Arctera Insight Information Governance Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): Data Insight (7.2)
Platform: Windows
  1. Section I. Getting started
    1. Introduction to Arctera Insight Information Governance administration
      1. About Arctera Insight Information Governance administration
        1.  
          Operation icons on the Management Console
        2.  
          Information Governance administration tasks
    2. Configuring Information Governance global settings
      1.  
        About Information Governance licensing
      2.  
        SQLite WAL mode
      3.  
        Configuring SMTP server settings
      4. About scanning and event monitoring
        1. Configuring scanning and event monitoring
          1.  
            Considerations for running a parallel scan
      5.  
        Monitoring Indexer Node Storage Utilization
      6. About filtering certain accounts, IP addresses, and paths
        1.  
          About exclude rules for access events
        2.  
          About exclude rules for Scanner
        3. Adding exclude rules to Information Governance
          1.  
            Add/Edit Exclude rule for access events options
          2.  
            Add/Edit Exclude rule for Scanner options
      7. About archiving data
        1.  
          About purging data
        2.  
          Configuring data retention settings
        3.  
          Parameterized Purging of access data using Data Retention
        4.  
          Purging indexes by date/whitespace for deleted files
      8. About Information Governance integration with Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
        1.  
          About configuring Information Governance to integrate with Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
        2.  
          Configuring Data Loss Prevention settings
        3.  
          Importing SSL certificate from the DLP Enforce Server to Information Governance Management Server
        4.  
          About Data Loss Prevention (DLP) integration with Information Governance
      9.  
        Importing sensitive files information through CSV
      10. Configuring advanced analytics
        1.  
          Choosing custom attributes for advanced analytics
      11. About open shares
        1.  
          Configuring an open share policy
      12. About user risk score
        1.  
          User risk weight configuration
      13.  
        Configuring file groups
      14.  
        Configuring Workspace data owner policy
      15.  
        Configuring Management Console settings
      16. About bulk assignment of custodians
        1.  
          Assigning custodians in bulk using a CSV file
        2.  
          Assigning custodians based on data ownership
      17.  
        Configuring Watchlist settings
      18. Configuring Metadata Framework
        1.  
          Using the metadata framework for classification and remediation
      19.  
        Proof of concept
  2. Section II. Configuring Information Governance
    1. Configuring Information Governance product users
      1.  
        About Information Governance users and roles
      2.  
        Reviewing current users and privileges
      3. Adding a user
        1.  
          Add or edit Information Governance user options
      4.  
        Editing users
      5.  
        Deleting users
      6.  
        Configuring authorization for Data Loss Prevention users
      7.  
        Configuring single sign-on (SSO) using security assertion markup language (SAML)
      8.  
        Disabling single sign-on (SSO)
    2. Configuring Information Governance product servers
      1.  
        About Information Governance product servers
      2.  
        Adding a new Information Governance server
      3.  
        Managing Information Governance product servers
      4.  
        Viewing Information Governance server details
      5. About node templates
        1.  
          Managing node templates
        2.  
          Adding or editing node templates
      6.  
        Adding Portal role to a Information Governance server
      7.  
        Adding Classification Server role to a Information Governance server
      8.  
        Assigning Classification Server to a Collector
      9.  
        Associating a Classification Server pool to a Collector
      10.  
        Viewing in-progress scans
      11.  
        Configuring Information Governance services
      12.  
        Configuring advanced settings
      13.  
        Monitoring Information Governance jobs
      14.  
        Rotating the encryption keys
      15.  
        Viewing Information Governance server statistics
      16. About automated alerts for patches and upgrades
        1.  
          Viewing and installing recommended upgrades and patches
      17.  
        Deploying upgrades and patches remotely
      18.  
        Using the Upload Manager utility
      19.  
        About migrating storage devices across Indexers
      20.  
        Viewing the status of a remote installation
    3. Configuring saved credentials
      1. About saved credentials
        1.  
