About validation and status
In addition to the setup and management of Data Collectors and their collection policies, the view enables you to monitor if data collectors are running and the current status of collection. From this view, you have visibility into the status of both scheduled collection and on-demand runs, with drilldowns to more granular information available on the view.
See Monitoring data collection status.
The view also provides functionality to quickly initiate and validate the collection run, once collectors and policies are setup. Validation methods are initiated differently based on the subsystem vendor associated with the Data Collector policy, but perform essentially the same functions.
You can also choose to view the collection logs on the portal while performing an on-demand run.
See Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods.