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What is the Portable Collector?

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What is the Portable Collector?

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The Portable Collector is a feature in the IBM Support Assistant Workbench that allows you to export the data collection functionality into a small archive consisting of a Java application. This jar/zip file can then be transferred to a remote system where the data collection can then be performed.The portable collector is useful when a user cannot install the IBM Support Assistant Workbench or Agent on a target system due to any restriction, but the user would still like to run the data collection scripts in the Support Assistant. In such a case, the portable collector allows a manual process of gathering data and creating the collector file which can then be used for problem determination and analysis activities.For more information on the Portable Collector, refer to the documentation within the IBM Support Assistant Workbench Help content.