          Managing saved credentials
      2.  
        Handling changes in account password
      3.  
        Information Governance Hash Utility
    4. Configuring directory service domains
      1.  
        About directory domain scans
      2. Adding a directory service domain to Information Governance
        1.  
          Add/Edit Active Directory options
        2.  
          Add/Edit LDAP domain options
        3.  
          Add/Edit NIS domain options
        4.  
          Add/Edit NIS+ domain options
        5. Add/Edit Azure active directory service
          1.  
            Prerequisites for configuring Azure AD
          2.  
            Registering Information Governance with Microsoft to scan Azure AD
          3.  
            Configuring application without user impersonation for Microsoft 365
          4.  
            Creating an application in the Microsoft Azure portal
      3.  
        Managing directory service domains
      4.  
        Fetching users and groups data from NIS+ scanner
      5.  
        Configuring attributes for advanced analytics
      6.  
        Deleting directory service domains
      7.  
        Scheduling scans
      8.  
        Configuring business unit mappings
      9.  
        Importing additional attributes for users and user groups
    5. Configuring containers
      1.  
        About containers
      2. Adding containers
        1.  
          Add new container/Edit container options
      3.  
        Managing containers
    6. Server Pools
      1.  
        About Server Pools
      2.  
        Adding Server Pools
      3.  
        Managing Server Pools
  3. Section III. Configuring native file systems in Information Governance
    1. Configuring clustered NetApp file server monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring a clustered NetApp file server
      2.  
        About configuring FPolicy in Cluster-Mode
      3.  
        Pre-requisites for configuring clustered NetApp file servers
      4.  
        Credentials required for configuring a clustered NetApp file server
      5.  
        Preparing a non-administrator local user on the clustered NetApp filer
      6.  
        Preparing a non-administrator domain user on a NetApp cluster for Information Governance
      7.  
        Persistent Store
      8.  
        Preparing Information Governance for FPolicy in NetApp Cluster-Mode
      9.  
        Preparing the ONTAP cluster for FPolicy
      10. About configuring secure communication between Information Governance and cluster-mode NetApp devices
        1.  
          Generating SSL certificates for NetApp cluster-mode authentication
        2.  
          Preparing the NetApp cluster for SSL authentication
      11.  
        Enabling export of NFS shares on a NetApp Cluster-Mode file server
      12.  
        Enabling SSL support for Cluster Mode NetApp auditing
    2. Configuring EMC Celerra or VNX monitoring
      1. About configuring EMC Celerra or VNX filers
        1.  
          About EMC Common Event Enabler (CEE)
        2.  
          Preparing the EMC filer for CEPA
        3.  
          Preparing Information Governance to receive event notification
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring EMC Celerra filers
    3. Configuring EMC Isilon monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring EMC Isilon filers
      2.  
        Prerequisites for configuration of Isilon or Unity VSA file server monitoring
      3.  
        Credentials required for configuring an EMC Isilon cluster
      4.  
        Configuring audit settings on EMC Isilon cluster using OneFS GUI console
      5.  
        Configuring audit settings on EMC Isilon cluster using the OneFS CLI
      6.  
        Configuring Isilon audit settings for performance improvement
      7.  
        Preparing Arctera Insight Information Governance to receive event notifications from an EMC Isilon or Unity VSA cluster
      8.  
        Creating a non-administrator user for an EMC Isilon cluster
      9.  
        Utilizing access zone's SmartConnect Zone/Alias mappings
      10.  
        Purging the audit logs in an Isilon filer
    4. Configuring EMC Unity VSA file servers
      1.  
        About configuring Dell EMC Unity storage platform
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring an EMC Unity VSA file server
      3.  
        Configuring audit settings on EMC Unity cluster using Unisphere VSA Unity console
    5. Configuring Hitachi NAS file server monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring Hitachi NAS
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring a Hitachi NAS EVS
      3.  
        Creating a domain user on a Hitachi NAS file server for Information Governance
      4.  
        Preparing a Hitachi NAS file server for file system auditing
      5.  
        Advanced configuration parameters for Hitachi NAS
    6. Configuring Windows File Server monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring Windows file server monitoring
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring Windows File Servers
      3.  
