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Data Insight uses an agent to collect access events from the Windows File Server. The agent resides on the file server. Before you can configure a Windows File Server, you must install the Data Insight agent on the filer. The Data Insight agent consists of a filter driver that monitors the file system and records events that are relevant for Data Insight. It also consists of the Data InsightWinNAS service, which receives the event information from the filter driver and transfers it to the collector node that is configured for that filer.
If you do not want Data Insight to access events for a Windows File Server, it is possible to configure Windows File Server without an agent. In this case Data Insight scans shares of the filer from the Collector.
You can choose to install the agent on the Windows File Server automatically when adding the filer, or manually. Before you can install the agent automatically, ensure that the communication service port 8383 on the Collector node is accessible from the Windows File Server.
For detailed information about installing the agent manually, see the Symantec Data Insight Installation Guide.
You can either add a Windows File Server to Data Insight through the Management Console, or if you want to add multiple filers together, you can use the installcli.exe utility. The installcli.exe utility uses a .csv file with the following details as input:
The host name or IP address of the Windows File Servers that you want Data Insight to monitor.
The host name, IP address, or ID of the Collector node that is configured to scan the filer.
The host name, IP address, or ID of the Indexer node that is configured for the filer.
The credentials that Data Insight should use to install the agent on the Windows File Server. The credential should be in the format user@domain. installcli.exe also accepts LocalSystem credentials as value _LOCAL_. The same credentials must be added to Data Insight as a saved credential previously.
True or false value indicating if the filer is clustered.
The IP addresses of the agents. Separate multiple IP addresses with a semi-colon. If you do not want to use an agent to monitor the filer, indicate this with a hyphen (-).
The credentials required to scan the filer. The credential should be in the format user@domain. The same credentials should be added to Data Insight as a saved credential previously.
True or false value indicating whether the scan should be enabled according to the specified schedule.
In case of a Windows File Server agent upgrade, RP or Full value indicating the type of upgrade you want to perform. This parameter is optional.
Optionally, the name of the installer. If the name of the installer is not specified, an appropriate installer is picked from installers folder on the Collector.
True or false value indicating whether event monitoring should be enabled. For example, winnas.company.com,collector.company.com,indexer.company.com,Administrator@DOMAIN,FALSE,winnas.company.com,Administrator@DOMAIN,TRUE,TRUE,RP,Symantec_DataInsight_windows_winnas_4_0_0_3002_x64.exe
See Credentials required for configuring Windows File Servers.
To add multiple Windows File Servers
INSTALL_DIR\bin directory, where install_dir\bin is the installation path for Symantec Data Insight. installcli -w <Path to .csv file with Windows File Server specifications>
For detailed information on installcli.exe, see the Command File Reference.
You can also add a clustered Windows File Server to Data Insight. Data Insight supports only a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) configuration.
In this release, the following limitations exists for Windows File Servers:
See Configuring a DFS target . for details about configuring a DFS target.
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