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  3. Section IV. End user
  4. Work with Capacity Manager host data collection
  5. Host discovery and collection configuration steps

Host discovery and collection configuration steps

This section contains:

  • See Host discovery and collection setup overview.

    - Collector pre-requisite, Manage Credentials, Manage WMI Proxy, Manage Paths, Manage Access Control, Discover Hosts

  • See Host discovery and collection maintenance overview.

    - Hide, Remove, Show Errors, Validate, Edit Probes, Copy Probes, Paste Probes

Read this section first for a high-level overview, then follow the specific steps in the next sections to configure your system for Host Data Collection.

See Before discovering hosts.

See Host management.

Because each enterprise has a unique inventory of hosts with specific access requirements and restrictions, the process of ensuring successful host data collection requires an assessment of the hosts in your environment (see ) and several configuration steps, as summarized below.

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