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  5. Section VI. Data Collector Installation and Troubleshooting
  7. Data Collector Troubleshooting
  9. Host resources troubleshooting

Host resources troubleshooting

Use the following sequence of steps to determine the source of host resources data collection issues. All commands--except for the SSH commands and the WMI Proxy command--report errors to metadata.log. After executing a command, check the metadata.log file for error messages. If there is an error noted, correct the problem and then re-issue the command. If the command succeeds, proceed to the next command in this sequence:

  1. See Host resources: Check the status of the WMI proxy server.

  2. See Host resources: Post-Installation verification.

  3. See Host resources: Check host connectivity using standard SSH.

  4. See Host resources: Check host connectivity.

  5. See Host resources: Check the execution of a command on a remote server.

  6. See Host resources: Collection in stand-alone mode.

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