Veritas InfoScale™ Operations Manager 7.3.1 Frequently Asked Questions

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.3.1, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0.1, 7.0)

Networking

What protocol is used for Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager?

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager uses an HTTPS-based protocol. Essentially, it uses Web services as the underlying message exchange format.

What are the networking requirements? What firewall ports need to be opened?

All communication between the managed hosts and Management Server occurs through TCP port 5634. If you have a firewall in your environment, this port needs to be opened (bi-directional). For the user interface, you need to open port 14161 between Management Server and the client desktop on which the Web browser runs. No other port is required. The Management Server host name needs to be resolvable from the managed host. It is recommended that DNS be used for this. If the host name is not resolvable, you can specify a valid IP address. However, this may affect the usability of the product, as the IP is displayed as the Host name in the Management Server console.

What kind of network traffic can be expected if Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager is deployed?

Managed hosts send an HTTP request (ping) every 5 minutes to the Management Server indicating that it is UP. This request has less than 1 KB of payload. When there is a change detected on the managed host, the managed host sends an HTTP POST to the Management Server indicating the change. However, only differences (diffs) are sent. So, in an environment that does not change, there is no traffic other than the 5-minutes pings from each managed host. When there is a change, the payload size depends on the amount of change, which is never more than a complete initial discovery of that host. On managed hosts with 15,000 LUNs and about 2,000 file systems and volumes, the full discovery payload can be as large as a few megabytes.

What kind of SNMP support is there in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager?

SNMP trap support is limited in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager. Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager ships with an SNMP MIB as part of the Management Server package. You can select the specific events to be forwarded. To configure SNMP trap settings, on the Management Server home page, click Settings and click Management Server.

For near real-time discovery of VMware virtual machine states, ensure that port 162 is available as it is required by XTRAPD to listen to the SNMP traps.

For more information, refer to the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.