Storage Array Pre-Installation Setup > Installation Steps Overview
  
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Installation Steps Overview
Use the following list to ensure that you complete each step in the order indicated. Each item in this list corresponds to a section in this guide that contains the step-by-step instructions.
1. Update the Local Hosts file. This enables Portal access.
2. In the Portal, add a Data Collector, if one has not already been created. See Adding/Editing Data Collectors (Capacity Manager).
3. In the Portal, add Data Collector Policies for storage arrays and host data collection.
4. On the Data Collector Server, install the Data Collector software. See Installing the Data Collector.
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 the Data Collector Installation. See Validating the Data Collector Installation.
 
Update the Local Hosts File
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