For details, refer to the APTARE StorageConsole 9.1 Certified Configurations Guide and the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager.

Planning the Data Collector Deployment

Version 9.1

Planning the Data Collector Deployment

1. Identify a server where the Data Collector software will be installed. Server requirements include:

• 64-bit OS. See the APTARE StorageConsole 9.1 Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.

• Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7.

• Reside in the same time zone as the subsystem from which data will be collected.

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

• Data Collector must be installed on the server that manages the Symmetrix array.

• Recommended: EMC Solutions Enabler should be running on a server that is not the Data Collector server; the SYMAPI server daemon (storsrvd) must be running on this server. See the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager for steps to verify this configuration.

• Set the EMC Solutions Enabler user account to StorageAdmin instead of Monitor.

• SymCLI must be installed on the Data Collector server.

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

3. In the Portal, add a Data Collector: Admin > Data Collection > Collectors. The User ID and Passcode configured in this step will be used later when you install the Data Collector software on the Data Collector server. This configuration enables communication between the Portal and the Data Collector server. Refer to the Data Collector installation guide for details.

4. Select the Data Collector and add a Symmetrix policy: Add > EMC Symmetrix. Note: Only one EMC Symmetrix policy is permitted per Data Collector.


Field	Description
Domain	Typically, only one domain is listed; Managed Services Providers will have a domain for each customer.
SYMAPI Service Names	Comma-separated list of SYMAPI service names, which are defined in $EMC_HOME\SYMAPI\config\netcnfg of the Data Collector server. Typically, $EMC_HOME on Windows is C:\Program Files\EMC and on UNIX it is /usr/
EMC Symmetrix Client Software Location	This location refers to the location on the Data Collector. Linux: /usr/symcli/bin Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC\symCLI\bin.
Arrays to Exclude	List Symmetrix SymIDs to be excluded from collection.
Array Details	Click the check box to activate array details collection.
Array Performance	Click the check box to activate array performance collection.

5. On the Data Collector server, install/update the Data Collector software, using the instructions in the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager.