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  3. Section VI. Data Collector Installation and Troubleshooting
  4. Validating Data Collection
  5. Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods

Data Collectors: Vendor-Specific validation methods

Table: Vendor-specific validation requirements.

Vendor Name

Test Connection

On-Demand

CLI Checkinstall Utility

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

x

x

 

Brocade Switch

x

 

Brocade Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cisco Switch

x

 

Cisco Zone Alias

x

x

 

Cohesity DataProtect

x

x

 

Commvault Simpana

  

x

Dell Compellent

x

Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)

x

x

 

Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery

x

  

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

x

x

x

Dell EMC Unity

x

x

 

EMC Avamar

x

EMC Data Domain Backup

x

x

EMC Data Domain Storage

x

x

EMC Isilon

x

EMC Symmetrix

x

x

EMC VNX

x

x

EMC VNX Celerra

x

EMC VPLEX

x

EMC XtremIO

x

x

HDS HCP

x

x

HDS HNAS

x

HP 3PAR

x

HP Data Protector

x

HP EVA

x

HPE Nimble Storage

x

x

 

Hitachi Block

x

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

x

x

 

Hitachi NAS

x

x

 

IBM Enterprise

x

IBM SVC

x

IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)

x

IBM VIO

x

x

 

IBM XIV

x

Microsoft Azure

x

x

Microsoft Hyper-V

x

x

 

Microsoft Windows Server

x

x

 

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

x

x

 

NetApp E Series

x

Netapp

x

Netapp Cluster Mode

x

OpenStack Ceilometer

x

x

OpenStack Swift

x

Test Connection is included with the Get Nodes function.

x

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

x

x

Pure FlashArray

x

x

Rubrik Cloud Data Management

x

x

 

VMWare

x

Veeam Backup & Replication

x

x

Veritas Backup Exec

x

Veritas NetBackup

x

x

Veritas NetBackup Appliance

X

x

 

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