Data Domain: Off-premises Data Domain Virtual Edition Running From AWS Goes Down After Moving From IMDSv1 to IMDSv2

Summary: Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) hosted on AWS goes down after moving from Instance Metadata Service version 1 (IMDSv1) to Instance Metadata Service version 2 (IMDSv2).

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Instructions

Off-premises DDVEs hosted on AWS goes down after moving from IMDSv1 to IMDSv2.

Some customer security teams may require DDVEs go from AWS IMDSv1 to IMDSv2 for security hardening. After applying the change, the affected DDVEs become inaccessible and the DDVE goes unusable.

Per Amazon article Use IMDSv2  This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.  
  • Instance Metadata Service Version 1 (IMDSv1) is a request-response method.
  • Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) is a session-oriented method.
DDVE does support IMDSv2 on versions before DDOS 7.10 or later.

For any DDVE running on an AWS EC2 instance where IMDSv2 is enabled, follow AWS article below to make IMDS v2 optional for the DDVE EC2 instances (and be allowed to run the DDVE until able to upgrade to DDOS 7.10 or later): Modify instance metadata options for existing instances This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

Affected Products

Data Domain Virtual Edition
Article Properties
Article Number: 000197325
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 05 Jun 2023
Version:  4
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