When collecting sample data from a RESTful API, each instance of data often requires a separate request. Therefore, Syncsort™ Capacity Management needs to be provided with a list of Instances from which to collect data. Syncsort™ Capacity Management has two different ways in which you can specify the Instances.
List Specific Instances – this is used if you have a list of instances that is unlikely to change.
Automatically collect the List of Instances from the RESTful API – this is used if the list of instances changes regular (e.g., a list of machines running within Azure or AWS).
To collect from a static list of instances you only need a Data Collector Template.
To automatically collect the list of instances to collect data from you need an Instance Collector Template as well as a Data Collector Template.