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    Depending on your environment, you can choose to use an agent type (Collection Station or Collection Agent) that is suitable to your data collection purposes. If you decide to use the Collection Agent for your data collection purposes, then you use one of the following types of Collection Agents.

    • Standalone Collection Agent – a light-weight mechanism to collect data locally from the target hosts; this Agent is bundled with the product and does not require the PATROL infrastructure.
    • Collection Agent available for the PATROL infrastructure – same as the standalone Agent, but it is specifically designed to run on target hosts that have existing PATROL Agents installed and running on them.

    To be able to use a Collection Agent for data collection, you need to first set it up

    This topic provides information about setting up Collection Agents:

    Related topics

    Setting up standalone Collection Agents

    To collect data by using the standalone Collection Agent, you need to perform the following tasks:

    TaskAdditional information
    Ensure that you meet the prerequisites for installing the standalone Collection Agent.Preparing for installing the standalone Collection Agent
    Install the standalone Collection Agent on each of the target hosts (where data resides).Installing the standalone Collection Agent
    Installing the standalone Collection Agent silently

    BMC recommends you to not install the standalone Collection Agent on the computer where the product is already installed. To collect data from the computer where all the components of the product are installed, you must use the Collection Station. If the Collection Station is not able to handle the current load, then you need to consider scaling the Collection Station. For more information, see Multiple-server deployment.

    Setting up Collection Agents available for the PATROL infrastructure

    If you already have BMC PATROL components installed in your environment, and you want to use the Collection Agent for data collection, then you need to first install BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics. After completing the installation, you need to configure Collection Agents by using BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics.

    BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics not only helps you configure Collection Agents to collect data, it also helps you monitor the health and performance of the configured Collection Agents.

    This following table provides links to the BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics online documentation portal. These links provide information about installing, configuring, and using BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics.

    GoalAdditional information links
    Installing BMC PATROL for IT Data Analytics

    • BMC PATROL:

      Installing in a BMC PATROL environment Open link

    • BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management:  

      Installing in a BMC ProactiveNet environment Open link

      Note: Beginning with version 10.0, BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management is known as BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management.


       

    • Configuring Collection Agents
    • Associating collection profiles while configuring the Collection Agents
    • Overriding macro values associated with the collection profile while configuring the Collection Agents
    • BMC PATROL:

      Configuring in a BMC PATROL environment Published Open link

    • BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management: 

      Configuring in a BMC ProactiveNet environment Open link

       
    Monitoring the Collection Agents configured with the help of application classes (or monitor types) and parameters (or attributes)

    Monitor types or application classes Open link

    Configuring the Collection Agent

    If you expect a significant change in the amount of data that is sent to the Collection Station, you must configure the Collection Agent to meet the change in data load. This configuration is required for all types of Collection Agents.

    To configure the Collection Agent

    1. Navigate to the %BMC_ITDA_HOME%\agent\collection\conf directory.
    2. Make a backup copy of the existing flume.conf file.

    3. Depending on your setup and data load, download one of the following configuration files:

      Setup / Data LoadFile
      Smallflume-smallcollectionagent.conf
      Medium flume-medcollectionagent.conf
      Largeflume-largecollectionagent.conf
    4. Rename the downloaded file as flume.conf and save it in the configuration directory, %BMC_ITDA_HOME%\agent\collection\conf.
    5. Restart the Collection Agent.
    Related topics

    Sizing and scalability considerations

    Where to go from here

    • Start data collection in one of the following ways:
      • To actually start data collection, create data collector by setting the Collection Host (Agent) to Collection Station or Collection Agent. For more information, see Creating data collectors. OR
      • To automatically create particular kinds of data collectors, create collection profiles that define data collector templates. For more information, see Managing collection profiles.
    • Create data patterns that define how data must be indexed. This information is necessary while creating data collectors. For more information, see Creating data patterns manually.
    • (Optional) Create hosts to capture host credentials to subsequently use while creating data collectors. For more information, see Managing hosts.
    • (Optional) Create credential profiles to capture system credentials to subsequently use while creating data collectors. For more information, see Managing credentials.
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