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OnCommand Insight

EMC Data Domain data source

Contributors

This data source collects storage and configuration information from EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems. To add the data source, you must use specific configuration instructions and commands and be aware of data source requirements and usage recommendations.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the EMC Data Domain data source. For each asset type acquired by Insight, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data source, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term

Insight Term

Disk

Disk

Array

Storage

Port

Port

Filesys

Internal Volume

Mtree

QTree

Quota

Quota

NFS and CIFS share

FileShare

Note

These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data source.

Requirements

  • IP address of the Data Domain device

  • Read-only user name and password to the Data Domain storage

  • SSH port 22

Configuration

Field

Description

IP address

The IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the Data Domain storage array

User name

The user name for the Data Domain storage array

Password

The password for the Data Domain storage array

Advanced configuration

Field

Description

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls (default 20 minutes)

SSH Process Wait Timeout (sec)

SSH process timeout (default 180 seconds)

SSH Port

SSH service port