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Introduction

Topics:

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About CEE

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System requirements

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AntiVirus partners

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Support for third-party applications

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Restrictions

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Related information

About CEE

The Dell Common Event Enabler (CEE) framework is used to provide a working environment for the following facilities:

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Common AntiVirus Agent (CAVA), also referred to as an antivirus agent

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Common Event Publishing Agent (CEPA), which includes sub-facilities for auditing, content/quota management (CQM),

Common Asynchronous Publishing Service (VCAPS), and indexing

CAVA provides an antivirus solution for Dell systems (for example, the PowerStore series). It uses the industry-standard

Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol or Server Message Block (SMB) protocol in a Microsoft Windows Server

environment. CAVA uses third-party antivirus software to identify and eliminate known viruses before they infect files on the

system.

CEPA is a mechanism whereby applications can register to receive event notification and context from sources such as Dell

Unity or PowerStore systems. The event publishing agent delivers to the application both event notification and associated

context in one message. Context may consist of file metadata or directory metadata needed to decide business policy.

The CEPA sub-facilities include:

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Auditing—A mechanism for delivering post-events to registered consumer applications in a synchronous manner. Events are

delivered individually in real-time.

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Backup—A mechanism for delivering post-events in bulk mode to backup applications. A backup-specific delivery cadence is

based on either a time period or a number of events.

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CQM—A mechanism for delivering pre-events to registered consumer applications in a synchronous manner. Events are

delivered individually in real-time, allowing the consumer application to exercise business policy on the event.

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Index—A mechanism for delivering events to Splunk Enterprise or the Splunk Cloud in asynchronous mode. The delivery

cadence is based on either a time period or a number of events.

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MessageExchange—A mechanism for delivering post-events in asynchronous mode, when needed, without consumer use of

the CEPA API. Events are published from CEPA to the RabbitMQ CEE_Events exchange. A consumer application creates a

queue for itself in the exchange from which it can retrieve events.

NOTE:

RabbitMQ is supported only for Dell Unity and VNX systems running CEE version 8.8.2.1 and earlier.

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VCAPS—A mechanism for delivering post-events in asynchronous mode. The delivery cadence is based on either a time

period or a number of events.

NOTE:

If both CQM events and Auditing events are present, CEPA delivers events to the CQM application first, and then

delivers events to the Auditing application.

While the CEE framework includes the CAVA and CEPA facilities and their associated sub-facilities, they can run independently

of each other or run together.

This document is intended for use by customers who want to use CEE with consumer applications (such as for quotas or

content type) to manage content stored on file systems.

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Section	Page
Dell CEE Using the Common Event Enabler on Windows Platforms	1
Contents	3
Preface	7
Introduction	8
About CEE	8
System requirements	9
AntiVirus partners	9
Support for third-party applications	10
Restrictions	10
Related information	11
Installing Third-Party Application Antivirus Engines	12
Installation overview	12
Computer Associates eTrust	13
F-Secure AntiVirus	14
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	15
McAfee VirusScan	18
McAfee Endpoint Security Threat Prevention	19
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010	19
Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection	20
Sophos Anti-Virus	20
Symantec Endpoint Protection	22
Set Symantec Endpoint Protection options	22
Set Windows Service Control Manager options	23
Symantec Protection Engine	23
Setting exclusions	23
Setting container handling policies	24
Modifying LimitChoiceStop settings	24
Trend Micro ServerProtect	24
Install Trend Micro ServerProtect	25
Installing the Common Event Enabler Framework	27
Install CEE	27
Verifying the CEE installation package	28
Complete the CEE installation for Windows Server	28
Uninstall CEE	29
Configuring the Domain User Account	30
Domain user account overview	30
Determine the interface name on the Data Mover	31
Create a domain user account	32
Create with Active Directory on a Windows Server	32
Create from User Manager for Domains	32
Create a local group on each Data Mover or NAS server	33
Assign the EMC virus-checking right to the group	33
Assign local administrative rights to the AV user	34
Managing CAVA	36
(Optional) Install EMC Unity/VNX/VNXe NAS Management snap-in	36
Display virus-checking information	36
Audit virus-checking information	37
Start, stop, and restart CAVA	38
Perform a full file system scan	38
Verify the status of a file system scan	39
Stop a file system scan	39
Enable scan-on-first-read	39
Update virus definition files	40
Turn off the AV engine	40
Turn on the AV engine	40
Manage CAVA thread usage	41
Adjust the maxVCThreads parameter	41
View the application log file from a Windows Server	42
Enable automatic virus detection notification	42
Customize virus-checking notification	42
Customize notification messages	43
Managing the Registry and AV Drivers	45
EMC CAVA configuration Registry entries	45
EMC AV driver Registry entry	45
Manage the EMC AV driver	45
Managing VCAPS	47
Set up access	47
Managing CEE for RabbitMQ	48
Set up CEE for RabbitMQ	48
Managing Indexing	49
Set up access for Splunk	49
Monitoring and Sizing the Antivirus Agent	51
Install the CAVA Calculator	51
Start the CAVA Calculator	52
Uninstall the CAVA Calculator	52
Configure the sizing tool	52
Enable the sizing tool	53
Manually compile the cava.mof file	53
Create the cavamon.dat file	53
Start the sizing tool	54
Size the antivirus agent	54
(Optional) Gather AV statistics with cavamon.vbs	54
Third-Party Consumer Applications	55
Overview	55
Set up consumer application access	55
Troubleshooting	57
Dell E-Lab Interoperability Navigator	57
Error messages	57
Known problems	57
Training and Professional Services	58
Unity and VNX CAVA Information	59
CAVA concepts	59
CAVA restrictions and limitations	59
CAVA and Data Mover or NAS server	60
User interface choices	60
CAVA features	60
Load balancing and fault tolerance	61
Updating virus definition files	61
Scan-on-first-read	61
Scan on write	61
Scanning after definition file update (manual process)	61
Virus-checking continuation	61
CAVA sizing tool	62
CAVA Calculator	63
Virus-checking client	63
Configuring viruschecker.conf	64
Create and edit viruschecker.conf	64
Define AV machine IP addresses in viruschecker.conf	65
Send viruschecker.conf to the Data Mover	65
(Optional) Define VC scanning criteria	66
viruschecker.conf parameters	66
Managing the VC Client	70
Start the VC client	70
Stop the VC client	71
Update the viruschecker.conf file	71
Verify the installation	72
Unity and VNX CEPA Information	73
CEPA concepts	73
CEPA restrictions and limitations	73
Overview of the cepp.conf file	74
Create the cepp.conf file	75
Edit the cepp.conf file	78
Assign rights in Windows Server	78
Assign rights for third-party applications	79
Start the CEPA facility	79
Verify the CEPA status	79
Stop the CEPA facility	80
Display the CEPA facility properties	80
Display the CEPA facility statistics	81
Display detailed information for a CEPA pool	81
Index	82
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