As the PPM Administrator, you should determine the minimum administrative privileges or permissions needed to install, configure, and operate PPM. For example, when you use the PPM installer you must have full administrative privileges on the server. The minimum privileges required by PPM are documented in this KM article located in the Oracle Support Knowledge Base: https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1138963.1.
The PPM install grants exactly these privileges and nothing more.
Note: The term "server" in this guide can have one of three meanings, depending on your PPM configuration. It can mean one of the following:
- The PPM Front-End server, which is where IIS resides. Be aware there may be many PPM Front-End servers in one PPM installation.
- The PPM Primary Back-End server, which is where the PPM function engine resides.
- The database server.
Additionally, starting with PPM release 8.0 you have the option to add more back-end servers to enhance performance and scalability. Each additional back-end server is referred to as a PPM Secondary Back-End server.
As a minimum, every installation of PPM must consist of one and only one instance of the Primavera Portfolio Management Primary Back-End, one or more instances of the Primavera Portfolio Management Front-End, and one database server.
A typical configuration has both the PPM Front-End server and the PPM Primary Back-End server on one machine and the database server on another machine.