        Using the installcli.exe utility to configure multiple Windows file servers
      4.  
        Upgrading the Windows File Server agent
    7. Configuring Arctera File System (VxFS) file server monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring Arctera File System (AxFS) file servers
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring Arctera File System (AxFS) servers
      3.  
        Enabling export of UNIX/Linux NFS shares on AxFS filers
    8. Configuring monitoring of a generic device
      1.  
        About configuring a generic device
      2.  
        Credentials required for scanning a generic device
    9. Managing file servers
      1.  
        About configuring filers
      2.  
        Viewing configured filers
      3. Adding filers
        1.  
          Add/Edit NetApp cluster file server options
        2.  
          Add/Edit EMC Celerra filer options
        3.  
          Add/Edit EMC Isilon file server options
        4.  
          Add/Edit EMC Unity VSA file server options
        5.  
          Add/Edit Windows File Server options
        6.  
          Add/Edit Arctera File System server options
        7.  
          Add/Edit a generic storage device options
        8.  
          Add/Edit Hitachi NAS file server options
      4.  
        Custom schedule options
      5.  
        Editing filer configuration
      6.  
        Deleting filers
      7.  
        Viewing performance statistics for file servers
      8.  
        About disabled shares
      9. Adding shares
        1.  
          Add New Share/Edit Share options
      10.  
        Managing shares
      11.  
        Editing share configuration
      12.  
        Deleting shares
      13.  
        About configuring a DFS target
      14.  
        Adding a configuration attribute for devices
      15.  
        Configuring a DFS target
      16.  
        About the DFS utility
      17.  
        Running the DFS utility
      18.  
        Importing DFS mapping
    10. Renaming storage devices
      1.  
        About renaming a storage device
      2.  
        Viewing the device rename status
      3.  
        Considerations for renaming a storage device
  4. Section IV. Configuring SharePoint data sources
    1. Configuring monitoring of SharePoint web applications
      1.  
        About SharePoint server monitoring
      2.  
        Credentials required for configuring SharePoint servers
      3.  
        Configuring a web application policy
      4. About the Information Governance web service for SharePoint
        1.  
          Installing the Information Governance web service for SharePoint
      5.  
        Viewing configured SharePoint data sources
      6. Adding web applications
        1.  
          Add/Edit web application options
      7.  
        Editing web applications
      8.  
        Deleting web applications
      9. Adding site collections
        1.  
          Add/Edit site collection options
      10.  
        Managing site collections
      11.  
        Removing a configured web application
    2. Configuring monitoring of SharePoint Online accounts
      1. About SharePoint Online account monitoring
        1.  
          Prerequisites for configuring SharePoint Online account
      2.  
        Configuring user with minimum privileges in Microsoft 365
      3.  
        Creating an application in the Microsoft Azure portal
      4.  
        Configuring application without user impersonation for Microsoft 365
      5.  
        Adding SharePoint Online accounts
      6.  
        Managing a SharePoint Online account
      7. Adding site collections to SharePoint Online accounts
        1.  
          Add/Edit site collection options
      8.  
        Managing site collections
  5. Section V. Configuring cloud data sources
    1. Configuring monitoring of Box accounts
      1.  
        About configuring Box monitoring
      2.  
        Using a co-admin account to monitor Box resources
      3. Configuring monitoring of cloud sources in Information Governance
        1.  
          Add/Edit Box account
      4.  
        Configuring Box cloud resources through proxy server
      5.  
        Information Governance limitations for Box permissions
    2. Configuring OneDrive account monitoring
      1.  
        About configuring OneDrive monitoring
      2.  
        Configuring user with minimum privileges in Microsoft 365
      3.  
        Creating an application in the Microsoft Azure portal
      4.  
        Configuring application without user impersonation for Microsoft 365
      5.  
        Add/Edit OneDrive account
      6. Adding OneDrive cloud accounts
        1.  
          Add/edit OneDrive user accounts
    3. Configuring Azure Netapp Files Device
      1.  
        About Azure Netapp Files
      2.  
        Configuring Azure Netapp Files Device
    4. Managing cloud sources
      1.  
        Viewing configured cloud sources
      2.  
        Managing cloud sources
  6. Section VI. Configuring Object Storage Sources
    1. Amazon S3
      1.  
        About Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
      2.  
