Managing Roles

This section contains the following topics:

Adding Roles, page 360

Editing Roles, page 361

Deleting Roles, page 362

Adding Roles

The management server ships with several roles. You can add roles to accommodate your organization. For example, you might want to add a role for quality assurance. See About Security for the Management Server” on page 349 for more information about roles and organizations.

Keep in mind the following:

The Role Name and Description boxes do not accept special characters, except spaces and the following characters: $, -, ^, ., and _

Only users belonging to the Domain Administrator role can add roles.

To add a role:

1.Access Storage Essentials through one of the menu options, such as Options > Storage Essentials > Email Settings.

2.In the upper-right corner, click Security > Roles.

3.Click New Role.

4.In the Role Name box, enter a name for the role. For example: Quality Assurance. The name can contain spaces, but it cannot be longer than 256 characters.

5.In the Description box, enter a description for the role; for example: Role for those in quality assurance.

The description cannot be more than 1024 characters.

6.Select an access level for each element type:

Full Control — Lets you view and modify the record for the element (Asset Management tab) and perform provisioning.

Element Control — Lets you view and modify the record for the element (Asset Management tab).

View — Lets you view element properties.

See Options for Restricting a Role” on page 352.

7.Select the features you want a user to be able to access.

8.Click OK.

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