Pre-Installation Setup for EMC Data Domain Storage > Installation Overview (EMC Data Domain Storage)
  
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Installation Overview (EMC Data Domain Storage)
1. Updating the Local Hosts File for Data Collection.
2. Add EMC Data Domain Servers.
3. Configure a Data Domain Server for Folder-Level Compression Collection.
4. In the Portal, add a Data Collector, if one has not already been created. See Adding/Editing Data Collectors.
5. In the Portal, add the EMC Data Domain data collector policy. Adding an EMC Data Domain Storage Data Collector Policy.
6. On the Data Collector Server, install the Data Collector software. See Installing Data Collectors.
7. Validate the Data Collector Installation. See Validating Data Collection.
Note: These steps apply only if you are performing an IN-HOUSE installation. If a third-party service provider is hosting your Portal, that is, a HOSTED installation (perhaps for a product evaluation) skip this section and contact your hosting organization’s representative to configure the hosted portal for your Data Collector.
Add EMC Data Domain Servers
For each EMC Data Domain server specified in the APTARE IT Analytics Data Collector Pre-Installation worksheet, add the Data Domain server(s) to APTARE IT Analytics by following the steps outlined in this section.
Note: When adding an EMC Data Domain Server, in the Inventory select Hosts, not Backup Servers.
1. In the Portal, add a host for each Data Domain server. See Managing Hosts and Backup Servers.
• External Host Name - Displayed in the Portal.
• Internal Host Name - Must match the host name of the Data Domain server; fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
• Backup Type - Data Domain Server
2. If collecting Folder-Level Compression data, see Configure a Data Domain Server for Folder-Level Compression Collection.
Configure a Data Domain Server for Folder-Level Compression Collection
In addition to the values that were entered when an EMC Data Domain server was created, credentials are required to access and collect from the server. Also, if Folder-Level Compression collection is desired, folder paths can be specified.
Folder-level data compression rates enable reporting on used disk space associated with shares and mounts, and folders within those shares and mounts. In the data collection policy, define the share folder depth to be interrogated. For example, a single share may have individual folders for business units. Data about these folders and files is collected and collated, based on the folder depth specified.
1. Enter the following details and click OK.
Field
Description
Sample Value
Data Domain Server Name*
In order for Data Domain Servers to be listed in the policy window, they must have been created via the Inventory and configured with a Backup Type of Data Domain Server. See Add EMC Data Domain Servers.
DDM-HQ
SSH User ID*
The command-line interface (CLI) via SSH is used to gather Data Domain system data. This requires a view-only Data Domain User ID that must be a member of the Data Domain system Admin group. This User ID must be the same for all addresses listed in the System Addresses entry field for the Data Domain systems.
Administrator
Password
The password associated with the User ID.
Pwd1
Repeat Password
The password associated with the User ID.
Pwd1
Folder-Level Compression
Select the option to either include or exclude collection and then enter folders to the list. If the exclude option is selected with an empty folder list, compression data from all folders will be collected. If the include option is selected with an empty folder list, no folder-level compression data will be collected.
The folders should start with /data/col1
Warning: Choosing to exclude compression collection with an empty folder list may cause collection to take several hours to complete.
/data/col1/dd890-nbuprod
Folder Depth
(from data/col1)
Specify the folder depth to be interrogated. For example, a single share may have individual folders for business units. Data about these folders and files is collected and collated, based on the folder depth specified. The folder depth starts from the folder path name that is specified in the include list or from /data/col1, if no include folders are specified. An empty value means that data collection will collect all the sub-folders within each folder specified in the include list.
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