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Enable and Disable Cloud-Based Analytics

Cloud-Based Analytics enables the VS1110-A to collect data about the VS-Series System and environment performance. The collected data is bundled and uploaded to the remote Cloud-Based Analytics server for analysis.

When Cloud-Based Analytics is enabled, your VS-Series System collects performance data at regular ten-minute intervals, or at an appropriate interval for the given metric. All data that is collected is stored locally in system cache.

Data collected with Cloud-Based Analytics includes the following:

Data policies ensure the security and privacy of your uploaded data. The following information is not included with a data upload:

  • Passwords or encryption keys
  • Network architecture
  • Proprietary or confidential data
  • All on-premise communication to the Cloud-Based Analytics server uses a secure https connection via port 443
  • The DNS hostname api-as.quantum.com must be resolvable by the device on which the Cloud-Based Analytics agent is enabled
  • For Cloud-Based Analytics, only port 443 needs to be open through the on-premise firewall
  • No connections from the Cloud-Based Analytics server back to on-premise system are required or used

Cloud-Based Analytics is enabled and disabled through the VS-Settings Menu.

  1. Launch the Host OS console.

  2. Double-click VS-Settings to open the VS-Settings Menu.

  3. Type 4 to open the Service Tasks Menu, then press Enter.

  4. In the Service Tasks Menu, type 8 to enable or disable Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA); then press Enter.

  5. The system informs you that Cloud-Based Analytics is disabled, and asks you if you want to enable it; type y, then press Enter.

    The system then lets you know that Cloud-Based Analytics is enabled.

Your VS-Series System will automatically upload the data bundles to the Cloud-Based Analytics server every four hours. The uploaded data bundles supply the Cloud-Based Analytics server with current statistics, which in turn provides the opportunity for early identification of any problems with the your VS-Series System.

After data is uploaded to the Cloud-Based Analytics server, it is analyzed to determine the status of the VS-Series System.

You can access information about the uploaded data on the Cloud-Based Analytics dashboard (at: insight.quantum.com). This displays the analytic results of the uploaded data through flexible charting tools, along with an overall health score of the VS-Series System.

To request an account for Cloud-Based Analytics, click the "Request an account" link on the Cloud-Based Analytics site at insight.quantum.com.

You can access your VS-Series System performance and health results on the Cloud-Based Analytics dashboard (at: insight.quantum.com). This dashboard displays the analytic results of the uploaded Cloud-Based Analytics data using flexible charting tools, along with an overall health score of the VS-Series System configured for the Cloud-Based Analytics account.

To request an account for Cloud-Based Analytics, click the "Request an account" link on the Cloud-Based Analytics site at insight.quantum.com.

Cloud-Based Analytics is enabled and disabled through the VS-Settings menu.

  1. Launch the Host OS console.

  2. Double-click VS-Settings to open the VS-Settings Menu.

  3. Type 4 to open the Service Tasks Menu, then press Enter.

  4. In the Service Tasks Menu, type 8 to enable or disable Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA); then press Enter.

  5. The system informs you that Cloud-Based Analytics is enabled, and asks you if you want to disable it; type y, then press Enter.

    The system then lets you know that Cloud-Based Analytics is disabled.