Identify HP Data Protector Collection Requirements Version 10.3.00P13

Two approaches can be taken when configuring collection from the HP Data Protector Cell Manager:

• Distributed Configuration: HP Data Protector Cell Manager and APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector on the same server

• Centralized Configuration (Preferred): HP Data Protector Cell Manager and APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector on different servers.

When gathering data from HP Data Protector Cell Manager, several commands are executed, both on the Cell Manager server and on the Data Collector server. These commands are referenced later in this document.

For the purpose of preparing your environment for data collection, refer to the following table:

On the Data Collector Server	On the HPDP Cell Manager Server
omnicc	omnidbutil
omnicellinfo
omnidb
omnidownload
omnimm
omnirpt

Preparing for Centralized Data Collection on a Remote Cell Manager

Assumption: The following steps assume that HP Data Protector Cell Manager has been installed on a server that is not the same as the APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector server.

The following information will be used later when you configure a Data Collection Policy via the APTARE IT Analytics Portal (See Adding/Editing Data Collectors).

1. Identify the Cell Manager Server’s Name: ________________________________

2. Identify the OS of the Cell Manager Server: ________________________________

3. Identify the directory where the Cell Manager is installed. This path will be used later to fill in the Remote Software Location field when you configure the Data Collector policy in the APTARE IT Analytics Portal: ____________________________________

4. If the Data Collector is installed on a Linux OS, a WMI Proxy Server must be installed on a Windows system in order to collect data from a Cell Manager that is installed on a Windows system.

5. Configure the Data Collector server to be an HPDP Client. See Configure the Data Collector Server in Cell Manager (HP Data Protector).

6. The omnidbutil command is executed on the Cell Manager server to obtain drive status. Therefore, the following configuration is required:

The user defined in the Data Collector must be an Admin user that the Cell Manager Server recognizes—either as a local user account or a Windows domain user account—that has execute rights to the omnidbutil command. See also Configure an HP Data Protector Admin User and Adding/Editing Data Collectors.

1. Make sure the Data Collector server has become the HPDP client with the HPDP User Interface component installed.

Find the directory (default is: C:\Program Files\omniback\bin) where the following commands are located and verify that the following commands exist in that directory. This validates that the User Interface was installed correctly.

Configure the Data Collector Server in Cell Manager (HP Data Protector)

When a Data Collector is configured in HPDP Cell Manager, it becomes a Client of Cell Manager. Therefore, the following requirements need to be considered.

• Microsoft implementation of the TCP/IP protocol must be installed and running. The protocol must be able to resolve hostnames; and the computer name and hostname must be the same.

• Ensure that network access user rights are set under the Windows local security policy for the account performing the installation.

The HP Data Protector UI can be deployed in a number of ways. The steps you take depend on whether you are using the original Data Protector UI (Windows only) or the Data Protector Java UI. Details for both user interfaces are provided in the steps below.

1. Start the HP Data Protector UI (choose one of the following User Interfaces).

Start > Programs > HP Data Protector > Data Protector Java GUI Manager

Then, in the Connect to Cell Manager dialog, select or type the name of the Cell Manager and click Connect.

2. Make sure that you have a user that is a Local System Administrator account from the Data Collector Server. See Configure an HP Data Protector Admin User.

3. Validate the conditions. See Validate HP Data Protector Setup.

Note: If the Data Collector is installed on the same server as Cell Manager, skip this section.

If the Data Collector is installed on a different server from the Cell Manager Server, the following tasks must be performed.

2. Make sure you have a user that is a Local System Administer account from the Data Collector Server.

• Switch to the User context and add the user under an “Admin” class.

1. Execute the following commands from the HP Data Protector backup software location to validate that the setup conditions have been meet:

• If the first command does not run correctly, it means that the User Interface component has not been installed correctly.

• If the first command runs, but the second command displays, “Insufficient permissions. Access denied,” it means that the configuration of the Data Collector Server in the HP Cell Manager Server has failed.

On the Portal, repeat these steps for each HP Data Protector Cell Manager Server.

1. Open a browser window and point it to your instance of the Portal
(for example: http://aptareportal.yourdomain.com).

2. Login as an admin user (e.g. admin@yourdomain.com).

3. Add a Backup Server. This can be done directly from the data collector policy or from the Inventory. See Adding and Editing Hosts and Backup Servers.

4. Enter values for all required fields (denoted by an *) and click OK. The field, Internal Host Name, needs to match the host name of the HP Cell Manager Server. Ensure you select HP Cell Manager Server as the Type. The fields External Name, Make and Model are not used by the application for anything other than display purposes.

5. Select the Host Group while you are adding the backup server. See Managing Host Groups for details.

Note: If a server group hierarchy has already been established in the application, you can select the host group to which you would like the HP Cell Manager Server to belong, although it is recommended that you add the HP Cell Manager Server to the top-level folder.