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Data Collection

CA SRM collects storage information about a computer through the CA SRM Agent. Use the CA SRM Computer Registration Wizard to install the agent on that computer.

For Windows servers, you can register a proxy collector from a computer running the Application Server and collect data using the Windows Management Interface (WMI). Data collected using the WMI collects only basic host information, such as volumes, physical disks, and partitions. It does not collect volume-based storage consumption statistics or quota information.

Note: If you collect data using the WMI, you can register only one proxy collector on each domain and that proxy collector must have administrative access rights to the remote computers.

Most operating systems support the CA SRM Agent; however, some UNIX-based systems do not. If you want to register a computer running an unsupported operating system, select the Indirect Collection option.

UNIX machines do not update owner information with ad-hoc collections. Collecting owner information is a very lengthy process, using Collect Now only updates the storage assets of the machine. The user information refreshes once daily.

Note: To help ensure that the Windows Client displays the most recent data collection, refresh open user views.