Veritas Data Insight Release Notes

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Product(s): Data Insight (6.3)
Platform: Windows
  1. Overview of this release
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Insight
    2.  
      System Requirements
    3. What's new in Veritas Data Insight
      1.  
        In 6.3
      2.  
        In 6.2
      3.  
        In 6.1.6
      4.  
        In 6.1.5
      5.  
        In 6.1.4
      6.  
        In 6.1.1
      7.  
        In 6.1
  2. Software limitations
    1.  
      Tags
    2.  
      Scanner limitations
    3.  
      Windows File Server support
    4.  
      Report configuration limitation in Path Permission reports
    5.  
      Known limitations for NetApp Cluster-Mode support
  3. Known issues
    1.  
      Amazon S3
    2.  
      Azure AD
    3.  
      Keystore
    4.  
      OneDrive
    5.  
      Workflow
    6.  
      Reports
    7. Console display issues
      1.  
        Permissions are not supported for certain data source
      2.  
        [CMIS] Incorrect data gets displayed for CMIS device
      3.  
        Broken permission inheritance icon is displayed for Documentum path
      4.  
        Data Insight captures audit events only for document library and its child paths
      5.  
        Incorrect scan status is displayed for Documentum paths
      6.  
        Documentum paths with same names are not considered as different paths
      7.  
        Permissions are not supported for certain data source
      8.  
        Some data sources do not honor the settings configured under Settings > Scanning and Event monitoring
      9.  
        Security event not monitored for certain devices
      10.  
        Certain paths cannot be uploaded using CSV file
      11.  
        Audit events are not collected for site collections containing UTF-8 characters
      12.  
        I18N characters in site collections are not supported
      13.  
        Incorrect information in report outputs and Workspace tab about Documentum paths
      14.  
        The Scan History tab does not display throughput for certain data sources
      15.  
        Audit events for OneDrive and SharePoint Online data sources take longer to get displayed on the Console
      16.  
        The Go-to bar does not return search results for Documentum paths
      17.  
        Multi-byte characters not supported
      18.  
        Toolbar error
      19.  
        Incorrect status of folder displayed
      20.  
        Incorrect information in Inactive Directories report
      21.  
        Unwanted access events displayed
      22.  
        Data Insight cannot capture the IP addresses for events on certain platforms
      23.  
        Inconsistency between permissions view of Windows and Data Insight
      24.  
        Error fetching data displayed
      25.  
        Error in inactive users information
      26.  
        SharePoint create event displayed incorrectly
      27.  
        Custom attribute widget issue
      28.  
        Incorrect disk space computation displayed on Workspace tab for NFS shares
      29.  
        Share or site collections on disabled filers or Web applications are displayed in charts
      30.  
        Error displayed while adding a VxFS filer
      31.  
        Scan status incorrectly displayed on scanning dashboard
      32.  
        Incorrect icon displayed in the reports wizard
      33.  
        Newly added Enterprise Vault servers are not displayed in the Filer Mapping page
      34.  
        Dashboard report fails, if filers and domains are not configured in Data Insight
      35.  
        Social Network Map fails to render for the shares that have large number of active users
      36.  
        Mismatch between permission entries displayed in Windows interface and Data Insight console
      37.  
        Incorrect file size may be displayed for archived files in an EMC Celerra file server
      38.  
        EVFolderPoint.xml file may be displayed in the Workspace
      39.  
        Incorrect recommendation count displayed
      40.  
        Permission recommendations for renamed folders may not be accurate
      41.  
        Broken membership in case of local groups leads to misleading permissions
      42.  
        Some filers are not auto-mapped for wrongly configured Enterprise Vault servers
      43.  
        Exception is displayed while trying to archive a batch of file using the Enterprise Vault
      44. Domain filter does not work as expected in some cases
        1.  
          Workaround
      45.  
        DFS share mapping and its configuration is not removed when the corresponding physical share is deleted
      46.  
        In Data Inventory reports, the DLP policy names are not displayed against the files
      47.  
        Pipe character in share name not supported
      48.  
        Display name for users appears blank
      49.  
        Enabling or disabling of audits for site collections may take longer time
      50.  
        Data Inventory Reports may produce incorrect output in certain cases
      51.  
        Sorting by paths or custodians does not work in the Ownership Confirmation workflow creation wizard
      52.  
        A workflow that is in submitted state cannot be canceled.
      53.  
        The count of resources to which a custodian is assigned is displayed incorrectly.
      54.  
        Custodian assignment may take a long time to complete.
      55.  
        Permission remediation emails may display incorrect values for some variables
      56.  
        The sort functionality does not work for NFS paths in the Self-Service portal.
      57.  
        SID History displayed as parent group
      58.  
        Ownership Confirmation workflow does not work for certain NFS paths
      59.  
        Attempt to add/upgrade license results in showing success message regardless of validity of the license file
      60.  
        Error message may appear while applying recommendations
      61.  
        For Box type source, navigation back from a shared folder may fail
      62.  
        Search for well-known SIDs may yield partial results
      63.  
        DLP policy filter displays some obsolete policies
      64.  
        Some user attributes may be unavailable as filters in User Risk dashboard
      65.  
        Exact string may fail to display desired suggestion in go-to bar
      66.  
        Low screen resolution clips Pagination bar, columns
      67.  
        Exclusion rules for SharePoint paths are case-sensitive
      68.  
        Default landing page for Storage Administrator role is incorrect
      69.  
        Results of a filter remain persistent in Directory Services view
      70.  
        Workspace may incorrectly indicate Box devices as inactive
      71.  
        You may not be able to search for activity by users with I18N characters
      72.  
        Permissions Search Report fails if attribute filters include I18N characters
      73.  
        Navigating across tabs resets filters in Workspace
      74.  
        Permission search report does not display nested DFS paths
      75.  
        Forward slash appears in Access details paths report for Box devices
      76.  
        Server notifications may reflect incorrect file count
      77.  
