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Create Credential Vault Profiles

Use the following procedure to create Credential Vault Profiles for server and storage device access in your enterprise when you run discovery operations.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Management link, then click the Network tab.
2. On the Network tab page, click the Credential Vault link below the main tabs.
3. On the Credential Vault Profiles page, select Create Credential Vault Profile from the Table Action drop-down list.
4. On the Create Credential Vault Profile wizard, complete the following fields, then click Next:

   Name

   Defines the name of the profile.

   Description

   Describes the purpose of the profile.

   Default

   Specifies whether the profile is used as the default profile for discovery. You can designate only one profile as the default Credential Vault Profile.

5. On the Windows page of the wizard, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

   User ID

   Specifies the user name the profile uses to connect to computers using a Windows operating system. It can also be used to access virtual Microsoft Hyper-v and operating system-based Windows virtualization (VMware Server, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual Server, or Microsoft Virtual PC).

   Password

   Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

   Verify Password

   Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

   Description

   Describes the purpose of the credentials.

   The wizard adds the credentials to the Windows Credentials table.

6. Click Next.
7. On the UNIX page of the wizard, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

   User ID

   Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to computers that use a UNIX operating system. The profile also uses this ID to access the following supported virtual environments:

   • Citrix Xen
   • IBM HMC
   • VMware ESX
   • Solaris Zones

   Password

   Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

   Verify Password

   Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

   Description

   Describes the purpose of the credentials.

   The wizard adds the credentials to the Unix Credentials table.

8. Click Next.
9. On the SNMP v1v2 wizard page, complete the following fields, then click Add:

   SNMP Community Name

   Defines the name of the SNMP v1 or v2 community. An SNMP community groups the devices and management stations that run SNMP to help define where to send data.

   Default: public

   Description

   Describes the purpose of the community.

   The wizard adds the new community below the public community in the SNMP v1 & v2 Credentials table.

10. Click Next.
11. On the SNMP v3 wizard page, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

    User ID

    Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to the SNMP engine.

    Authentication Protocol

    Specifies one of the following authentication protocol algorithms:

    None

    The profile does not authenticate the client.

    MD5

    The profile uses the MD5 (Message Digest) challenge and response mechanism to authenticate the client.

    SHA

    The profile uses the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) mechanism to authenticate the client.

    Authentication Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Verify Authentication Password

    Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Privacy Protocol

    Specifies the privacy protocol the profile uses for the selected authentication protocol.

    None

    The profile does not use a privacy protocol.

    AES

    The profile uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) privacy protocol.

    DES

    The profile uses the Data Encryption Standard (DES) privacy protocol.

    Privacy Passphrase

    Defines the privacy passphrase that is associated with the user.

    Verify Privacy Passphrase

    Requires the user to retype the privacy passphrase.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    The wizard adds the credentials to the SNMP v3 Credentials table.

12. Click Next.
13. On the VMware wizard page, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

    User ID

    Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to computers that use VMware vCenter or VMware ESX. This value establishes the credentials that you use to access these server types with the VMware web client.

    Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Verify Password

    Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    The wizard adds the credentials to the VMware Credentials table.

14. Click Next.
15. On the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization wizard page, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

    User ID

    Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to computers that use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

    Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Verify Password

    Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    The wizard adds the credentials to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Credentials table.

16. Click Next.
17. On the NetApp wizard page, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

    User ID

    Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to NetApp OnCommand.

    Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Verify Password

    Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    The wizard adds the credentials to the NetApp Credentials table.

18. Click Next.
19. On the SMI-S wizard page, complete the following fields, click Test to ensure the credentials are valid, then click Add:

    User ID

    Defines the user name the profile uses to connect to Storage Management Initiative – Specification (SMI-S) devices.

    Password

    Defines the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Verify Password

    Requires the user to retype the password that is associated with the specified User ID.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    The wizard adds the credentials to the SMI-S Credentials table.

20. On the AWS EC2 wizard page, complete the following fields:

    Access Key ID

    Defines the Access Key ID of the cloud service when you sign up for a cloud service account.

    Secret Access Key

    Defines the secure key of the cloud service account.

    Signature Method

    Specifies the algorithm the cloud service uses to calculate the signature on cloud.

    Signature Version

    Specifies the version of the cloud service signature method.

    Web Service Version

    Specifies the cloud Service version.

    Description

    Describes the purpose of the credentials.

    Note: We support the HTTP protocol to access EC2 web services.

21. Click the Test button on the right corner to test the cloud credentials and click Ok. Complete the following field:

    AWS EC2 End Point

    Describes the AWS EC2 End Point name to which you send the HTTP request. The Network Discovery Gateway field value is populated.

22. (Optional) Click the Add button to provide the cloud credentials of the other EC2 cloud environment to discover the servers. The AWS EC2 credentials are save in the database.
23. Click Finish.

    The wizard creates the profile and adds it to the Credential Vault Profiles table.