View SaaS Connections

You can navigate to the SaaS Connections page on the Data Protection as a Service UI to:

  • View the list of SaaS Connections deployed and their details.

  • Manually deploy a new SaaS Connection.

To view the SaaS Connections page, in DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections. On the SaaS Connections page, you can view:

  • Glance Bar

  • SaaS Connections Details Table

Glance Bar

The glance bar on the Saas Connections page provides a summary of the following information:

  • The total number of Healthy SaaS Connections.

  • The total number of Unhealthy SaaS Connections.

  • The total number of Unused SaaS Connections.

  • The total percentage of CPU utilized by the SaaS Connections.

  • The total percentage of memory utilized by the SaaS Connections.

  • The average number of read and write I/O operations per second across the SaaS Connections.

SaaS Connection Details Table

The table below describes the data displayed in the SaaS Connection table:

You can use the:

  • Search bar to filter SaaS Connections by name.

  • Status filter option to filter the SaaS Connection based on:

    • Healthy: Displays only the healthy SaaS Connections.

    • Unhealthy: Displays only the unhealthy SaaS Connections.

    • Unused: Displays only the unused SaaS Connections.

  • Source filter option to filter the SaaS Connection based on the Source it is deployed on.

Column Name Description
Name The name of the SaaS Connection.
Sources The number of sources that use the SaaS Connection.
Connectors Number of SaaS connectors in the SaaS Connection.
Last Connection Time

The timestamp when the SaaS Connection was last found to be healthy.

This is a Private Preview feature. Cohesity recommends you use this feature only in non-production environments. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

Connected Since Time

The timestamp from when the SaaS Connection was continuously connected.

  • This option is not applicable for SaaS connectors connected to Azure data plane regions.

  • This is a Private Preview feature. Cohesity recommends you use this feature only in non-production environments. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

View SaaS Connection Details

To view the list of SaaS Connectors of a SaaS Connection, their status, resource matrices, and the sources utilizing the SaaS Connection, select the SaaS Connection from the SaaS Connection details table.

The SaaS Connection details page contains the following tabs:

  • Connection Details Tab

  • Linked Sources Tab

  • Mapping Tab

Connection Details Tab

The Connection Details tab of a SaaS Connection displays the following:

  • A graphical representation of how the SaaS connection acts as the data mover between the data sources and the Cohesity DataProtect as a Service.

  • The number of SaaS Connectors in the SaaS Connection.

  • The percentage of CPU and memory utilized, and the read and write I/O operations.

  • A graph displaying the write I/O operations (in MB/s) on the SaaS connection.

  • Connector Details Table.

Connector Details Table

The table below describes the data displayed in the SaaS Connector details table:

Column Name Description
Connector The list of Connectors in the SaaS connection.
Status

The status of the SaaS connector:

  • Healthy: All the endpoints are connected with the SaaS Connector.

  • Unhealthy: One or more primary endpoints* are not connected with the SaaS Connector.

  • Warning: All the primary endpoints are connected with the SaaS Connector; however, one or more secondary endpoints** are not connected with the SaaS Connector.

You theView SaaS Connector Details page to view the endpoints that are not connected with the SaaS Connector.

Release Connector version.
CPU The percentage of CPU utilized by the SaaS connector.
Memory The percentage of memory utilized by the SaaS Connector.
IOPS (Read) The average number of read operation per second on the SaaS Connector.
IOPS (Write) The average number of write operation per second on the SaaS Connector.
Last Connection Time

The timestamp when the Connector was last found to be healthy.

  • This option is not applicable for SaaS connectors connected to Azure data plane regions.

  • This is a Private Preview feature. Cohesity recommends you use this feature only in non-production environments. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

Connected Since Time

The timestamp from when the connection was continuously healthy.

  • This option is not applicable for SaaS connectors connected to Azure data plane regions.

  • This is a Private Preview feature. Cohesity recommends you use this feature only in non-production environments. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

  • *Primary endpoints: Control Plane, Data Plane, and Cloud Object Store.

  • **Secondary endpoints: DNS, Gateway, NTP, Reverse Tunnel (SSH and HTTPS), SaaS Connector Upgrade Package.

View SaaS Connector Details

To view the resource utilization of a SaaS Connector, as well as the status, ports, and connection timestamps of its connected endpoints, select the desired SaaS Connector from the SaaS Connector Details table.

In the SaaS Connector Details page, you can view:

  • A glance bar displaying the percentage of CPU and memory utilized, and the read and write I/O operations.

  • Endpoint Details Table

  • Graphical representation of the percentage of CPU and memory utilized, and the read and write I/O operations.

Endpoint Details Table

This is a Private Preview feature. Cohesity recommends you use this feature only in non-production environments. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

The table below describes the data displayed in the endpoint details table:

The endpoint details table is not available for SaaS connectors connected to Azure data plane regions.

Column Name Description
Endpoint The endpoints connected to the SaaS Connector.
Health Status

The health status of the endpoints:

  • Passed: The endpoint is connected to the SaaS Connector.

  • Failed: The endpoint is not connected to the SaaS Connector.

Refer to the Troubleshooting Endpoint Health Checks section to view the health checks performed for validating the health status and resolving health check failures.

Description The corresponding message related to the health status.
Port The port through which the endpoint is connected to the SaaS Connector.
Direction The traffic flow to the endpoint.
Last Connection Time

The timestamp when the endpoint was last found to be healthy.

Connected Since

The timestamp from when the endpoint was continuously connected to the connector.

Linked Sources Tab

The Linked Sources tab displays the sources that use the selected SaaS Connection to protect the source data.

Mapping Tab

This tab is applicable only for Azure SaaS Connectors.

The Mapping tab of a SaaS Connection displays the virtual networks that are mapped to the SaaS Connectors. Mapping of virtual networks enables the protection of resources within those networks. For more information, see Manage Azure SaaS Connections.