Manual Chapter :
CE file for data collection
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 7.1.0
CE file for data collection
Event log indices determine the physical characteristics of what is sent to the data collection device.
For more information about configuring a remote pool of DCDs, see
Connect Devices to a Data Collection Device Cluster
in the Planning and Implementing a BIG-IQ Deployment
guide at support.f5.com
. If you have already created or imported your logging profile, use this process to adjust the existing settings to include the remote logging pool of DCDs.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem, then, on the left, click .The BIG-IQ Data Collection Devices screen opens listing the data collection devices in the cluster. The Services column lists the BIG-IP services monitored by each DCD. If no services are enabled for a DCD, this column displaysAdd Servicesinstead.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem, then, on the left, clickBIG-IQ DATA COLLECTIONand then selectBIG-IQ Data Collection Cluster.The BIG-IQ Data Collection Cluster screen opens. On this screen, you can either view summary status for the data collection device cluster or access the screens that you can use to configure the DCD cluster.
- Under Summary, you can view information detailing how much data is stored, as well as how the data is stored.
- Under Configuration, you can access the screens that control DCD cluster performance.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem, then, on the left, click .The Settings screen opens to display summary information for the event, and alert log indices that have been configured for this data collection device.
- At the top of the screen, clickSystem, then, on the left, clickBIG-IQ DATA COLLECTIONand then selectBIG-IQ Data Collection Devices.The first time you access this screen after performing an upgrade, it triggers a dialog box that prompts you to start the post upgrade processing tasks.
- Under the screen name, click .The Cluster Settings screen opens.
- Under the screen name, click .The Logging Data Collection Settings screen opens.
- Under the screen name, click .The Statistics Collection Status screen opens.
- Under the screen name, click .The External Storage & Snapshots screen opens.
- On the left, expandBIG-IQ LOGGINGand then selectLogging Configuration.The Logging Configuration screen opens to display the current state of the logging node cluster defined for this device.
- On the left, expandBIG-IQ LOGGINGand then selectLogging Nodes.
- Complete the setup wizard.To complete the setup task, you must supply a master key pass phrase that all devices in the logging node cluster must share. Make note of the phrase you use. Each logging node, as well as the primary and secondary BIG-IQ systems must use this phrase before they can join the cluster.
Perform this task only if you are upgrading from BIG-IQ version 5.2 or 5.3 to version 5.4.
Perform this task only on the primary BIG-IQ system.
Perform this task only if you are upgrading from BIG-IQ version 5.1 to version 5.3.
- You can use zones to optimize statistics traffic routing. By assigning DCDs to a zone and then assigning managed BIG-IP devices to that zone, you control which DCDs collect statistic traffic for each device.
- DCD zone awareness factors into how the DCD cluster performs during Disaster Recovery scenarios. The role zones play in these scenarios is discussed in theManaging Disaster Recovery Scenarios with Two Data Centersarticle onsupport.f5.com.
