•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,
•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
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 |
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| System | Library |
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CIO | View | View | View | View | View | View |
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Domain | Full Control | Full | Full | Full Control | Full | Full |
Administrator |
| Control | Control |
| Control | Control |
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Storage | View | View | Full | Full Control | Full | Full |
Administrator |
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| Control |
| Control | Control |
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Server | View | Full | View | View | View | View |
Administrator |
| Control |
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Application | Full Control | View | View | View | View | View |
Administrator |
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Help Desk | View | View | View | View | View | View |
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SIMViewOnly | View | View | View | View | View | View |
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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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