        Remove Permissions panel in Permissions Search report may not display list of paths and trustees
      78.  
        User Risk Dashboard does not display analytics attributes after upgrade
      79.  
        Inclusion/Exclusion attribute queries do not work for Group custom attributes
      80.  
        Unable to search for activity by users with Chinese characters
      81.  
        When using a CSV file to upload paths to reports, a red cross appears for the paths
      82.  
        Data Insight implicitly adds the groupType Active Directory attribute
      83.  
        SharePoint paths filtered as a part of Scanner exclude rule are marked as deleted and not displayed on UI
      84.  
        Active user count for Ownership Confirmation workflows not displayed on Portal UI
      85.  
        Sometimes the sensitive file and other columns do not display the correct count
      86.  
        Reports cannot be searched using comma separated labels
      87.  
        The classification status of certain paths invariably appears to be in in-progress state
      88.  
        Paths with special characters cannot be classified
      89.  
        An error is reported during content scan of Box
      90.  
        Files and folders do not inherit the Custodian assignment
      91.  
        LIF associated with a share is not considered on upgrading Data Insight
      92.  
        Discrepancy in the count of paths that failed classification
    8. Other Issues
      1.  
        Isilon NFS
      2.  
        NFS Scan
      3.  
        Netapp and Fpolicy
      4.  
        Effective permission data
      5.  
        Office 365 and Box
      6.  
        Veritas Information Classifier (VIC) tags
      7.  
        Cloud storage license details
      8.  
        Localization
      9.  
        Scan History
      10.  
        OneDrive proxy server settings
      11.  
        SharePoint Online
      12.  
        NFS user mapping
      13.  
        Delete action
      14.  
        Audit Logs
      15.  
        Watchlist configuration
      16.  
        Box and OneDrive
      17.  
        winnas installation
      18.  
        Group permission
      19.  
        SharePoint
      20.  
        SID not getting resolved for NetApp Cmode filer
      21.  
        Generic Device Discovery
      22.  
        Entitlement Review reports for OneDrive devices
      23.  
        Data Insight scans Shares using unexpected SmartConnect Zone
      24.  
        [Box] Classification request remains in the 'in-progress' state if a file download fails
      25.  
        Excel Services Viewers group is displayed as an account level group in Sharepoint Online
      26.  
        License uploading results in an empty file named "upload"
      27.  
        Tesseract needs to be uninstalled manually upon Data Insight uninstallation
      28.  
        Inaccurate Entitlement Review report output for SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-prem devices
      29.  
        Group Change Impact Analysis report does not work for SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-prem devices
      30.  
        Collector process became unresponsive on rare instances
      31.  
        Scanner infinitely scans circular symlinks
      32.  
        Capacity Reports are generated for all filers irrespective of RBAC configuration
      33.  
        Error in displaying selected result entry
      34.  
        Vfilers wrongly capture open events on folder paths as events on file paths
      35.  
        Deletion of a Collector node fails even after disassociating all filers
      36.  
        User with Product Administrator role unable to edit share
      37.  
        Unable to restore tabs
      38.  
        Scan resync does not work for certain scenarios
      39.  
        Security event not monitored
      40.  
        Create event not captured
      41.  
        Container and directory service name limitation
      42.  
        Special characters in NFS paths cause NFS scanner to fail
      43.  
        Incorrect default schedule displayed
      44.  
        Error in deleting report output
      45.  
        Port number for LDAP directory server required
      46.  
        Exclamation mark in user name not supported
      47.  
        A security event does not change last modified by value for a destination folder
      48.  
        The job scheduling settings require modification
      49.  
        The scan history graph does not display the data as expected
      50.  
        Limited support in the Entitlement Review report
      51.  
        Issue with launching installer from mapped drive
      52.  
        Issue with same NFS export and CIFS share name
      53.  
        The scanned shares and the total scan count does not match
      54.  
        Access Summary for Paths report displays all active users of a share
      55.  
        Limited support for claims-based authenticated Web applications for SharePoint
      56.  
        Inactive users view and report does not consider share-level permissions
      57.  
        Attempt to archive a file using the Enterprise Vault fails
      58.  
        Group Change Analysis report does not report loss of access if users part of built-in groups
      59.  
        Filer Mapping page does not reflect the changes in the settings for the Enterprise Vault servers
      60.  
        Generic device issue
      61.  
        Connection to the Enterprise Vault server fails if host name is used
      62.  
        Stop DataInsightFPolicy service before shutting down a Collector node
      63.  
        Data Insight cannot retrieve retention categories with certain characters
      64.  
        Issue with assigning NIS and LDAP users as custodians
      65.  
        Disabled icon not displayed
      66.  
        Issue with computing custodian for root site collection
      67.  
        Size of parent folder is not updated
      68.  
        Issue with pagination on Audit Logs view
      69.  
        Issue with LHS filter
      70.  
        mxcustodian.exe is slow in case of large number of paths
      71.  
        Certain reports do not honor the global data owner policy
      72.  
        Incorrect information displayed for migrated user
      73.  
        Issue with workflow creation if services on Indexer are down
      74.  
      75.  
        Query with I18N characters may fail to generate Permissions Search Report
      76.  
        Paths having double quotes are not added when using CSV method
      77.  
        Issue with report output on file group selection when configuring reports
  4. Fixed issues
    1.  
      Fixed issues in 6.3
    2.  
      Fixed issues in 6.2
    3.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1.6
    4.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1.4
    5.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1.3
    6.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1.2
    7.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1.1
    8.  
      Fixed issues in 6.1
  5. Appendix A. Documentation errata
    1.  
      Inaccessible documentation topics from the in-product Help
    2.  
      Errata for the Data Insight Admin Guide
  6. Appendix B. Getting help
    1.  
      Using the product documentation
    2.  
      Data Insight Support