        Configuring Amazon S3 account monitoring
      3.  
        Configuring Audit Events in AWS
      4.  
        Creating an Athena table
      5.  
        Adding Amazon S3 account
      6.  
        Limitations for Amazon S3 in Information Governance
      7. Managing Amazon S3 data source
        1.  
          Monitored Buckets
        2.  
          Classification
  7. Section VII. Health and monitoring
    1. Using Arctera Insight Information Governance dashboards
      1.  
        Viewing the system health overview
      2.  
        Viewing the scanning overview
      3.  
        Viewing the scan status of storage devices
      4.  
        Viewing the scan history of storage devices
    2. Monitoring Information Governance
      1.  
        Viewing events
      2.  
        About high availability notifications
      3.  
        Monitoring the performance of Information Governance servers
      4.  
        Configuring email notifications
      5.  
        Enabling Windows event logging
      6.  
        Viewing scan errors
  8. Section VIII. Alerts and policies
    1. Configuring policies
      1.  
        About Information Governance policies
      2. Managing policies
        1.  
          Create Data Activity Trigger policy options
        2.  
          Create User Activity Deviation policy options
        3.  
          Create Real-time Data Activity Policy options
        4.  
          Create Real-time Permitted User-based Activity Policy options
        5.  
          Create Real-time Restricted User-based Activity Policy options
        6.  
          Create Real-time Sensitive Data Activity policy options
      3.  
        Managing alerts
  9. Section IX. Remediation
    1. Configuring remediation settings
      1. About configuring permission remediation
        1.  
          Managing and configuring permission remediation
        2.  
          Configuring exclusions for permission recommendation
      2.  
        About managing data
      3.  
        About deleting files
      4. About configuring archive options for Enterprise Vault
        1.  
          Adding new Enterprise Vault servers
        2.  
          Managing Enterprise Vault servers
        3.  
          Mapping file server host names
      5. Configuring Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) Label
        1.  
          Removing MIP Label
      6.  
        Using custom scripts to manage data
      7.  
        Viewing and managing the status of an operation
  10. Section X. Reference
    1. Appendix A.  Information Governance best practices
      1.  
        Understanding Information Governance best practices
    2. Appendix B.  Migrating Information Governance components
      1.  
        Migrating Information Governance components
    3. Appendix C. Backing up and restoring data
      1.  
        Selecting the backup and restore order
      2.  
        Backing up and restoring the Information Governance Management Server
      3.  
        Backing up and restoring the Indexer node
      4.  
        Understanding Information Governance best practices
    4. Appendix D. Arctera Information Governance health checks
      1. About Information Governance health checks
        1.  
          Services checks
        2.  
          Deployment details checks
        3.  
          Generic checks
        4.  
          Information Governance Management Server checks
        5.  
          Information Governance Indexer checks
        6.  
          Information Governance Collector checks
        7.  
          Information Governance Windows File Server checks
        8.  
          Information Governance SharePoint checks
        9.  
          Classification server health checks
        10.  
          Information Governance self service portal server health checks
    5. Appendix E. Command File Reference
      1.  
        fg.exe
      2.  
        indexcli.exe
      3.  
        reportcli.exe
      4.  
        scancli.exe
      5.  
        installcli.exe
    6. Appendix F. Arctera Information Governance jobs
      1.  
        Scheduled Information Governance jobs
    7. Appendix G. Troubleshooting
      1.  
        About general troubleshooting procedures
      2.  
        About the Health Audit report
      3.  
        Location of Information Governance logs
      4.  
        Downloading Information Governance logs
      5.  
        Migrating the data directory to a new location
      6. Troubleshooting FPolicy issues on NetApp devices
        1.  
          Viewing FPolicy-related errors and warnings
        2.  
          Resolving FPolicy connection issues
      7.  
        Troubleshooting EMC Celera or VNX configuration issues
      8.  
        Troubleshooting EMC Isilon configuration issues
      9.  
        Troubleshooting SharePoint configuration issues
      10.  
        Troubleshooting Hitachi NAS configuration issues
      11.  
        Troubleshooting installation of Tesseract software
      12.  
        Troubleshooting RHEL 9 upgrade issue
      13.  
        Troubleshooting CyberArk Password Manager Configuration Issues

