# Platform Criteria 2: Data Provider Support

| **Application** | Visual One Intelligence (VisualOne / VSI) |
| --- | --- |
| **Platform version referenced** | v6.0.0.1 |
| **Criterion** | Data Provider Support: public CSPs, data cloud providers, SaaS, data center, and private cloud infrastructure |
| **Source basis** | VisualOne reference documentation (FinOps for VisualOne Reference Guide; VSI Screen Reference Guide; VSI Virtualization Reporting User Guide; Visual One Storage Reference) |

## How data providers are supported

Providers are registered as **collection devices** under Settings, Collection Devices, where an administrator selects one or more device types from a catalog of **50+ supported types** and configures each instance with address, credentials (username/password or SSH key), collection machine, collection day(s), collection time, and timeout. Collection is agentless, performed via CLI or REST API against configuration files and instrumentation rather than workload-intensive agents, and is designed to avoid application performance impact. Bulk onboarding is available through Bulk Import Devices.

Data from every provider is normalized into the same three analysis contexts (Storage, Compute/Virtual, Cloud), the same unified tag vocabulary via Foreign Tag Key mapping, and the same FOCUS-aligned export schema, so provider diversity does not fragment the cost model.

The tables below list providers evidenced in the reference documentation. The collector catalog contains further types beyond those individually named here.

## Public cloud service providers

| Provider | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **Microsoft Azure** | Device Type Code MICROSOFT_AZURE; full Azure Resource Manager resource ID paths; 7 subscriptions, 42 resource groups, 60 resource types, and 435 resources observed; per-resource Effective Cost and Daily Cost; Billing Account and Sub Account structure; Azure-native resource classes including VMs, managed disks, storage accounts, databases, images, restore point collections, public IPs, event hubs, and monitoring metrics; Azure savings plan and reserved instance recommendations |
| **Amazon Web Services** | AMAZON_S3 collector type registered in the supported device catalog |

## Data cloud and analytics providers

| Provider | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **Databricks** | Azure Databricks resources ingested with full resource ID paths and per-resource cost; dedicated tag keys databricks-environment and defaultExperience (value: Databricks) present in the live tag catalog; Databricks carried as a costed Business Unit allocation dimension appearing in Tag Cost Inventory, Chargeback, and YTD Cost by Tag Key |

## Third-party FinOps and analysis integrations

| Provider | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **Cloudability** | CLOUDABILITY collector type, a third-party FinOps tool integration ingested through the same collection framework as infrastructure sources |
| **Right Size** | RIGHT_SIZE collector type, a FinOps-specific analysis integration |
| **File Analysis / Folder Walker** | FILE_ANALYSIS and FOLDER_WALKER_CONFIG collector types, extending collection into file-level analysis jobs |

## Virtualization, hyperconverged, and private cloud platforms

| Provider / platform | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **VMware vSphere / ESXi** | VMWARE_DEVICE; full Virtualization Reporting module; vCenter, cluster, host, VM, datastore, and VMDK hierarchy; per-host cost decomposition; VM right-sizing |
| **VMware vSAN** | VSAN_DEVICE |
| **Nutanix** | NUTANIX_DEVICE and NUTANIX_V4_DEVICE |
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | OPENSHIFT_DEVICE |
| **Dell EMC ScaleIO** | SCALEIO_DEVICE |

## Enterprise storage platforms

| Provider / platform | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **NetApp** | NETAPP_CLUSTER; NetApp clusters present in the live cost ledger, Savings Report, Operating Cost settings, and Cost Efficiency Dashboard |
| **Dell EMC Isilon** | ISILON_DEVICE; Isilon cluster present in the cost and efficiency reporting |
| **Dell EMC Unity** | Unity array present in Operating Cost settings, Savings Report, Amortization, and Cost Efficiency Dashboard |
| **Dell EMC VPLEX** | VPLEX_DEVICE |
| **Dell EMC XtremIO** | XTREMIO_DEVICE |
| **Dell EMC Compellent** | COMPELLENT_DEVICE |
| **IBM Storwize / V7000** | V7000_DEVICE; V7000 arrays present in Operating Cost settings and cost reporting |
| **IBM FlashSystem** | IBM_FLASH_SYSTEM |
| **IBM DS8000** | DS8K_API_DEVICE |
| **IBM SAN Volume Controller** | IBM SVC present in Operating Cost settings |
| **IBM (9500 series)** | IBM9500_DEVICE, registered as an active collection device in the observed environment |
| **HPE 3PAR** | THREE_PAR_DEVICE; 3PAR array present in Operating Cost settings and Savings Report |
| **Hitachi Ops Center** | HITACHI_OPS_DEVICE |
| **Hitachi HNAS** | HITACHI_HNAS_API_DEVICE |
| **Hitachi VSP** | VSP G350 present in Operating Cost settings, Amortization, and Savings Report |
| **Pure Storage** | PURE_DEVICE; PURE_DEVICE present in Enterprise Delta Report device-type analysis |

