> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management.md). # Data management - [Broker VM](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm.md): Deploy and manage Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM data collectors. - [What is the Broker VM?](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/what-is-the-broker-vm.md): Learn how Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM collects and forwards data. - [Set up and configure Broker VM](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm.md): Install and configure a Broker VM to collect data for Cortex Cloud Posture Management. - [Broker VM image installations](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations.md): Install Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on supported cloud and virtual platforms. - [Set up Broker VM on Alibaba Cloud](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-alibaba-cloud.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Alibaba Cloud for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on Amazon Web Services](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-amazon-web-services.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Amazon Web Services for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-google-cloud-platform-gcp.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Google Cloud Platform for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on KVM using Ubuntu](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-kvm-using-ubuntu.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on KVM with Ubuntu for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on Microsoft Azure](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-microsoft-azure.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Microsoft Azure for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on Microsoft Hyper-V](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-microsoft-hyper-v.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Microsoft Hyper-V for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on Nutanix Hypervisor](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-nutanix-hypervisor.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on Nutanix Hypervisor for data collection. - [Set up Broker VM on VMware ESXi using vSphere Client](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-image-installations/set-up-broker-vm-on-vmware-esxi-using-vsphere-client.md): Deploy Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM on VMware ESXi for data collection. - [Broker VM data collector applets](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/set-up-and-configure-broker-vm/broker-vm-data-collector-applets.md): Configure Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM data collector applets for supported data sources. - [Manage Broker VM](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm.md): Manage Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM configuration, monitoring, upgrades, and clustering. - [Edit Broker VM Configuration](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/edit-broker-vm-configuration.md): Update the configuration of an existing Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM. - [Increase Broker VM storage allocated for data caching](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/increase-broker-vm-storage-allocated-for-data-caching.md): Increase Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM storage for cached data. - [Monitor Broker VM using Prometheus](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/monitor-broker-vm-using-prometheus.md): Monitor Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM metrics with Prometheus. - [Collect Broker VM Logs](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/collect-broker-vm-logs.md): Collect logs from Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM for troubleshooting. - [Upgrade Broker VM](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/upgrade-broker-vm.md): Upgrade Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM to a supported release. - [Update Broker VM applets independently](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/update-broker-vm-applets-independently.md): Update Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM data collector applets without upgrading the VM. - [Import Broker VM Configuration](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/import-broker-vm-configuration.md): Import a saved Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM configuration. - [Open Live Terminal](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/open-live-terminal.md): Open a live terminal session on Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM. - [Add Broker VM to cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/add-broker-vm-to-cluster.md): Add a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM node to a high availability cluster. - [Switchover Primary Node in Cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/switchover-primary-node-in-cluster.md): Switch the primary node in a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM cluster. - [Remove from Cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm/remove-from-cluster.md): Remove a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM node from its cluster. - [Manage Broker VM data collector applets](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/manage-broker-vm-data-collector-applets.md): Manage applets installed on Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM. - [Broker VM High Availability Cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster.md): Configure Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM clusters for high availability. - [Configure High Availability Cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/configure-high-availability-cluster.md): Configure a high availability cluster for Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM. - [Manage Broker VM clusters](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters.md): View and manage Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM high availability clusters. - [View cluster details](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters/view-cluster-details.md): View configuration and status details for a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM cluster. - [Edit cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters/edit-cluster.md): Update the configuration of a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM cluster. - [Add applet to cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters/add-applet-to-cluster.md): Add a data collector applet to a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM cluster. - [Add Broker VM to cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters/add-broker-vm-to-cluster.md): Add a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM node to an existing cluster. - [Remove cluster](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-high-availability-cluster/manage-broker-vm-clusters/remove-cluster.md): Remove a Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM high availability cluster. - [Broker VM notifications](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/broker-vm-notifications.md): Configure and manage Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM notifications. - [Monitor Broker VM activity](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/monitor-broker-vm-activity.md): Monitor Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM activity and operational status. - [Troubleshoot Broker VM applet errors](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/broker-vm/troubleshoot-broker-vm-applet-errors.md): Diagnose and resolve Cortex Cloud Posture Management Broker VM data collector applet errors. - [Dataset management](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management.md): Learn more about managing your datasets and understanding your overall data storage, period-based retention. - [What are datasets?](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/what-are-datasets.md): Learn how to import, delete, and interact with custom or third-party datasets in Cortex Cloud. - [Lookup datasets](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/lookup-datasets.md): Learn more about lookup datasets to correlate data from a data source with events in your environment. - [Import a lookup dataset](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/lookup-datasets/import-a-lookup-dataset.md): Import a lookup dataset into Cortex Cloud Posture Management. - [Download JSON file of lookup dataset](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/lookup-datasets/download-json-file-of-lookup-dataset.md): Download a lookup dataset as a JSON file from Cortex Cloud Posture Management. - [Set time to live for lookup datasets](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/lookup-datasets/set-time-to-live-for-lookup-datasets.md): Set lookup dataset time-to-live in Cortex Cloud Posture Management. - [Monitor datasets and dataset views activity](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/dataset-management/monitor-datasets-and-dataset-views-activity.md): Learn more about the monitored Cortex Cloud datasets and dataset views activities. - [Manage compute units](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/manage-compute-units.md): Learn more about managing and tracking your compute units usage for API and Cold Storage XQL queries. - [Compute units usage](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/data-management/manage-compute-units/compute-units-usage.md): Learn more about how to compute units (CU) works in Cortex Cloud Posture Management according to your license and available options after reaching your quota. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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