To establish an access point for BVQ, it's necessary to create user accounts on the respective systems you wish to monitor.
For instance, if you have three NetApp clusters, you'll need to create a user account on each cluster.
This procedure is applicable to all systems you aim to connect to BVQ.
After creating a specific new user on a system, proceed to set up a BVQ Scanner on your BVQ Server using that user account.
The BVQ Scanner will then establish a connection to the system to collect the requisite data.
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For the communication of the BVQ SVC Scanner with the SVC CLI a user account on each SVC is mandatory, which should be at least member of the group 'Monitor'.
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Gather information for BVQ Scanner configuration
BVQ scanners need the following information to be configured for each Dell EMC Unity System:
- Cluster IP address or hostname
- Cluster user ID and password of the bvq user
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