9 users and authorizations, Users, User groups – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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9 Users and Authorizations
HP SIM enables you to configure authorizations for specific
or
. Authorizations
give the user access to view and manage systems. Each authorization specifies a user or user
group, a
, and a system or system group. The specific set of tools that can be run on a
system is specified in the assigned toolbox.
You must plan which systems each user will manage and which specific set of
each user is
authorized to execute on managed systems. A user with no toolbox authorizations on a particular
system cannot view or manage that system.
Authorizations are cumulative. If a user is authorized for Toolbox1 and Toolbox2 on the same
system, the user is authorized for all tools in both Toolbox1 and Toolbox2 on that system. Similarly,
a user authorized for the All Tools toolbox on a system requires no other toolbox authorizations
on that system because the All Tools toolbox always includes all tools. See the Systems Insight
Manager online help for more information on setting up users and authorizations.
Users
Create user accounts to sign-in to HP SIM. The account must be valid on the operating system
(including Active Directory on Windows) on the CMS and is authenticated by the CMS. You must
know the operating system
name of the user you are adding, but it is not necessary
to know the password.
User groups
User groups must exist in the operating system. For Windows, they must also exist in Active Directory.
Members of user groups in the operating system can sign-in to HP SIM and inherit the group's
attributes for configuration rights, sign-in IP address restrictions, and authorizations. When a group's
configuration rights, sign-in IP address restrictions, or authorizations are changed, this change is
immediately reflected for all current members of the group.
With configuration rights, the user inherits the highest setting. With sign-in IP address restrictions,
the user inherits all entries. With authorizations, the user inherits all authorizations.
NOTE:
A user's group membership is determined at sign-in. If a user's group membership changes
in the operating system, it is not reflected in HP SIM until the next time the user signs in to HP SIM.
Toolboxes
Toolboxes are used to configure a group of
for each
that has access. Toolboxes are set
up so that some users can use the group of tools to which each user has access but not others. For
example, an administrator has access to more tools than a user.
NOTE:
For users with
and user rights to clear, delete, assign events, and add
comments to events, you must select Configuration Tool from the Show tools in category
dropdown list. Then, select Clear Events, Delete Events, Assign Events, and Comment Events
as necessary, and then click
to add them to the Toolbox contents.
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