Storage Viewer for Backup: Collection of Backup and Restore Data
In most cases, a single instance of the Data Collector can support any number of enterprise objects. However, each environment has its own unique deployment configuration requirements, so it is important to understand where the Data Collector software must be installed so that you can determine how many Data Collectors must be installed and which servers are best suited for the deployment.
For Storage Viewer for Backup, where you install the Data Collector also depends on the backup solution.
• For Commvault Simpana, the Data Collector should be installed on the same machine as the WMI proxy server.
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) must have its own Data Collector. Note: For upgrading TSM Data Collectors from ANY release before Hitachi Storage Viewer 9.2.01, you must uninstall and then perform a fresh install of the TSM Data Collectors. This is different from the upgrade methods for other collectors.
• For all other backup solutions, the Data Collector can run on any server running a supported operating system.
• One Data Collector can be used to include all of these backup products: Commvault Simpana, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, EMC Data Domain, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup, HP Data Protector, and Generic Backup products. And, you also can include other enterprise objects, such as storage arrays, in a single Data Collector.