CommVault Simpana - Planning the Data Collector Deployment
  
Version 9.2.00
For details, refer to the APTARE StorageConsole Certified Configurations Guide and the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Backup Manager.
CommVault Simpana - 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 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.
• If the backup servers belong to a cluster, StorageConsole communicates with the cluster for data collection.
• 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).
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
Data Collector Configurations Specific to CommVault Simpana
 
1. The Data Collector should be installed on the same server as the WMI proxy server.
2. WMI Proxy access requires the following: Port 135 for skipped files collection and TCP 445 for CIFS. A fixed port can be configured for WMI. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219447%28VS.85%29.aspx
3. SQL Server needs to be accessible to the collector on TCP Port 1433, requiring a restart of the SQL database.
4. Identify a user with administrative privileges on the CommServe server.
5. In the Portal, add CommVault servers: Admin > Hosts and Domains > Hosts and Host Groups.
• Internal Name - Must match the host name of the CommServe server; fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
• IP Address - IP address of the Commserve server.
• Type - CommVault Server.
6. Database Server Access: User ID and password for the CommServe database. This is an MS SQL server login with at least the following roles and permissions in the CommServe database:
db_datareaderEXECUTE
dbo.GetDateTimeEXECUTE
dbo.GetUnixTimeEXECUTE
dbo.GetJobFailureReasonEXECUTE
dbo.JMGetLocalizedMessageFunc
7. Configure a Data Collector policy using the following details.
Field
Description
Domain
Typically, only one domain is listed; Managed Services Providers will have a domain for each customer.
CommServe Server Address
IP address or host name of the CommServe server.
CommServe DB Server Address
IP address or host name of the CommServe database system - may be empty (in which case the CommServe database host name defaults to that of the CommServe server).
DB Server Port
Port used by the CommServe database (defaults to 1433). This port is not enabled by default on the SQL server. Once this port is configured on the SQL server, the server must be restarted before data collection can occur.
DB Server User ID & Password
User ID and password for the CommServe database. This is an MS SQL server login with at least the following roles and permissions in the CommServe database:
db_datareaderEXECUTE
dbo.GetDateTimeEXECUTE
dbo.GetUnixTimeEXECUTE
dbo.GetJobFailureReasonEXECUTE
dbo.JMGetLocalizedMessageFunc
Probes to Activate with Schedules
Inventory, Jobs, Drives in Use: Frequency of data collection for these probes.
Skipped File Details
Activates skipped file collection details - this collects which files had problems during backup/restore and needed to be skipped. It collects client logs and may require WMI proxy information. By default, this field is not selected. Activating this field will cause another collection to run periodically that may take hours (depending on the number of clients).
CommServe Server Domain
Domain associated with the User ID.
CommServe Server User ID & Password
User name with administrative privileges on the CommServe server. The User ID and Password fields are required for the Skipped File Details collection.
WMI Proxy Address
IP address or host name of the WMI Proxy. If this field is blank, 127.0.0.1 will be used.
8. On the Data Collector server, install/update the Data Collector software, using the instructions in the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collector Installation Guide for Backup Manager.