Veritas Data Insight User's Guide

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Product(s): Data Insight (6.1.2)
  1. Section I. Introduction
    1. Introducing Veritas Data Insight
      1.  
        About Veritas Data Insight
      2.  
        About data custodian
      3.  
        About permissions
      4.  
        About SharePoint permissions
      5.  
        About Box permissions
      6.  
        About audit logs
      7.  
        About migrated domains
      8.  
        Applications for Symantec Data Loss Prevention
      9.  
        Content classification using Veritas Information Classifier
    2. Using the Veritas Data Insight Management Console
      1. About the Veritas Data Insight Management Console
        1.  
          Header
        2.  
          Tabs
        3.  
          Navigation pane
        4.  
          Content pane
      2.  
        Operation icons on the Management Console
      3.  
        Logging in to the Data Insight Management Console
      4.  
        Logging out of the Data Insight Management Console
      5.  
        Accessing online Help
  2. Section II. Data Insight Workspace
    1. Navigating the Workspace tab
      1.  
        About the Data Insight Workspace
      2.  
        Using the Workspace filters
      3.  
        Managing the Workspace
      4.  
        Searching the storage device hierarchy
      5.  
        Searching for users and user groups
    2. Analyzing data using the Workspace views
      1.  
        About information risk
      2.  
        Viewing summary of data sources
      3. Viewing shares summary
        1.  
          About control points
      4.  
        About the risk score for users
      5. About the Risk Dossier
        1.  
          Assessing risky users - an example scenario
      6.  
        Viewing user summary
      7.  
        Viewing details of Watchlist users
      8.  
        Viewing details of alert notifications
    3. Viewing access information for files and folders
      1.  
        About viewing file or folder summary
      2.  
        Viewing the overview of a data source
      3.  
        Managing data custodian for paths
      4.  
        Viewing the summary of user activity on a file or folder
      5. Viewing user activity on files or folders
        1.  
          Assigning an inferred data owner as custodian
        2.  
          Assigning an active user as custodian
        3.  
          Assigning a custodian from the Permissions tab
      6.  
        Viewing file and folder activity
      7.  
        Viewing CIFS permissions on folders
      8.  
        Viewing NFS permissions on folders
      9.  
        Viewing SharePoint permissions for folders
      10.  
        Viewing Box permissions on folders
      11.  
        Viewing audit logs for files and folders
      12. About visualizing collaboration on a share
        1.  
          Analyzing activity on collaborative shares
    4. Viewing access information for users and user groups
      1.  
        Viewing the overview of a user
      2.  
        Viewing the overview of a group
      3.  
        Managing custodian assignments for users
      4.  
        Viewing folder activity by users
      5.  
        Viewing CIFS permissions for users
      6.  
        Viewing CIFS permissions for user groups
      7.  
        Viewing NFS permissions for users and user groups
      8.  
        Viewing SharePoint permissions for users and user groups
      9.  
        Viewing Box permissions for users and user groups
      10.  
        Viewing audit logs for users
  3. Section III. Data Insight reports
    1. Using Data Insight reports
      1.  
        About Data Insight reports
      2.  
        How Data Insight reporting works
      3.  
        Creating a report
      4. About Data Insight security reports
        1.  
          Activity Details report
        2. Permissions reports
          1.  
            Inactive Users
          2.  
            Path Permissions
          3. Permissions Search report
            1.  
              Create Permissions Search report
          4.  
            About Permissions Query templates
          5. Creating a Permissions Query Template
            1.  
              Using the match-type criteria
          6.  
            Creating custom rules
          7. Permissions Query Template actions
            1.  
              Editing or deleting a Permissions Query Template
            2.  
              Copying a Permissions Query Template
            3.  
              About sharing a Permissions Query Template
          8.  
            Using Permissions Search report output to remediate permissions
          9.  
            Entitlement Review
          10.  
            User/Group Permissions
          11.  
            Group Change Impact Analysis
        3. Ownership Reports
          1.  
            Data Custodian Summary
          2.  
            Inferred Owner
          3.  
            Data Inventory Report
      5.  
        Create/Edit security report options
      6.  
        Data Insight limitations for Box permissions
      7. About Data Insight storage reports
        1.  
          Activity Summary reports
        2. Capacity reports
          1.  
            Filer Utilization
          2.  
            Filer Growth Trend
        3. Data Lifecycle reports
          1.  
            Inactive Data by File Group
          2.  
            Inactive Data by Owner
          3.  
            Data Aging
          4.  
            Inactive Folders
        4. Consumption Reports
          1.  
            Potential Duplicate Files
          2.  
            Consumption by Folders
          3.  
            Consumption by Department
          4.  
            Consumption by File Group
          5.  
            Consumption by Owner
          6.  
            Consumption by File Group and Owner
      8.  
        Create/Edit storage report options
      9. About Data Insight custom reports
        1.  
          About DQL query templates
        2.  
          Creating custom templates for DQL queries
        3.  
          Create/Edit DQL report options
      10.  
        Considerations for importing paths using a CSV file
    2. Managing reports
      1.  
        About managing Data Insight reports
      2. Viewing reports
        1.  
          About stale information in reports
      3.  
        Filtering a report
      4.  
        Editing a report
      5.  
        About sharing reports
      6.  
        Copying a report
      7.  
        Running a report
      8.  
        Viewing the progress of a report
      9.  
        Customizing a report output
      10.  
        Configuring a report to generate a truncated output
      11.  
        Sending a report by email
      12.  
        Automatically archiving reports
      13.  
        Canceling a report run
      14.  
        Deleting a report
      15.  
        Considerations for viewing reports
      16.  
        Organizing reports using labels
  4. Section IV. Remediation
    1. Configuring remediation workflows
      1.  
        About remediation workflows
      2.  
        Prerequisites for configuring remediation workflows
      3.  
        Configuring Self-Service Portal settings
      4.  
        About workflow templates
      5. Managing workflow templates
        1.  
          Create/Edit Entitlement Review workflow template
        2.  
          Create/Edit DLP Incident Remediation workflow template
        3.  
          Create/Edit Ownership Confirmation workflow template
        4.  
          Create/Edit Records Classification workflow template
      6. Creating a workflow using a template
        1. Create Entitlement Review workflow options
          1.  
            Customizing Entitlement Review report output
        2.  
          Create DLP Incident Remediation workflow options
        3.  
          Create Ownership Confirmation workflow options
        4.  
          Create Records Classification workflow options
      7. Managing workflows
        1.  
          Viewing details of submitted workflows
        2.  
          Extending the deadline of a workflow
        3.  
          Copying a workflow
        4.  
          Managing submitted workflows
        5.  
          Canceling or deleting a workflow
      8.  
        Auditing workflow paths
      9.  
        Monitoring the progress of a workflow
      10.  
        Remediating workflow paths
    2. Using the Self-Service Portal
      1. About the Self-Service Portal
        1.  
          About Entitlement Review
      2.  
        Logging in to the Self-Service Portal
      3.  
        Using the Self-Service Portal to review user entitlements
      4.  
        Using the Self-Service Portal to manage Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incidents
      5.  
        Using the Self-Service Portal to confirm ownership of resources
      6.  
        Using the Self-Service Portal to classify sensitive data
    3. Managing data
      1. About managing data using Enterprise Vault and custom scripts
        1.  
          About Retention categories
        2.  
          About post-processing actions
      2.  
        Managing data from the Shares list view
      3.  
        Managing inactive data from the Folder Activity tab
      4.  
        Managing inactive data by using a report
      5.  
        Archiving workflow paths using Enterprise Vault
      6.  
        Using custom scripts to manage data
      7.  
        Pushing classification tags while archiving files into Enterprise Vault
      8. About adding tags to files, folders, and shares
        1.  
          Using the metadata framework for classification and remediation
    4. Managing permissions
      1.  
        About permission visibility
      2.  
        About recommending permission changes
      3. About recommending permissions changes for inactive users
        1.  
          Reviewing permission recommendations
        2.  
          Analyzing permission recommendations and applying changes
      4.  
        Making permission changes directly from Workspace
      5.  
        Removing permissions for Entitlement Review workflow paths
  5. Appendix A. Command Line Reference
    1.  
      mxcustodian

