Preparation for Scanning Dell EMC PowerMax, VMAX and Symmetrix
StorageGuard collects configuration data from EMC Symmetrix, VMAX and PowerMax storage systems by running read-only SYMCLI commands on a storage management host installed with Solutions Enabler.
The following table lists the requirements for scanning Dell EMC Symmetrix, VMAX and PowerMax systems:
| # | Description |
| 1 | Provide the network name or IP address of SYMCLI proxy hosts. |
| 2 | Provide a user account (and password) for each SYMCLI proxy host. |
| 3 | The user account should be assigned with an unlimited read-only role, capable of running all “list” and “view” SYMCLI commands, as well as “cat” and “ls” commands. Examples of read-only SYMCLI commands used:
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Creating a User Account for Scanning Dell EMC PowerMax, VMAX and Symmetrix
The following suggested method can be used to create a user account with appropriate privileges:
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Edit the sudoers file, add: username ALL= NOPASSWD: /bin/cat *, /bin/ls * username ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/symcli/bin/* list*, /usr/symcli/bin/* show*,/usr/symcli/bin/* get*, /usr/symcli/bin/symcli -def, /usr/symcli/bin/symacl -unique |
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