## Backup and data protection platforms

| Provider / platform | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **Veeam** | VEEAM_BACKUP; Veeam backup appliance identifier tag key present in the live tag catalog |
| **Commvault** | COMMVAULT_BACKUP |
| **Cohesity** | COHESITY_BACKUP, COHESITY_HELIOS_DEVICE, and COHESITY_HELIOS_SAAS_DEVICE |
| **Dell EMC Avamar** | AVAMAR_DEVICE |
| **Dell EMC Data Domain** | DATA_DOMAIN_DEVICE |
| **HPE StoreOnce** | HP_STOREONCE_DEVICE and STOREONCE_DEVICE |
| **Rubrik** | Rubrik cluster present in the Amortization ledger, Savings Report, and Enterprise Delta Report; Rubrik-specific tag keys present in the live catalog including export source region, source disk name, source snapshot ID, source VM name, task chain ID, and managed SQL resource markers |

## Enterprise compute platforms

| Provider / platform | Evidence of support |
| --- | --- |
| **IBM Power (via Hardware Management Console)** | IBM HMC controllers managing Power systems models 9105-22A and 9009-41A carried as compute devices in Operating Cost settings and the Financial Administration Report, with full cost decomposition |

## Provider onboarding and management

| Element | Implementation |
| --- | --- |
| **Catalog selection** | Searchable multi-select of device types; each selected type becomes a removable chip with a count input and its own numbered configuration sub-form, so multiple instances of one provider can be queued in a single session |
| **Credentials** | Username and password, or SSH key as an alternative authentication method; credentials carry a Password Removed state in the device grid |
| **Scheduling** | Per-device collection day(s) (Monday to Sunday multi-select), collection time (default 09:00), collection timeout in hours, and an interval reporting flag |
| **Global controls** | Auto Upload, Download Schedule, and Auto Update toggles; Last VSI Client Session status; an "Up Next" grid of devices queued for their next scheduled run |
| **Lifecycle management** | Add Device, Bulk Import Devices, Update Selected, and per-row double-click edit; devices carry an Enabled state |
| **Onboarding effort** | Typical initial setup of 1 to 2 hours including a data collection setup call, with CLI or REST API access arranged per device platform in scope |

## Summary

| Provider group | Providers evidenced |
| --- | --- |
| Public cloud | Microsoft Azure, Amazon (S3) |
| Data cloud / analytics | Databricks |
| Third-party FinOps integrations | Cloudability, Right Size, File Analysis, Folder Walker |
| Virtualization / private cloud | VMware vSphere/ESXi, VMware vSAN, Nutanix (v3 and v4), Red Hat OpenShift, Dell EMC ScaleIO |
| Enterprise storage | NetApp, Dell EMC Isilon, Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC VPLEX, Dell EMC XtremIO, Dell EMC Compellent, IBM V7000, IBM FlashSystem, IBM DS8000, IBM SVC, IBM 9500, HPE 3PAR, Hitachi Ops Center, Hitachi HNAS, Hitachi VSP, Pure Storage |
| Backup and data protection | Veeam, Commvault, Cohesity (incl. Helios and Helios SaaS), Dell EMC Avamar, Dell EMC Data Domain, HPE StoreOnce, Rubrik |
| Enterprise compute | IBM Power via Hardware Management Console |

The supported collector catalog contains **50+ device and integration types** in total; the providers listed above are those individually evidenced in the reference documentation.

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Source: https://visualoneintelligence.com/docs/fof-platform-2-data-provider-support/