Consumption Reports

Use the Consumption reports to view and export details of how storage on file servers is allocated and is being used. You can create these reports for all configured data repositories or for selected file servers, shares, SharePoint web applications, or SharePoint site collections.

The Consumption reports help you identify the user accounts or departments that are placing the most burden on your storage resources. You can also use the information in the report to assign departmental charge back.

Each report contains a summary table. For each user or department, you can drill down the summary table to display statistics for the following parameters:

  • The total space occupied by files created by the user.

  • The total files created by the user.

  • The name of the business unit to which the user belongs.

  • The owner of the business unit.

Note the following about the information captured by the Consumption reports:

  • Data Insight computes the number of records as the top N files based on the file size for every data owner or for every device path in the report input.

    For example, during report configuration the input path is one share, \\<Filer 1>\<Share 1> and the Number of records = 5.

    In this case the report computes the owner of each file on the share, and lists the top 5 files based on size for every data owner.

    Let us say Share 1 has total 30 files, such that 10 files are owned by UserA, 10 by UserB and 10 by UserC. In this case, the report displays 15 files. (The top 5 files based on size owned by UserA, UserB, and UserC.

    For example, during report configuration the input path, \\<Filer 1>\<Share 1>, \\<Filer 1>\<Share 2>, and the Number of records = 10.

    Let us say Share 1 has total 20 files, such that 10 files are owned by UserA and 10 by UserB.

    Share 2 has total 20 files, 10 files owned by UserA and 10 files by UserC. In this case, the report displays the following output:. (The top 5 files based on size owned by UserA, UserB, and UserC for every share.

    • UserA: Top 10 files (files from Share 1+ files from Share 2 based on size)

    • UserB: Top 10 files ( from Share 1)

    • UserC: Top 10 files (from Share 2)

  • The report does not return deleted files and files with size 0KB in the output.

  • For SharePoint file path, size on disk is not applicable; report will always return size on disk as zero.