Training Video

Accessing the VAST Data Catalog Using the VMS GUI

This video from VAST Data Customer Education provides a comprehensive guide to accessing and querying the VAST Data Catalog, the powerful metadata index built into every VAST cluster. For storage administrators, this tutorial focuses on how to leverage the intuitive VAST Management System (VMS) GUI to gain valuable insights into your data. The video begins by outlining the various methods for accessing the catalog, including the VMS GUI, VCLI, REST API, and external query engines. It clarifies the authentication differences for each, explaining that the GUI and REST API require standard VMS access, while external engines require dedicated S3 access keys configured via an identity policy. The core of the tutorial is a detailed walkthrough of the GUI’s catalog interface:

Query Panel: Learn how to construct basic to advanced queries using a simple, drop-down-based interface that allows you to specify conditions on any metadata column.
Query Logic: Understand how to combine conditions using both AND and OR statements.
Multi-Tenancy: The video shows how tenant admins can securely query data within their own tenant, while cluster admins have visibility across all tenants.
Data Visualization and Export: Discover how to customize the displayed columns in your query results and export the data as a CSV or Excel file for further analysis.

This guide is designed to provide VAST Data operators with the practical knowledge to navigate the VAST Catalog, enabling data-driven decision-making and simplifying large-scale storage management.

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