What is the data collector?

The data collector is the application that collects and delivers the metadata that is then analyzed and presented in the graphical interface.

The data collector is a simple application installed on a server in your data center.which is in an IBM Cloud datacenter.You can install the data collector in minutes, and when you add the storage systems you plan to monitor, you get the capacity and performance information you need to monitor your data center. . Because the metadata that IBM support needs to review and resolve tickets is also collected, when you create or update a ticket, you can automatically download the logs for the affected systems. IBM support can access and review metadata to solve your problem.

Identification data for connection to storage systems

To add and collect metadata from storage systems that you want to monitor, you must provide the credentials of the storage systems that you want to monitor. Depending on the type of storage system you add for monitoring, you can specify the name and password of a user with privileges for metadata collection, or a user and an SSH key. The credentials that are provided are encrypted before being stored in the database for the instance, and the database is also encrypted. In addition, most storage systems support the creation of users with read-only roles that can not make changes to the storage system configuration.

Source: Data Center Consulting