User's Manual

Operating System Operating System Name
NOTE:
– For adequate disk space to store a
copy of all event logs and other
system data, see ftp://
ftp.emc.com/pub/emcgrab/
Windowsdirectory for more
information.
– admin$ and c$ share must be
enabled for remote commands to
execute the program embedded in
Lasso. xCmd.exe may be detected as
a threat by the remote host if McAfee
or AVG are installed. On both the
systems that Lasso is installed and
the remote host, add xCmd.exe to the
trusted programs if using McAfee or
the PUP exception list if using AVG.
– In case of EqualLogic and MD series
SAN .Net framework 2.0 or later is
required on the remote Windows
host for the successful Windows host
collection. If later version is installed,
then Lasso still requires version 2.0.
– Windows Server Core is not
supported.
• Windows 2003 R2 32 bit and 64 bit.
• Windows 2012 Server
UNIX systems
• Linux — GNU/Linux system
• Solaris — SUN Solaris system
• HP-UX — HP-UX system
• AIX — IBM AIX system
• Secured Shell (SSH) is installed and configured.
Normal user credentials are required to establish
SSH session, and root password is required to run
the commands as root.
• For adequate disk space to store a copy of all logs
and system data to be collected, see the Readme
file available at ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/emcgrab/
Unix. In case of ESX, see the Readme file available
at ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/emcgrab/ESX/
VMware systems VMware ESX 3.0 server and later
See also:
Prerequisites For Data Collection
Work Flow
The following figure provides the steps to run Lasso, create and upload the report to Dell Technical Support site, and
save the configuration for later use.
15