Migrating Information Governance components

For migrating your existing components to a new infra, ensure that all the Information Governance Servers and Information Governance Management Server are running on the same version. If the version is different, upgrade the Information Governance servers. It is also recommended that you upgrade all Windows file server versions to the latest version. If this is not feasible, you can still leverage the backward compatibility and avoid upgrading Windows file server to the latest version.

If all the Information Governance Servers and Information Governance Management Server are running on the same version, you can start migration in the following order.

  1. Information Governance Indexer
  2. Information Governance Collector components
  3. Information Governance Management Server
  4. Removing oldInformation Governance

Migration Steps

  1. Disable Device Scanning on the Information Governance Collector nodes.
    • To disable File System Full Scan

      • Navigate to Settings > Servers > Collector node > Advanced settings.

      • Expand the Filesystem Scanner settings wizard and locate settings for Full Scans.

      • From the drop-down, set the value of Override default full scan schedule schedule to NEVER.

    • To disable File System Incremental Scan,

      • Navigate to Settings > Servers > Collector node > Advanced settings.

      • Expand the Filesystem Scanner settings wizard and locate settings for Incremental Scans.

      • From the drop-down, set the value of Override default incremental scan schedule to NEVER.

    • c) To disable SharePoint Full Scan,

      • Navigate to Settings > Information Governance Servers > Collector node > Advanced settings.

      • Expand the SharePoint settings wizard.

      • From the drop-down, set the value of Override default full scan schedule schedule to NEVER.

    • To disable SharePointOnline Incremental Scan,

      • Navigate to Settings > Information Governance Servers > Collector node > Advanced settings.

      • Expand the SharePoint settings wizard.

      • From the drop-down, set the value of Override default SharePointOnline incremental scan schedule to NEVER.

      • Repeat same steps for all collector nodes.

  2. Disable Device Auditing on the Information Governance Collector nodes.
    • Remote desktop to Collector node and to disable auditing of

      • NetApp Cluster File Server devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightFpolicyCMod service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

      • EMC Celerra, EMC Isilon, EMC Unity devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightCelerra service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

      • Generic devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightGenericCollector service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

      • OneDrive devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightOneDrive service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

      • SharePointOnline devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightSharePointOnline service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

      • AmazonS3 devices monitored by given collector, stop DataInsightAmazonS3 service on collector node. You can do this by using Services.msc on windows.

    • To disable auditing of HNAS devices monitored by given collector,

      • Navigate to Settings > Filers.

      • Select HNAS device associated with given collector and click device name.

      • Click Edit and locate Event Monitoring setting.

      • Uncheck Enable File System Event Monitoring box.

      • Repeat this process for all the HNAS devices.

      • To disable auditing of all Windows File Server and MSCS Cluster File Server,

        • Navigate to Settings > Filers.

        • Select Windows File Server associated with given collector and click device name.

