Managing and Monitoring Data Collection > Data Collector Installation Summary
  
Version 10.2.01P10
Data Collector Installation Summary
1. Update the Local Hosts file on the Data Collector server or on any available client with web-browsing capabilities. This enables Portal access. See Updating the Local Hosts File for Data Collection.
2. In the Portal, add a Data Collector, if one has not already been created. See Adding/Editing Data Collectors.
3. In the Portal, add the vendor-specific data collector policy.
4. On the Data Collector Server, install the Data Collector software. See Data Collector Installation.
5. If collecting from Windows hosts, install the WMI Proxy Service on one of the Windows hosts. See Installing the WMI Proxy Service (Windows Host Resources only).
6. Validate data collection is successful. See Validating Data Collection.
Updating the Local Hosts File for Data Collection
1. Add the Portal IP Address to the Local Hosts file on the Data Collector server or on any available client with web-browsing capabilities.
Note: Only edit the local hosts file if a DNS entry hasn’t already been set up in your enterprise to resolve both http://aptareportal.yourdomain.com and http://aptareagent.yourdomain.com to the Portal IP address.
a. Login to the Data Collector server.
b. On a Linux server:
vi /etc/hosts
Add entries for aptareportal.yourdomain.com and aptareagent.yourdomain.com, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
On a Windows server:
edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Add entries for aptareportal.yourdomain.com and aptareagent.yourdomain.com, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
2. On the Data Collector server, add entries to the local hosts file, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
Example:
• 172.16.2.2 aptareportal.<yourdomain>.com
• 172.16.2.3 aptareagent.<yourdomain>.com