Manage Other Users

Administrator users can manage other users. This includes adding, modifying, or deleting a user.

• Add, Modify, or Delete a User

• User Roles and Privileges

Add, Modify, or Delete a User

An administrator can add, modify, or remove other users through the STA user interface.

If you need to configure Open LDAP or IBM RACF user authentication, see the instructions for configuring an access control service provider in the STA Installation and Configuration Guide.

1. You must have Administrator privileges.

2. In the left navigation, expand Setup & Administration, then select Users.

3. Click Create User . Or select a user and click Modify User or Delete User .

4. If creating or modifying a user, complete the dialog box, and then click Save.

   • User Name—Enter the name of the user.

   • Description—Enter a description of the new user, if desired.

   • Role—In the menu, select Administrator, Operator, or Viewer.

   • Enter Password—Enter the login password for the new user. It must be at least eight characters long and contain a mix of letters and numbers.

   • Verify Password—Reenter the password.

5. If deleting a user, select what to do with the templates and logical groups they owned:

   • Leave them in place, make them public—Retain all templates and logical groups owned by this username. Make them public and available to all users.

   • Delete them—Delete all templates and logical groups owned by this username. Note that deleting a logical group may invalidate any filters, templates, and executive reports using that logical group.

User Roles and Privileges

Each user has an assigned role, which determines what the user can access. Each user must be assigned one of three predefined roles: Viewer, Operator, or Administrator.

The user role is displayed in the Main Toolbar, next to your STA username. The primary administrator user was created during STA installation and can create and maintain any number of additional users.

• Viewer – Has viewing access to screens on the Home, Tape System Hardware, and Tape System Activity tabs. Can only modify the appearance of screens for the current login session, filter screens, and apply templates created by users with higher privileges. Can download executive reports created by users with higher privileges.

• Operator – Has all privileges of the Viewer role. Also has editing privileges for some Setup & Administration screens and view-only privileges on Configuration screens. Cannot create policies or perform configuration tasks.

• Administrator – Has all privileges of the Operator role, plus full editing privileges for all Setup & Administration screens. Can create STA policies, define configuration settings, and create STA usernames.

Procedures in this documentation identify the user role required to access screens and perform activities. If no role is identified, then the activity can be performed by all users.

Each role comes with a set of privileges, which determine the screens and activities available to that user. Privileges are predefined and cannot be modified. The Viewer role provides the fewest privileges, while the Administrator role provides the most.

In the table below, X denotes that the user can perform the activity.

Table 2-1 User Role Privileges, Organized by Screen

Screen	Activity	View	Oper	Adm
Preferences menu	Configure preferences for your STA username. Change the password for your STA username.	X	X	X
Templates toolbar	Apply a template to the current screen. Set the current template as the screen default for your STA username.	X	X	X
Templates toolbar	Create a template. Modify the appearance of a custom template. Save a template to a new name. Change the public or private visibility settings of a custom template owned by your STA username.	-	X	X
Home > Dashboard	Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing dashboard panes.	X	X	X
Home > Quick Links	Display a list of all templates available to your STA username. Navigate to a screen with the selected template applied.	X	X	X
Home > Executive Reports	Display a list of public report files run automatically or on demand. Export and view a report file.	X	X	X
Home > Executive Reports	Delete a public report file.	-	X	X
Tape System Hardware	Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing graphs and table attributes.	X	X	X
Tape System Hardware > Drives – Overview	Display drives assigned to the media validation drive pools.	X	X	X
Tape System Hardware > Drives – Overview	Add selected drives to a manual logical group. View logical group assignments for selected drives.	-	X	X
Tape System Hardware > Media – Overview	Add selected media to a manual logical group. View logical group assignments for selected media. Submit manual media validation requests. Resume interrupted validations of T10000T2 media.	-	X	X
Tape System Activity	Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing graphs and table attributes.	X	X	X
Tape System Activity > Alerts Overview	Display a list of all generated alerts. Export the alerts list to a spreadsheet or document. View detail for an alert. Change the state of an alert. Show or hide dismissed alerts.	X	X	X
Tape System Activity > Alerts Overview	Annotate an alert.	-	X	X
Tape System Activity > Media Validation Overview	Submit manual media validation requests one at a time. Reorder pending media validation requests. Cancel selected pending or in-progress media validation requests. Resume an interrupted validation of a T10000T2 media.	X	X	X
Tape System Activity > All Messages	Display a list of all SNMP traps received by STA. Export selected SNMP traps to a spreadsheet or document. View detail for a selected SNMP trap.	X	X	X
Setup & Admin > Logical Groups	Create a manual or dynamic logical group. List all drives and media assigned to a logical group. Add and remove drives and media from a manual logical group. Change the selection criteria for a dynamic logical group. Force a dynamic logical group update. Rename or delete a logical group.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Alerts Policies	Display a list of defined alert policies.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Alerts Policies	Define, copy, rename, and delete an alert policy. Change the criteria for a selected policy. Change the list of email recipients for a policy. Enable or disable an alert policy.	-	-	X
Setup & Admin > Executive Reports Policies	Display a list of public executive report policies. Run a public report on demand.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Executive Reports Policies	Create, modify, and delete a public report policy or a private policy created by your STA username. Display a list of public policies and private policies created by your STA username. Define a regular schedule for a report. Assign public or private ownership to a policy. Designate email addresses to receive report files. Change the dashboard template on which a report is based.	-	-	X
Setup & Admin > Templates Management	Display a list of all templates available to your STA username. Change the default screen template for your STA username. Change the public or private visibility settings of a template owned by your STA username. Rename, export, import, or delete a template. Restore the STA predefined templates.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Media Validation	Display media validation configuration settings. Display drives in the media validation drive pools. Display the list of media validation policies.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Media Validation	Enable or disable media validation on STA. Enable or disable drive calibration. Define, copy, rename, and delete a media validation policy. Change the criteria for a media validation policy. Enable or disable a media validation policy.			X
Setup & Admin > Service – Logs	Display a list of all available service log bundles. Create or delete a log bundle. Display run information for a log bundle. Download a log bundle to your local computer.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – SNMP Connections	Display SNMP client settings for STA. Display SNMP connection settings for all monitored libraries. Export SNMP connection settings for all monitored libraries to a text file.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – SNMP Connections	Configure SNMP client settings for STA. Configure the SNMP connection to a library. Test a library SNMP connection. Perform a manual data collection for a monitored library. Remove a library connection from STA.	-	-	X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Users	Display a list of all STA usernames and their roles.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Users	Create and modify an STA username. Change the password for an STA username. Delete an STA username.	-		X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Email	Display configuration settings for the STA SMTP server. Display a list of all available email recipients and their location information.	-	X	X
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Email	Configure the STA SMTP server. Configure an available email recipient. Send a test email to an available recipient. Delete an available email recipient.	-	-	X

To see the roles required for various GUI activities, see the following:

• User Roles for Template Activities

• User Roles for Alerts Management

• User Roles for Executive Reports and Policies

• User Roles for Media Validation Activities