        • Click Edit and locate Event Monitoring setting.

        • Uncheck Enable File System Event Monitoring box.

        • Repeat this process for all the Windows File Server devices.

      • To disable auditing of SharePoint webapps,

        • Navigate to Settings > Filers.

        • Click Collector node > Advanced settings.

        • Expand the SharePoint settings wizard.

        • From the dropdown, set the value of Override default schedule to fetch audit events from SharePoint to NEVER.

  3. Classification

    Ensure that no Classification requests are in progress. If any classification request is in progress, do not cancel the request. Wait for the request to complete. As for the Pending requests, you can cancel all of them.

  4. Self Service Portal

    Ensure that no Self Service Portal Workflow requests are in progress. If any Self-Service Portal Workflow request is in progress, do not cancel the request. Wait for the requests to complete.

  5. Workflow

    Ensure that no Workflow requests are in progress. If any Workflow requests is in progress, do not cancel the request. Wait for the requests to complete.

  6. Reports
    • Scheduled and Ad hoc reports: Ensure that none of the Information Governance Reports are running or scheduled to run on Indexer nodes or Management Server. If scheduled or ad hoc report generation is in progress, do not cancel it. Wait for the process to complete and then disable all reports.

    • Dashboard: Ensure that Information Governance Dashboard report execution is disabled or set to Never. If Dashboard report is in progress, do not cancel it. Wait for the process to complete and then disable all reports. To disable Dashboard Summary report,

      • Navigate to Settings > Information Governance Servers > Advanced Analytics > Configuration.

      • Click Edit > Summary Dashboard Configuration setting.

      • From the drop-down, set the Refresh schedule to NEVER.

    • User Risk

      • Ensure that UserRiskJob is disabled on all Indexer nodes and Management Server.

      • If UserRiskJob is in progress, do not cancel it. Wait for the process to complete and then disable the job.

      • •To disable the job,

        • oNavigate to Settings -> Information Governance Servers -> Management server node and click Jobs tab.

        • In the filter, search UserRiskJob

        • Click Select action and then click Disable.

        • Repeat this for all Indexer nodes.

      • Ensure that UserRiskMergeJob is disabled on the Management Server. If UserRiskMergeJob is in progress, do not cancel it. Wait for the process to complete and then disable the job. To disable the job,

        • Navigate to Settings > Information Governance Servers > Management server node and click Jobs tab.

        • Connect to Information Governance console, go to Settings > Information Governance Servers.

        • In the filter, search UserRiskMergeJob

        • Click Select action and then click Disable.

Migrating Information Governance Indexer

  1. Identify total number of Indexers to be migrated to a new environment.
  2. Deploy new Indexer nodes and register them with the Management Server.
  3. To migrate individual Indexer,
    • Backlog on Collector: Identify the Collector node associated with this Indexer node and ensure that all the scan and audit files present in Outbox directory on the Collector node are transferred to Indexer node for processing. The default location of the Outbox directory on the Collector node is C:\DataInsight\data\outbox.

    • Ensure that there is no backlog on the Collector node.

    • Make sure that scanning and auditing for all the devices being monitored by given Indexer node is disabled.

    • If there are files to be processed in the C:\DataInsight\data\inbox directory, manually run IndexWriterJob on that Indexer by navigating to Information Governance console > Settings > Information Governance Servers > Indexer node > Jobs > IndexWriterJob > Select action > Run

    • After processing the backlog files, ensure that there is no active instance of IndexWriterJob or ActivityIndexJob. You can confirm this using Task Manager in Windows

    • Disable IndexWriterJob on the Indexer node. To disable IndexWriterJob, navigating to Information Governance console > Settings > Information Governance Servers > Indexer node > Jobs > IndexWriterJob > Select action > Disable.

    • Disable ActivityIndexJob on the Indexer node. To disable ActivityIndexJob, navigating to Information Governance console -> Settings -> Information Governance Servers -> Indexer node -> Jobs -> ActivityIndexJob -> Select action -> Disable.

