What's new in Data Collector

Stay up to date with the new features that are available in IBM Data Collector.

1.8.6

Added Ubuntu OS support
Download your Data Collector instance on Ubuntu 22.04 or later. For more information, see Installing or upgrading Data Collector on Ubuntu Linux®.

1.8.4

Fixed issues that caused service disruption

Issues with Java™ and RHEL 9.2 that caused security interruptions were fixed. If you have further issues, contact IBM® Support.

Enhanced status updates

See detailed status updates for your Data Collector instances. On the Data Collector page, view different statuses by clicking the specific Data Collector instance. On the Ingestion data sources page, view the status data collection for the connector configuration that is assigned to the Data Collector.

Tip: Not all connectors support the detailed status view for Data Collector.

Added backup and restore scripts

Use these scripts to backup and restore your Data Collector configuration.

To back up your configuration, run the /opt/ibm/si/services/dlc/current/script/configBackup.sh script.

To restore your configuration, run the /opt/ibm/si/services/dlc/current/script/configRestore.sh script.