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  3. Section IV. End user
  4. Manage and monitor data collection
  5. About data collection tasks
  6. Backup event data collector

Backup event data collector

The Event Data Collector is the software component responsible for capturing backup event data. It is started for the following subsystems: Commvault Simpana, EMC Data Domain, HP Data Protector, and Veritas Backup Exec. This event collection is logged to enable troubleshooting and isolation of collection issues, by processing thread. You can access the logs via the Support Tools utility: Admin > Advanced > Support Tools.

See Data collector log files.

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