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

Name

mxcustodian — A script that is used to automatically assign custodians on various paths and to generate a comma separated values (csv) file with information about data custodian assignments. The .csv files, mxcustodian_assign.csv and mxcustodian_error.csv are saved in the current directory.

SYNOPSIS

mxcustodian.exe  -  - paths <pathsfile>  -  - ownermethod <comma-separated-list>
|default  

mxcustodian.exe  -  - paths <pathsfile>  -  - groupscript <script> 
 -  - attr <attrname>
mxcustodian.exe  -  - csv <csv-filepath>  -  - verify
 [ -  - custodian <user@domain>|<SID>] 

mxcustodian.exe  -  - csv <csv-filepath>  -  - assign [ - f] [ -  - overwrite]   

mxcustodian.exe  -  - csv <csv-filepath> custodian 
<user@domain>|<SID>  -  - assign [ - f] [ -  - overwrite]

OPTIONS

- - csv<name of input file>

A file with comma-separated values - path, custodian. The values are provided in the format, one path per line. The given custodians are assigned to their corresponding path.

- - assign

Assigns custodians given in the input csv file.

- - custodian <name of custodian>

A user@domain or SID value to be assigned as custodian to all input paths. Input paths must be specified using - - csv option where the file provided contains one path per line.

- - paths <input file>

Input file with paths, one path per line. Depending on the method used, the computed custodians for the paths will be printed to the output file, assignments.txt.

- - overwrite

Overwrites existing custodian assignments with the assignments provided in the input csv file (using - - csv option). By default, Data Insight appends the custodian assignments in the input file to the existing assignments.

- g - - groupscript

Invokes the script for each path <name of path> in the input file given by the --csv option. The script is passed one path per invocation and prints to its standard output a group, <name of group>, corresponding to that path. If the script exits with 0, denoting success, the output group is used. If the script exits with a non-zero value, the path is discarded. The next input path is picked up if --force option is used; else this script aborts further execution

Note:

When using the "--groupscript" option, you must keep the actual script in the folder data/scripts/mxcustodian/. When specifying the parameter for the --groupscript option on the command line, you must specify the fully-qualified path to the script.

Once a group for a path is obtained, the script does the following in the given order:

  • Queries the directory service to get the value for the attribute for the group. The attribute can be specified using the --attr option.

  • Generates a file containing the path and attribute entries, one entry per line.

- f - - force

Ignores paths that do not have a corresponding custodian specified in the input csv file, and assigns custodians for other valid paths. This option also prints all error paths in the log file.

- a - - attr <name of attribute>

Attribute whose value specifies the custodian for a given path. Use this option with the - - groupscript option.

- - ownermethod default|<one or more comma-separated list of methods>

The supported methods of computing an owner in their default order (if a default order is specified) are rw_count, read_count, write_count, creator, last_accessor, last_modifier OR 'parent_owner,<M>' where M is the default or any number of comma-separated methods.

- - ownermethods are calculated based on the last 3 months data/time range.

- - verify

Verifies and validates input paths and custodians provided using - - csv option. This command does not make any custodian assignments.

- - outfile<name of the file>

Name of the file where the results of successful custodian computation, verification, or assignments is stored. If the file name is not specified, the results go to the standard output of the command.

- - errfile name of the file

Name of the file where the errors in custodian computation, verification, or assignments is stored. If the file name is not specified, the results go to the standard error output of the command.

- f - - ignore_errors

Ignores paths that do not have a custodian in the input csv file and assigns the custodians for other valid paths. Prints all such error paths in the log file.

- D - - debug

Prints additional debug statements in the log file.

- h - - help

Prints the usage information for this command.