Overview
OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter supports collecting configuration and performance data from Microsoft Failover Clusters running Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or higher.
Prerequisites
Outbound Internet connectivity on port 443 (SSL) to OneIQ
A read-only user for Hyper-V.
OneIQ Pulse server - Windows Server 2016 or later with the following specifications.
Cluster Virtual IP and Management IPs of all Microsoft Failover Cluster nodes should be accessible through WinRM.
Machines | Without Network Flows | With Network Flows |
Up to 5,000 | 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory |
5,000–10,000 | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory | 8 vCPUs, 16 GB memory |
NB: For environments larger than 10,000 machines, contact our team.
Discover Microsoft Failover Clusters
Open the OneIQ Pulse console and follow the steps below:
Select the Microsoft Hyper-V platform
Copy the connection key to the clipboard or save it. Then select Download OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter to download the OneIQ Pulse executable.
Once you’ve downloaded the OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter binary to a Windows Server in your environment, run the executable.Open the OneIQ Pulse console and follow the steps below:
In the Select Discovery Target menu, choose Microsoft Failover Cluster
Enter the following information for the Microsoft Failover Cluster:
Cluster FQDN or Cluster Virtual IP as Hostname or IP address
Username and Password
Click Create to initiate Microsoft Failover Cluster discovery.
Upon successful discovery, a new Microsoft Failover Cluster tile will appear in the Dashboard with the following information:
Hostname or IP address
Username
Status
What's next?
Use OneIQ Pulse to discover other supported datacenter platforms and collect network flows to identify dependencies.
Cloud-native platforms inside the datacenter can be connected using the following OneIQ Pulse connectors: