Pre-Installation Setup for CommVault Simpana > Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (CommVault Simpana)
   
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Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (CommVault Simpana)
• 64-bit OS. See the Hitachi Storage Viewer Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.
• Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7.
• For performance reasons, HDS recommends that you do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the Hitachi Storage Viewer 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).
• Open TCP/IP access to the CommVault database, Port 1433. See Open TCP/IP Access to the CommVault Database.
• WMI Proxy access requires the following: Port 135 is required for skipped files collection and 445 for CIFS over TCP. A fixed port can be configured for WMI as specified at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219447%28VS.85%29.aspx
• Read-only user configured on the CommServe server. See Set Up a Read-only User in the CommServe Server.
• If you want to load historical data from a CommServe database, use the utility described in Load Historical Data Prior to Initial Data Collection.
Storage Viewer for Backup: Collection of Backup and Restore Data
For Storage Viewer for Backup, where you install the Data Collector depends on the backup solution.
• For CommVault Simpana, the Data Collector should be installed on the same machine as the WMI proxy server.
• The Data Collector uses Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) as a read-only user (including executing some read-only functions) to collect point-in-time data from the CommVault Simpana CommServe database. The Data Collector also uses a CommVault Simpana command-line tool (sendLogFiles.exe - executed using WMI on the CommServe server) to collect log files from client machines managed by the CommServe server.
• One Data Collector can include all of these backup products: CommVault Simpana, EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, EMC Data Domain, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup, HP Data Protector, and Generic Backup products. And, you also can include other enterprise objects, such as storage arrays, in this Data Collector.