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  3. Section VIII. Data Collector Installation and Configuration
  4. Install and configure a Data Collector
  5. Overview

Overview

This section includes preinstallation, installation and configuration instructions for a Data Collector to be used to collect data for supported vendors in the areas of Data Protection, Storage, Cloud, Virtualization, Fabric and File Analytics. The flowchart below details the steps to install and configure a Centralized Data Collector.

Note:

Do not use this guide to install and configure a Data Collector to collect data from NetBackup. For NetBackup data collection, please refer to the IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Cohesity NetBackup.

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