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Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations
To gather data from hosts, the following privileges are required.
Sudo Commands for Host Resources Collection
If you are using sudo to elevate access to root privileges, update the sudoers file:
• Sudoers file: /etc/sudoers
• Use the lists of the sudo commands (per OS) that are located on the Portal server in:
<Home>/opt/aptare/updates
• Comment out this line in the sudoers file: Defaults requiretty
Access Requirements by OS
Table 12.1 Host Resources Prerequisites by Operating System
Host OS
Host Access Requirements
Port Requirements
Notes
Linux
RH Linux
SUSE
CentOS
AIX
HP-UX
Solaris
ssh or telnet must be enabled
Some commands may require an account with super-user root privileges. sudo, sesudo, and pbrun are supported; ensure the user ID has required sudo, sesudo, or pbrun privileges.
ssh: 22
telnet: 23
Collection uses ssh/telnet to execute commands. OS and application commands require root privileges for HBA API access.
The sysstat utility must be installed on Linux servers or storage nodes for Linux host performance data collection.
Windows
A WMI Proxy is required to collect from Windows hosts.
All Windows hosts require a user ID with Administrator privileges for WMI.
RPC: TCP Port 135 for WMI
DCOM: TCP/UDP 1024-65535
TCP/IP 1248, if WMI Proxy server is not the same as the Data Collector server
When the Data Collector Policy is configured to include file-level data, the Data Collector and WMI need to use a Windows Domain Administrator ID.