Configuring NetBackup IT Analytics for NetBackup deployment
We can configure data collector on the primary server pod or on a separate host machine. Following are the steps for respective configurations.
Note:
From NetBackup version 10.3 or later, Cloud Scale release data collector on primary server pod is supported.
Configure data collector on the primary server pod.
To configure NetBackup IT Analytics for NetBackup deployment
- Create DNS server entry in such a way that single IP must be resolvable to two FQDNs.
IP: 1.2.3.4 must be resolved to the following FQDNs:
itanalyticsportal.<yourdomain> itanalyticsagent.<yourdomain>
Note the following:
If the IT Analytics Portal URL is
itanalyticsportal.<yourdomain>, then ensure to add the DNS entries for the following hostnames:itanalyticsportal.<yourdomain> itanalyticsagent.<yourdomain>
If the IT Analytics Portal URL is
aptareportal.<yourdomain>, then ensure to add the DNS entries for the following hostnames:aptareportal.<yourdomain> aptareagent.<yourdomain>
- Collect the
<your-collector-name>.keyfile for the new data collector by accessing the IT Analytics portal link and creating a collector and copy it to the host machine from where Kubernetes cluster is accessed.For more information, refer to the NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide.
- Execute the following command in the primary server pod:
kubectl exec -it -n <namespace> <primaryServer-pod-name> -- bash
- In case if the data-receiver is configured with self-signed certificate (https). User must add the certificate in the data collector.
For more information, refer to the Configure the Data Collector to trust the certificate.
- Create a new folder analyticscollector at persisted location (for example,
/mnt/nbdata/) using the following commands:cd "/mnt/nbdata/" mkdir analyticscollector
- Exit from the container and copy the
<your-collector-name>.keyfile to/mnt/nbdata/analyticscollectorusing the kubectl cp <keyfile-name> <namespace>/<primary-pod-name>:/mnt/nbdata/analyticscollector command. - Execute the following command to exec into the primary server pod:
kubectl exec -it -n <namespace> <primaryServer-pod-name> -- bash
- Navigate to
/usr/openv/analyticscollector/installer/location and perform the following:Open the
responsefile.sampleand add the following parameters:Configuration for reference: NetBackup.docx COLLECTOR_NAME=<your-collector-name> COLLECTOR_PASSCODE=<your-password> DR_URL=<http>/<https>://itanalyticsagent.<yourdomain> COLLECTOR_KEY_PATH=/mnt/nbdata/analyticscollector/<your-collector-name>.key HTTP_PROXY_CONF=N HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS= HTTP_PROXY_PORT= HTTPS_PROXY_ADDRESS= HTTPS_PROXY_PORT= PROXY_USERNAME= PROXY_PASSWORD= PROXY_EXCLUDE=
Run ./dc_installer.sh -c /usr/openv/analyticscollector/installer/responsefile.sample command to connect data collector with IT Analytics portal
- Validate data collector integration with IT Analytics by performing the following:
Navigate to /usr/openv/analyticscollector/mbs/bin/ location.
Run the following command:
./checkinstall.sh
If data collector is configured with portal, it will display as SUCCESSFUL.
- Check the data collector services status by running the following command and ensure that the following data collector services are up and running:
/usr/openv/analyticscollector/mbs/bin/aptare_agent status
Output of the above command:
IT Analytics WatchDog is running (pid: 13312). IT Analytics MetaDataCollector is stopped. IT Analytics EventDataCollector is stopped. IT Analytics DataCollector process is running (pid: 13461). IT Analytics On-demand process is running (pid: 13463). IT Analytics Message Relay Server process is running (pid: 13471)
For more information about IT Analytics data collector policy, see NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide.