1. Requirements

Before you start installing the Lepide Data Security Platform for File Server, make sure that your computer meets the following requirements:

1.1 Basic System Requirements

• Required Processor

  • Minimum 6 core processor

  • Recommended 8 core processor

• Required RAM

  • Minimum 16 GB RAM

  • Recommended 32 GB RAM

• Required free disk space

  • Minimum 100 GB

  • Recommended 200 GB

• Any of the following Windows Operating Systems.

  • Windows Server OS: 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025 (latest)

• Supported SQL Server Options for Storing Auditing Logs:

  • Any of the following SQL Server instances, either local or network hosted.

  • Recommended: Network-hosted SQL Server.

  • Any SQL Server above and including SQL Server 2016 (standard or enterprise)

• .NET Framework 4.6.2 developer pack and above

1.2 Supported Servers for Auditing

1.3 Supported Protocols

UDP - User Datagram Protocol

2. Pre-requisites

To enable auditing, the following PuTTY commands need to be run:

isi audit settings global modify --protocol-auditing-enabled yes --audited-zones system --protocol-syslog-servers 19x.xxx.xxx.xxx

isi audit settings modify --zone system --audit-success all

isi audit settings modify --zone system --audit-failure all

isi audit settings modify --zone system --syslog-audit-events all

isi audit settings modify --syslog-forwarding-enabled yes --zone system

2.1 Required User Rights

EMC users must have admin permissions for accessing EMC APIs and share access permission

2.1.1 Service Rights

To run the service of Lepide after installation:

• For Auditing there is no need to be a member of the Domain Admins Group

• For running a DDC Scan you do need to be a Domain Admins Group member to enumerate Shares

2.1.2 Local System Rights

To run the service of Lepide after installation, you can select any of the following:

• A local system administrator

• A member of Domain Admins Group

• Manage Service Account object

For Auditing there is no need to be a member of Domain Admins Group but for a DDC Scan, you do need to be a Domain Admins Group member to enumerate Shares.