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  4. Work with Capacity Manager host data collection

Work with Capacity Manager host data collection

This section includes the following topics:
  • Understand the host data collection process

  • Host resources prerequisites and configurations

  • Host access requirements

  • Command path verification

  • Host discovery and collection configuration steps

  • Host discovery and collection setup overview

  • Host discovery and collection maintenance overview

  • Before discovering hosts

  • Configure/Search

  • Manage credentials

  • Manage WMI Proxy

  • Manage paths

  • Manage access control

  • Host management

  • Configure host discovery policies to populate the host discovery and collection view

  • Validate host connectivity

  • Show errors

  • Filter the host discovery and collection window - Hide/Unhide, remove

  • Search and export in host discovery and collection

  • Export in host discovery and collection

  • Configure and edit host probes

  • Propagate probe settings: Copy probes, paste probes

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