Veritas Information Map Installation and Administration Guide

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Product(s): Information Map (1.0)
  1. Introduction to Veritas Information Map
    1.  
      Overview of Information Map
    2.  
      Deployment workflow
    3.  
      Information Map architecture
    4.  
      Creating new user accounts
  2. Planning installation of the Information Map Agent
    1.  
      System requirements
    2.  
      Supported browsers
    3.  
      Connectivity requirements
    4.  
      Security requirements
    5.  
      Generating a KeyStore file
    6.  
      Configuring access to a NetBackup master server
  3. Installing and configuring Information Map
    1.  
      Logging in to Veritas Information Map
    2.  
      Downloading the Agent installer
    3.  
      Configuring locations in Information Map
    4. Installing the Information Map Agent
      1.  
        Configuring proxy settings
    5.  
      Registering the Information Map Agent with Information Fabric
    6. Configuring credentials for share discovery and native scanning
      1.  
        Credentials required to configure share discovery
      2.  
        Configuring a non-administrator domain user on NetApp 7-mode filer
      3.  
        Configuring a non-administrator account on an EMC Isilon file server
    7.  
      Updating the Information Map Agent
  4. Cloud Agent configuration
    1.  
      About configuring the Amazon S3 Agent
    2.  
      Configuring metadata collection in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    3.  
      Configuring Information Map to access Amazon S3 account
  5. Global settings
    1.  
      About configuring global settings
    2.  
      Configuring stale data definition
    3.  
      Configuring non-business data definition
    4.  
      Configuring storage tiers
    5.  
      Assigning storage tiers to storage
    6.  
      Customizing item types
  6. Managing Information Map settings
    1.  
      Configuring Information Map users
    2.  
      Managing Agents
    3.  
      Managing tasks
    4.  
      Managing content sources
  7. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Veritas Information Map logging
    2.  
      Information Map Agent jobs
    3.  
      Information Map Agent issues
    4.  
      Information Map and data accuracy
    5.  
      Known limitations of Information Map Agent

Generating a KeyStore file

Information Map secures all data flowing between the Information Map Agent and the Information Fabric technology platform using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Information Map uses the user name/password credentials to query share and export mappings from your servers. These credentials are secured using an encryption key pair held in a Keystore file. The credentials are encrypted using the public key and decrypted using the private key (which is only present on your premises).

You must generate the encryption key file which is unique to your organization's deployment to enable secure communication between the Agent and Information Fabric.

To generate a KeyStore file

  1. Open the command prompt, go to the <Agent installation>\bin directory, where you have installed the Agent.
  2. Execute the following command:
    <Agent installation directory\bin>
connector_config.exe generate_key_pair
  3. You are prompted to enter the path name and the file name where you want to save the KeyStore file. For example, enter e:\mykeyfolder\InfoMapCredentialKey.jks

    Note that the target directory must already exist.

  4. Enter the KeyStore password.

    You will need to use the password later during the installation.

    A key pair file is created successfully.

You must generate a KeyStore file once only. This file should then be secured and placed on removable media as you will need it to register each of your Agents. It can then be transported between each Agent Server and imported into the Agent.

See Registering the Information Map Agent with Information Fabric.