  4. To migrate Single indexer, identify the total number of devices being monitored by a given indexer node. To identify total number of devices,
    • Navigating to Information Governance console > Filers.

    • Go to By Indexer filter.

    • Check the box for the Indexer node.

    Once you apply the filter, list of devices being monitored by given indexer appears. Follow the steps below to migrate existing indexer to the new indexer:

    • In the Information Governance Management Console, click Settings > Filers.

    • Find the desired filer or device and click View under Select Action drop down.

    • On the Configuration page click Change Indexer.

    • On the Select Indexer page, click Select under the Action column on the new Indexer and click Yes on the Warning popup.

    • Click OK.

Check Indexer Migration Status

  1. Now, Information Governance will start migrating filer to the new selected Indexer node. To check migration progress, click on . View Details
  2. Migration process might take some time. Depending on the number of shares and the amount of data being transfer from the old Indexer to the new Indexer, migration process time may vary.
  3. When files are being transferred from the Source Indexer to the Destination Indexer, the process might be considerably slower than expected. This is due to a pause schedule of MsuMigrationJob, which is set at 07:00 by default. If you want to expedite the process, edit the default schedule for the MsuMigrationJob from Daily at 07:00 to run every hour on the Source Indexer. To do that,
    • In the Information Governance Console, navigate to Settings > Information Governance Servers (source indexer) > Advanced Settings > Set Custom Properties

    • Add the following values in the given fields:

      Property Name =

      job.MsuMigrationJob.cron

      Property Value =

      0 0 0/1 * * ? *

    • You can confirm the settings in the Jobs list of the source indexer.

    • The job will now check the migration status each hour and restart the transfer if it stops.

    • After completing the migration, the New Indexer will appear on the same page.

  4. Repeat steps for all the devices configured as part of the old indexer node.

Migrating all Devices to a new Collector

  1. Identify total number of Information Governance Collectors to be migrated to a new environment. To identify total number of collectors,
    • Navigate to Settings > &ProductName_generic; Servers.

    • Go to Server type filter and apply Collectors and Indexer & Collector filter.

    • List of collectors will appear.

  2. Deploy new Collector nodes by following the &ProductName_generic; Installation guide and register them with the Management Server. Make sure that the new Collector nodes and Management Server are running on the same version.
  3. Migrate a Single Collector

    Pre-requisite:

    • Full and Incremental Scans are disabled on the Collector node. Please refer to #2 from the Prerequisite section.

    • Auditing is disabled for all devices being monitored by the Collector node. Please refer #3 from the Prerequisite section.

      To migrate every device from existing collector to new collector,

      • Navigate to &ProductName_generic; Management Console > Settings > Filers.

      • Find the desired filer or device and click Edit under Select Action drop down.

      • Click Change Collector.

      • Select new &ProductName_generic; Collector from the list and click Select.

      • On the Warning pop-up click Yes.

      • Once device is moved to new a &ProductName_generic; Collector, you can see the new assignment on the page.

  4. Repeat Step #4 for all the devices configured as a part of old &ProductName_generic; Collector node. Move every device to a new &ProductName_generic; Collector.
  5. If you have configured proxy settings for OneDrive, SharePoint Online or Amazon S3, then you need to copy proxy_server.properties stored on the old collector at following locations and paste it on the new collector.

