all of these backup products: Commvault Simpana, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, EMC Data Domain, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup, HP Data Protector, and Generic Backup products. And, you also can include other enterprise objects, such as storage arrays, in this Data Collector.

• The Data Collector uses JDBC as a read-only user to collect point-in-time data from the Avamar Management Console Server (MCS) database. In addition, command-line-interface (CLI) commands access the utility node for Avamar server status details.