Managing saved credentials

You can add saved credentials to Data Insight, view details of the configured credentials and delete one or more saved credentials on the Saved Credentials details page.

You can add new credentials to the credential store. These credentials can later be referenced with the credential name.

To add a saved credential

  1. In the Management Console, click Settings > Saved Credentials, and click Create Saved Credentials.
  2. Enter the following information:

    Saved Credential Name

    Enter your name for this stored credential.

    The credential name must be unique within the credential store. The name is used only to identify the credential.

    Access Username

    Enter the user name for authentication.

    Access Password

    Enter the password for authentication.

    Confirm Password

    Re-enter the password.

    Domain

    Enter the name of the domain to which the user belongs.

  3. Click Save.
  4. You can later edit or delete credentials from the credential store.

You can delete or edit a saved credential.

To delete a saved credential

  1. In the Management Console, click Settings > Saved Credentials.
  2. Locate the name of the stored credential that you want to remove.
  3. Click the Delete to the right of the name.

    A credential can be deleted only if it is not currently used for filers, shares, Active Directory, Fpolicy service, EMC Celerra service, permission remediation scripts, custom action scripts, Enterprise Vault server, and as Data Insight server credentials..

To edit a saved credential

  1. Locate the name of the saved credential that you want to edit.
  2. Click the Edit to the right of the name.
  3. Update the user name or password.
  4. If you change the password for a given credential, the new password is used for all subsequent scans that use that credential.
  5. Click Save.

For the purpose of access control, only a user assigned the role of Server Administrator can add, edit, and view all saved credentials. A user assigned the Product Administrator role can add new saved credentials, but can only view and edit those credentials which the user has created.