Veritas Access Online Help

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Getting started
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
    2.  
      Enabling certificate-based authentication in Veritas Access
    3. About the dashboard
      1.  
        Viewing the IOPS details for all the file systems
      2.  
        Viewing the throughput details for all the file systems
      3.  
        Viewing the latency details for all the file systems
      4.  
        About the Quick Actions
    4.  
      Setting up the storage type for provisioning
    5. About the CIFS shares
      1.  
        Creating a CIFS share with continuous replication
      2.  
        Creating a CIFS share with episodic replication
      3.  
        Creating a CIFS share with encryption
      4.  
        Creating a CIFS share with episodic replication and encryption
      5.  
        Creating a CIFS share without replication and encryption
    6. About managing CIFS shares for Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Creating a CIFS share for Enterprise Vault with replication
      2.  
        Creating a CIFS share for Enterprise Vault without replication
    7. About the NFS shares
      1.  
        Creating an NFS share with continuous replication
      2.  
        Creating an NFS share with episodic replication
      3.  
        Creating an NFS share with encryption
      4.  
        Creating an NFS share with episodic replication and encryption
      5.  
        Creating an NFS share without replication and encryption
    8.  
      About an iSCSI target
    9.  
      Creating an iSCSI target and provisioning LUNs
    10. About S3 buckets for NetBackup
      1.  
        Creating an S3 bucket for NetBackup without a cloud tier
      2.  
        Creating an S3 bucket for NetBackup with a cloud tier
    11.  
      Using the Veritas Access product documentation
    12.  
      Changing your password
    13.  
      Important release information
  2. Managing storage
    1. About storage provisioning and management
      1.  
        Adding disks to a storage pool
      2.  
        Removing disks from a storage pool
      3.  
        Removing disks from a cluster
      4.  
        Viewing information about disks
      5.  
        Accessing disk details
      6.  
        Adding or removing a node
      7.  
        Viewing information about a node in a cluster
      8.  
        Accessing node details
      9.  
        Configuring a disk
      10.  
        Increasing the size of a disk
      11.  
        Running scanbus
      12.  
        Formatting a disk
      13.  
        Marking a disk as spare
      14. About SmartIO for solid-state drives
        1.  
          About SmartIO read caching for applications running on Veritas Access file systems
        2.  
          About SmartIO writeback caching for applications running on Veritas Access file systems
  3. Managing file sharing services
    1.  
      About using the NFS server with Veritas Access
    2.  
      About configuring Veritas Access for CIFS
    3.  
      About the Object Store server
  4. Monitoring and troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting
    2.  
      Monitoring command activity
    3.  
      Monitoring alerts
    4.  
      Monitoring events
    5.  
      Viewing reports
    6.  
      Viewing cluster storage usage
    7.  
      Viewing file system usage
    8.  
      Running a full discovery
  5. Provisioning and managing file systems
    1.  
      About scale-out file systems
    2.  
      Generating the long-term data retention script
    3. Creating a file system
      1.  
        Viewing the list of file systems
      2.  
        Viewing file system performance
      3.  
        Accessing file system details
      4.  
        Modifying a file system
      5.  
        Choosing a file system layout type
      6.  
        Setting up a file system online or offline
      7.  
        Deleting a file system
    4.  
      Setting the maximum IOPS
    5.  
      Creating a snapshot
    6.  
      Restoring a snapshot
    7. Configuring a replication job
      1.  
        Stopping or starting a replication job for VVR
      2.  
        Pausing and resuming a replication job for VVR
      3.  
        Enabling or disabling a replication job for VFR
      4.  
        Synchronizing a replication job for VFR
      5.  
        Failing over or failing back a replication job for VVR
      6.  
        Failing over or failing back a replication job for VFR
      7.  
        Unconfiguring a replication job for VFR
      8.  
        Unconfiguring a replication job for VVR
    8.  
      Viewing the list of iSCSI targets
    9.  
      Adding an initiator for an iSCSI target
    10.  
      Removing an initiator for an iSCSI target
    11.  
      Adding portal IPs for an iSCSI target
    12.  
      Setting up authentication for an iSCSI target
    13.  
      Viewing the list of initiators for an iSCSI target
    14.  
      Viewing the portal IPs for an iSCSI target
    15.  
      Removing portal IPs for an iSCSI target
    16.  
      Removing authentication settings for an iSCSI target
    17.  
      Removing an iSCSI target
    18.  
      Removing the file system store for an iSCSI target
    19.  
      Viewing the list of LUNs for an iSCSI target
    20.  
      Creating a LUN for an iSCSI target
    21.  
      Increasing the size of a LUN for an iSCSI target
    22.  
      Reducing the size of a LUN for an iSCSI target
    23.  
      Removing a LUN for an iSCSI target
    24.  
      Cloning a LUN for an iSCSI target
    25.  
      Creating a snapshot of a LUN for an iSCSI target
    26.  
      Viewing the list of snapshots for an iSCSI target
    27.  
      Removing a LUN snapshot
    28.  
      Restoring a LUN snapshot
  6. Provisioning and managing shares
    1.  
      About file sharing protocols
    2.  
      About concurrent access
    3.  
      About concurrent access with NFS and S3
    4.  
      Sharing directories using CIFS and NFS protocols
    5.  
      Adding a share
    6.  
      NFS protocol options
    7.  
      CIFS protocol options
    8.  
      About buckets and objects
    9.  
      About Active Directory (AD)
    10.  
      Logging on as an active directory user
    11.  
      Creating access and secret keys for an active directory user
    12.  
      Exporting an NFS share as an S3 bucket
    13.  
      Viewing information about a share
    14.  
      Accessing share details
    15.  
      Configuring a favorite share
    16.  
      Deleting a share
    17.  
      Managing permissions for CIFS shares
    18.  
      Managing clients for the NFS shares
  7. Managing policies
    1.  
      About policies for storage provisioning
    2.  
      About policies for long-term data retention
    3.  
      About policies for archiving data using Enterprise Vault
    4.  
      About policies for file systems
    5.  
      About pattern matching for data movement policies
    6.  
      Viewing information about policies
    7.  
      Activating storage policy templates
    8.  
      Activating long-term data retention policies
    9.  
      Activating archival policies
    10.  
      Creating an S3 bucket
    11.  
      About cloud-storage tiering
    12.  
      Adding a cloud tier for a scale-out file system
    13.  
      About tiering policies
    14.  
      Adding a secondary tier
    15.  
      Viewing information about the secondary tier
    16.  
      Adding or editing a tier policy on a secondary tier
    17.  
      Creating a policy schedule
  8. Managing settings
    1.  
      Viewing Veritas Access settings
    2.  
      About the cloud gateway
    3.  
      Viewing information about cloud services
    4.  
      Adding and removing a cloud service
    5.  
      Viewing discovery information about your cluster
    6.  
      About the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
    7.  
      Configuring LDAP
    8.  
      Configuring Active Directory
    9.  
      About user management
    10.  
      Managing local users
    11.  
      Configuring the NTP server
    12.  
      Starting or stopping the CIFS or NFS servers
    13.  
      Starting or stopping the S3 server
    14.  
      Adding or removing storage pools for S3 users
    15.  
      Configuring the /etc/hosts file for mapping of S3 users
    16.  
      Switching between NFS servers
    17.  
      Accessing the RESTful APIs
    18.  
      Registering a NetBackup master server or an EMM server
    19.  
      Modifying a NetBackup media server list
    20.  
      Viewing information about your NetBackup configuration with Veritas Access
    21.  
      About cluster management
    22.  
      Setting up the time and the time zone for the cluster
    23. About replication
      1.  
        Viewing information about replication
      2.  
        Setting up a virtual IP for replication
      3.  
        Creating a replication link
      4.  
        Deleting a replication link
      5.  
        Modifying a replication unit
      6.  
        Deleting a replication virtual IP
      7.  
        Setting a replication schedule
    24.  
      Viewing information about events
    25.  
      Purging events
    26. About Veritas Access product licensing
      1.  
        Adding a license
      2.  
        Per-TB licensing model
      3.  
        TB-Per-Core licensing model
      4.  
        Per-Core licensing model
      5.  
        Notes and functional enforcements for licensing
      6.  
        Viewing information about licensing
    27.  
      Configuring SmartIO
    28.  
      Viewing information about SmartIO
    29.  
      Setting object server default parameters
    30.  
      Setting up the object server group-specific parameters
    31.  
      Viewing information about S3
    32. About IP load balancing
      1.  
        Configuring the IP load balancer
      2.  
        Viewing information about IP load balancing
    33.  
      Configuring the KMS server
    34.  
      About the CIFS service management
    35.  
      Setting up the home directory
    36. About the File Transfer Protocol
      1.  
        Configuring the File Transfer Protocol
      2.  
        Viewing information about FTP
    37. About Veritas Data Deduplication
      1.  
        Add-on license for using Veritas Data Deduplication
      2.  
        Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication
      3.  
        Viewing information about Veritas Data Deduplication
      4.  
        Starting or stopping the Veritas Data Deduplication service
      5.  
        Increasing storage for Veritas Data Deduplication
      6.  
        Unconfiguring Veritas Data Deduplication
    38. About alert management
      1.  
        Viewing information about alert management
      2.  
        Managing alerts
  9.  
    Index