In 6.3

The following features, enhancements, or changes are now available in Data Insight 6.3.

Cloud workloads: Amazon S3

This release delivers integration with Amazon S3, extending file visibility, classification, and compliance for market-leading cloud object storage.

Windows Resilient File System Auditing

User Activity monitoring support for Windows Resilient File System

EMC Isilon / PowerScale NFS Auditing

User Activity monitoring support for NFS exports on Dell EMC Isilon / PowerScale storage systems

Azure AD Support

This release introduces support for Microsoft 365's Azure AD

Microsoft 365 - Data exposure via links or to external or guest users

This release introduces enhanced permissions reporting for Microsoft 365 sites and folders shared with guests or external users

Visualize extended file metadata including MIP (Microsoft Information Protection) labels

This release introduces mechanism to understand extended attributes and MIP labels for documents stored on-prem and this information can be associated with automatic content classification to provide further insights into user mis-classification. (This expands the support that was added in 6.2 for OneDrive and SharePoint Online where MS sensitivity and retention labels were visualized)

AWS Deployment option

Data Insight 6.3 introduces deployment support in AWS virtual machines extending flexible deployment configurations

Updated Ransomware File Group and Report Templates

With Data Insight 6.3, the ransomware extension-based file group has been updated and DI can now report on more than 3200 known extensions for ransomware impacted documents. Additionally, new custom report templates have been added to find potential ransomware infected files and files that were renamed to extensions in ransomware file group.

