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  2. IT Analytics Help
  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. Monitoring IT Analytics
  5. Starting and stopping data collectors

Starting and stopping data collectors

How you start and stop the Data Collector depends on your operating system. Also, the location of the start and stop script/service depends on your backup solution. For most backup solutions, the Data Collector does not run on the backup server (primary server).

To start the Data Collector on Windows

  • Start the following services using the Windows Services Control panel:
    • APTARE Agent

    • APTARE WMIServer

To stop the Data Collector on Windows

  • Stop the following services using the Windows Services Control panel:
    • APTARE Agent

    • APTARE WMIServer

To start Data Collector on Linux

  • As user root, run the start or restart command:
    # cd /etc/init.d
    # ./aptare_agent status
    # ./aptare_agent start|restart

To stop Data Collector on Linux

  • As user root, run the stop command:
# cd /etc/init.d
# ./aptare_agent status
# ./aptare_agent stop

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