    <installDIR>\connectors\amzons3, <installDIR>\connectors\onedrive,

    <installDIR>\connectors\sponline to <installDIR>\connectors\amzons3,

    <installDIR>\connectors\onedrive, <installDIR>\connectors\sponline

  6. If you have configured proxy settings for Box, then you need to copy proxy.properties stored on the old collector at following locations and paste it on the new collector. '<DataDIR>\console\cloud' to <DataDIR>\console\cloud

Migrating &ProductName_generic; Management Server

  1. Deploy new &ProductName_generic; Management Server by referring to &ProductName_generic; Installation guide and make sure that you have configured a new &ProductName_generic; Collector.
  2. Remote desktop to new &ProductName_generic; Management server and stop all the &ProductName_generic; services on the new &ProductName_generic; Management server.
  3. Remote desktop to old &ProductName_generic; Management server and stop all the &ProductName_generic; services on the old &ProductName_generic; Management server.
  4. Copy entire &ProductName_generic; data directory from old &ProductName_generic; Management server and paste it on new Management server. Default data directory location is C:\DataInsight\data.
  5. Copy existing content stored at …\DataInsight\data directory from old Management server and paste it under new location directory hierarchy under …\DataInsight\data on the new Management server.
  6. After pasting all the data, remote desktop to new Management server.
  7. Update the nodename.conf file with new &ProductName_generic; Management server. Default location of this file is C:\DataInsight\data\conf.
  8. Open the file and remove the FQDN of old &ProductName_generic; Management server present in the nodename.conf with FQDN of the new &ProductName_generic; Management server.
  9. Save the changes and close the file.
  10. Update FQDN of new &ProductName_generic; Management server in nodes table of config.db from default location C:\DataInsight\data\conf. Refer to the latest version of "config.db" to update using sqlite3.exe from command prompt given in step 13.
  11. Launch command prompt on the &ProductName_generic; Management server
  12. From command prompt, go to bin directory of the &ProductName_generic;. Default location is C:\Program Files\DataInsight\bin.
  13. Enter below commands to connect to config.db and update the FQDN of new &ProductName_generic; Management server using the update command of sqlite:
  14. After updating FQDN, start all the &ProductName_generic; services on the new &ProductName_generic; Management Server.
  15. Once services are up and running, confirm it by navigating to Settings > &ProductName_generic; Servers on &ProductName_generic; Console.
  16. If the health color of all the &ProductName_generic; servers is Green, you can assume that all &ProductName_generic; servers are properly communicating with &ProductName_generic; Management server.
  17. Navigating to Settings > Filers on &ProductName_generic; Console.
  18. If the health color of all devices or filers is Green, you can assume that all devices or filers are properly communicating with their respective &ProductName_generic; Collector and &ProductName_generic; Indexer nodes.
  19. If you have assigned new IP and FQDN to new Management server, you need to change redirect url mentioned in Azure application. This will help in restoring communication of SharePointOnline and OneDrive cloud devices. In addition to this, you need to change redirect url mentioned in Azure Active Directory application. Default URL to access Azure application is https://portal.azure.com. Execute instruction #19 from this document only if you have configured cloud devices in &ProductName_generic;.
  20. After this point, you can resume Scanning and Auditing jobs for all the configured devices across all the &ProductName_generic; Collectors.
  21. Turn on IndexWriterJob across all &ProductName_generic; Indexer nodes by navigating to Settings > &ProductName_generic; Servers.
    • On this page, click Indexer > Jobs

    • By using the available filter option, search IndexWriterJob.

    • Click Select action and click Enable.

    • Repeat this procedure for all Indexer nodes.

  22. Turn on ActivityIndexJob across all &ProductName_generic; Indexer nodes by navigating to Settings > &ProductName_generic; Servers.
    • On this page, click Indexer > Jobs

    • By using the available filter option, search ActivityIndexJob.

    • Click Select action and click Enable.

    • Repeat this procedure for all Indexer nodes.

  23. Reconfigure schedule of Summary Dashboard report as per your requirement.

Removing the Old &ProductName_generic; Collector and &ProductName_generic; Indexer nodes

  1. Delete old Collector and Indexer nodes from &ProductName_generic; Console by navigating to Settings > &ProductName_generic; Servers.
  2. From the list, identify old &ProductName_generic; collector and &ProductName_generic; indexer nodes.
  3. Select one server at a time, click Select action and click Delete from the list of menu items.