SAML support for enabling Single Sign On (SSO)

Data Insight supports Single Sign On (SSO) for a standard unified login. User authentication is performed through an external Identity Provider (IDP), allowing for an increased level of security for user passwords and identity details.

SSL support for Netapp FPolicy

This release support secure connection to Netapp Fpolicy for activity monitoring.

Improved User Risk configuration and customization

This release provides customization options for User Risk configuration and User Exclusions.

Improved Classification Operations

This release improves classification operations like resubmitting failed classification requests in UI, better resilience of classification service when big classification requests are sent.

Improved Symantec DLP integration

This release improves integration with Symantec DLP by leveraging REST APIs for data ingestion instead of old SOAP based APIs. Also, the DLP incident remediation workflow provided improved automation for certain customers.

Symantec DLP 15.8 MP1

Integration certification with latest DLP version.

EV 14.2

Integration certification with latest EV version

Veritas Information Classifier (VIC)

New classification policies are introduced in every Data Insight release expanding the compliance and privacy use-cases to newer markets. This release brings in following new policies for automatic content classification for supported workloads.

Following VIC policies have been added:

Transparent (editable) policies

This policy category will help users to get visibility into policy logic. This helps them granularly modify, add, or remove classification criteria within a transparent policy by simply creating a copy and then editing the copy. Introduction of six new transparent policies as follows:

  • Customer Complaints

  • High Risk Securities - Large CAP

  • High Risk Securities - Complete List

  • High Risk Securities - Mid CAP

  • High Risk Securities - Other

  • High Risk Securities - Small CAP

New Personal Data Policies

  • Saudi Arabia Personal Data Policy

  • Saudi Arabia Sensitive Data Policy

  • Egypt Personal Data Policy

  • Egypt Sensitive Data Policy

  • Kuwait Sensitive Data Policy

  • Kuwait Personal Data Policy

  • South Korea Personal Data Policy

  • South Korea Sensitive Data Policy

  • United States California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) Policy

New financial Policies

  • U.S. SEC Regulation Best Interest (RegBI) Policy

  • Swiss Financial Market Supervision Act (FINMASA) Policy

  • Material Nonpublic Information (V1), Money Laundering (V1)

  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Policy (V2)

  • Material Non-Public Information (MNPI) Policy (V2)

Language Detection Policies

New 33 language detection policies to detect a specific primary language.

New Healthcare Policies:

  • Swiss Financial Market Supervision Act (FINMASA) Policy

  • 12 Medical Diagnosis policies based on signs and/or symptoms for diseases:

    • Medical Diagnosis - Allergy Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Anemia Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Anxiety Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Appendicitis Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Bladder Infection Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Breast Cancer Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Diabetes Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Kidney Stone Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Menopause Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Mononucleosis Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Ovarian Cancer Policy

    • Medical Diagnosis - Stomach Ulcer Policy ( policy name change)

  • U.S. SEC Regulation Best Interest (RegBI) Policy

  • China Personal Data Policy now supports personal data as defined by China Personal Information Protection Law(PIPL)

Data Insight 6.3 now includes 1021 built-in patterns, 226 policies and personal data policies for 53 countries.

Changes in Veritas terminology

To modernize our terminology, Veritas has begun to replace certain outdated terms with more current terms.

Note:

As Veritas continues to update its terminology, the deprecated terms and the new terms may be used interchangeably.

In Data Insight 6.3, the following terms have been updated:

Deprecated term

New term

Master

Primary

Slave

Secondary

Whitelisted

Permitted

Blacklisted

Restricted

Note:

As per the changed terminology, Blacklist policy name has been changed to Real-time Restricted User-based Activity Policy and Whitelist policy name has been changed to Real-time Permitted User-based Activity Policy.

More from Data Insight 6.3

  • In earlier versions of Data Insight, there was a restriction of creating maximum 2 Custom Actions. From this release, there is no upper limit on the number of Custom Actions. Users can create any number of Custom Actions as per the requirement.

  • Data Insight will detect and list down all unresolved users under the unresolved_sids domain.