Users with access to Global Reporter can view all the elements throughout the enterprise, including those on the server running Global Reporter. Grant access to Global Reporter only to those, who should be allowed to view all elements. You may want to disable this functionality for some users.

If the System Configuration option is selected for a role, all users assigned to that role will have administration capabilities, as shown in the following list. If you do not want users belonging to that role to have those capabilities, do not assign the System Configuration option:

The ability to set organizations and roles

Schedule discovery

Find the CIM log level

Save log files, e-mail log files

Save the database, backup the database, and schedule a database backup

Configure Event Manager, File System Viewer and Performance Manager

Configure reports and traps

Set up the management server to send e-mail

Roles also restrict access to element properties, element records, and Provisioning Manager, as shown in the following table.

Table 13 Default Role Privileges with Elements

Role

Application

Host

Switch

Storage

Tape

Others

 

 

 

 

System

Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIO

View

View

View

View

View

View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain

Full Control

Full

Full

Full Control

Full

Full

Administrator

 

Control

Control

 

Control

Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storage

View

View

Full

Full Control

Full

Full

Administrator

 

 

Control

 

Control

Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server

View

Full

View

View

View

View

Administrator

 

Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application

Full Control

View

View

View

View

View

Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Help Desk

View

View

View

View

View

View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMViewOnly

View

View

View

View

View

View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By selecting one of the following options, users belonging to that role are restricted access:

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

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