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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Editing User Accounts and User Groups

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Users and User Groups
»Creating New Users
»Creating New User Groups
Editing User Accounts and User Groups
»Deleting User Accounts and User Groups
»User and User Group Reports
»Default User Templates
»Toolboxes
»Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Command Line Interface
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

In the event a user account or user group must be modified, you can edit it from the Users tab on the Users and Authorizations page.

If a group's configuration rights or login IP address restrictions are changed, this is immediately reflected in all current members of the group. If a group name is edited, none of its current members are affected, other than to pick up the new group name.

A group-based user account can be edited only to convert to an individual user and is not reversible.

To edit a user account or user group:

  1. Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsUsers.

  2. Select the user or user group you want to edit, and click [Edit]. The Edit User or Edit User Group section appears.

  3. Change the appropriate setting.

    Note: Steps d-e and i-m are not available for user groups.

    1. In the Login name (on central management server) field, edit the operating system name for the user or user group. This field is required.

    2. In the Domain (Windows domain for login name) field, edit the Windows domain name for the user or user group name if the central management server (CMS) is running Windows.

      Note: If the user account was migrated from Insight Manager 7, the Domain (Windows® domain for login name) field has a dummy domain associated with the user. If the user is a user that receives pages, this field must be edited to include a valid domain on your network.

    3. In the Full name field, edit the full name for the user or group.

    4. In the Phone number field, edit the user's phone number. This does not apply to user groups.

    5. In the E-mail address field, edit the user's e-mail address. This does not apply to user groups.

    6. In the Central management server configuration rights section, select the level of authority to assign to the user or user group from the following options:

      • full, allowed to modify all CMS settings. Enables the user total control of the database. Users can run discovery of systems and data collection; define users and authorizations; set Cluster Monitor configuration; configure licensing and protocol settings; and create, modify, delete, and run reports, snapshot comparisons, tools, custom commands, events, automation tasks, and so on.

      • limited, allowed to create/modify/delete all reports and their own tools. Enables the user to create new reports, edit any reports, and delete any reports (including the predefined reports).

      • none, no configuration of CMS allowed. Allows the user to view and run predefined reports on the CMS and all managed systems. However, the user has no configuration rights on the CMS or on the managed systems.

        CAUTION: If a user has been changed from a full-configuration-rights user, you might want to change the user's authorizations. Otherwise, the user might still have undesired tool authorizations, such as All Tools toolbox on All Managed Systems or All Tools toolbox on the CMS.

      Refer to Users and User Groups - Creating New Users for more detailed information on each level of authority.

    7. Under the Login IP Address Restrictions section, in the Inclusion ranges field, edit the IP addresses of the systems that you want included for management by this user or user group. If you list multiple IP addresses, separate them with a semicolon (;). Each range is a single IP address or two IP addresses separated by a dash (-). The IP addresses must be entered in the standard dotted form, for example, 15.1.54.133. Any spaces surrounding the semicolons or dashes are ignored. Spaces are not allowed within a single IP address in dotted form.

      Important: If browsing from the central management server, ensure all IP addresses of the CMS are properly included. If browsing to localhost ensure the loopback address 127.0.0.1 is also included.

    8. In the Exclusion ranges field, edit the IP address of the systems that should be excluded from management by this user or user group. Use the same format in the previous step for Inclusion ranges. Enter 0.0.0.0 to prevent a user from logging in through a remote system.

      Note: Be sure to verify that your inclusion and exclusion ranges do not overlap.

      Note: The following five steps are for Windows systems only and not for user groups.

    9. Under the Pager Information section, in the Phone number field, edit the pager phone number of the user associated with this user account if you are using a Windows operating system. If the Phone number field is left blank, the paging information is not saved. This does not apply to user groups.

    10. In the PIN number field, edit the PIN number associated with the pager phone number. This does not apply to user groups.

    11. In the Message length field, select how many characters can be accepted in the paging message from the dropdown list. This does not apply to user groups.

    12. In the Baud rate field, select the appropriate baud rate for the pager from the dropdown list. This does not apply to user groups.

    13. In the Data format field, select the appropriate data format for the pager from the dropdown list. This does not apply to user groups.

  4. Click [OK] to save and close the New User section. You can click [Apply] to save and keep the Edit User section open, or click [Cancel ]to cancel the modifications.

    The user or group changes are saved.

Command Line Interface

Users with full-configuration-rights can use the mxuser command to modify users or user groups from the command line interface (CLI).

Users with limited-configuration-rights can use the mxexec command to launch command tools on one or more systems from the CLI. For assistance with this command, refer to the associated manpage.

Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for information on accessing the manpage.

Related Procedures

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Users and Authorizations
» Users and User Groups - Creating New Users
» Users and User Groups - Creating New User Groups
» Users and User Groups - Deleting User Accounts and User Groups
» Users and User Groups - User and User Group Reports

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Users and Authorizations
» Users and Authorizations - Users and User Groups