Configuring LDAP

You can configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) settings to access and manage the user authentication data stored on LDAP server. This data includes usernames, passwords and so on.

Preparing for LDAP configuration

Before you configure Veritas Access LDAP settings, obtain the following LDAP configuration information from your system administrator:

  • IP address or host name of the LDAP server. You also need the port number of the LDAP server.

  • Base (or root) distinguished name (DN), for example:

    cn=employees,c=us

    LDAP database searches start here.

  • Bind distinguished name (DN) and password, for example:

    ou=engineering,c=us

    This allows read access to portions of the LDAP database to search for information.

  • Base DN for users, for example:

    ou=users,dc=com

    This allows access to the LDAP directory to search for and authenticate users.

  • Base DN for groups, for example:

    ou=groups,dc=com

    This allows access to the LDAP database, to search for groups.

  • Base DN for Netgroups, for example:

    ou=netgroups,dc=com

    This allows access to the LDAP database, to search for Netgroups.

  • Root bind DN and password. This allows write access to the LDAP database, to modify information, such as changing a users password.

  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). LDAP configuration over SSL is not supported.

  • Password hash algorithm, for example, md5, if a specific password encryption method is used with your LDAP server.

Configuring LDAP

After you have obtained all the above prerequisites, you can begin configuring LDAP.

To configure LDAP

  1. Prerequisites:

    You must setup the LDAP server before you configure LDAP settings or have access to a LDAP server.

  2. Click Settings > User Management > Configure LDAP.
  3. Enter the requested information.

    After you configure LDAP settings, the status of LDAP changes to Enabled. You can disable LDAP settings by dragging the status bar to the left.

  4. View the Recent Activity panel for the status of the task.

More Information

About the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

About user management

About Active Directory (AD)