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  3. Section X. Storage (Capacity)
  4. Configuration of Host inventory
  5. Configure and edit host probes

Configure and edit host probes

Host Resources Data Collection can gather the following information by probing hosts:

  • Host Probes: Capacity (HBA, iSCSI, Volume Manager, Multi-pathing)

  • Host Probes: Memory, Network, Process, Processor, System

  • Application Probes: Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle ASM

  • File Analytics Probes

    Note:

    Do not enable HBA probes for VMware guest host collection.

To configure probes for a host

  1. Search for hosts in your inventory. A search with no specified criteria returns all hosts in your inventory.
  2. Mouse over each of the Probe icons at the right of the Host Inventory list to view the probe type.
  3. Double-click a host in the inventory or select a host and click Edit Probes to configure/view the Host Probe Settings window.

    See Probe settings.

    Probe settings must be configured to ensure successful communication with the hosts. In addition, the frequency of each probe can be customized.

  4. Click each tab to updated the configuration settings for the specific probes.
  5. For the SQL Server and Oracle probes, you can create multiple instances, using the following steps:

    Click Add.

    Enter the mandatory configuration.

    See Probe settings.

    Click OK.

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