Managing User Accounts

This section discusses the following topics:

•”Adding Users” on page 132

•”Editing a User Account” on page 133

•”Deleting Users” on page 133

•”Modifying Your User Profile” on page 134

•”Modifying Your User Preferences” on page 134

•”Viewing the Properties of a Role” on page 136

•”Viewing the Properties of an Organization” on page 136

Adding Users

To access the management server, users must enter a user name and password.

NOTE: The user name and password should be alpha-numeric. They cannot exceed more than 256 characters. The user name cannot begin with a number.

You must create your user account in HP Insight Manager SIM, as described in the following steps:

1.Select Options > Security > Users and Authorizations.

2.Click the User tab.

3.Click New.

4.Provide the following information:

•Login name - Provide a user name.

•Domain - Provide the domain name of the server running Storage Essentials.

You do not need to provide additional information. For more information about the other options mentioned on this page, access the documentation accompanying HP SIM.

5.Click OK.

The new user is created.

IMPORTANT: New users can view the toolbars for Storage Essentials and not have enough privileges to use its features. You must grant users privileges so they can use not only view the features in the toolbar, but use them as well.

6.To authorize a user to use the features in Storage Essentials:

a.Click New.

b.In the New Authorizations table, select the user.

c.Select Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations.

d.In the Selected Toolbox(es) section, select HP SE Tools.

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