Hitachi VSP | Scan Requirements

Preparation for Scanning Hitachi VSP

StorageGuard collects configuration data for Hitachi VSP storage systems by either running read-only API on the HCS (HiCommand) server or on the Ops Center server. It is recommended to also enable OS level access for complementary configuration collection.

The following table lists the requirements for scanning Hitachi VSP storage arrays:

Option 1: HCS (AKA HiCommand)

Option 2: Hitachi Ops Center

Creating a User Account for Scanning Hitachi VSP

The following suggested method can be used to create a user account with appropriate privileges:

Login to the Hitachi user interface:

1. Access the Administration tab, click Users and Permissions.
2. Click Add User
3. Assign the user with the built-in Security Administrator (View Only) group - which includes the Security Administrator (View Only), Audit Log Administrator (View Only) and Storage Administrator (View Only) roles.

To verify that the user has been provisioned successfully:

• You will need the curl command available.
• First obtain an authorization token.
• Open command line (CMD).
• Execute the following command (fill in the user name, password and IP): curl -k -v -u "[user]:[password]" -X POST -s https://[Server IP]:443/portal/auth/v1/providers/builtin/token
• Copy the authorization line
• Example:  Authorization: Basic U1BVlJBTpzZFV6c3B3Kzdz==
• Now we can execute a REST API command: curl -k -v -H "Accept:application/json" -X GET [API CMD] -H [token]
• Example: curl -k -v -H "Accept:application/json" -X GET https://[Server]:23451/ConfigurationManager/configuration/version -H "Authorization: Basic U1BVlJBTpzZFV6c3B3Kzdz=="
  
• You should receive a valid json output.