Stopping and starting the data collector service

You can stop the data collector service at any time. If you stop the service, it remains stopped until you start it again.

About this task

When you stop the service, metadata is no longer collected by the associated data collector. If you installed multiple data collectors, the data collectors that were not stopped continue to collect metadata. Metadata that is collected before the service is stopped is maintained in IBM® Storage Insights Pro.
Important: On Windows operating systems, you must have Administrator rights to stop or start the data collector service. On AIX® or Linux® operating systems, you must have root privileges to stop or start the data collector service.

Procedure

Complete these steps for each data collector that you want to stop or start:

  1. Log on to the server on which the data collector service is installed.
  2. Open a command window or shell and go to the data collector directory.

    The default name of the directory is DataCollector_windows on Windows operating systems, DataCollector_aix on AIX operating systems, and DataCollector_linux_ix86 on Linux operating systems.

  3. Choose one of the following options to stop or start the data collector service:
    Operating system Options
    Windows
    • From the desktop:
      1. Click the Start menu, type services.msc, and press Enter.
      2. On the Services page, right-click the service name that begins with IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights data collector and select Stop or Start.
      3. (Optional) Tip: You can also restart a data collector that is already running. To restart, right-click the service name of the data collector and select Restart.

      OR

    • From a command prompt:
      1. Click the Start menu and type cmd to open a command prompt.
      2. Go to the data collector directory. The default directory for Windows is DataCollector_windows.
      3. To start the data collector, type dataCollector.bat start and press Enter. To stop the data collector, type dataCollector.bat stop and press Enter.
    AIX or Linux
    • To start the data collector, type dataCollector.sh start and press Enter.
    • To stop the data collector, type dataCollector.sh stop and press Enter.
    • Tip: To restart a data collector that is already running, type dataCollector.sh stop and press Enter. Then, type dataCollector.sh start and press Enter.