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Role-Based Security and its Implementation
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OmeAdministrators have full permissions to perform the following tasks:
• Add multiple Discovery Ranges
• Deploy OMSA on a remote machine
• Execute any remote task and view the report
OmeUsers only have read permissions. OmeUsers can view reports and export the report details to an
external file.
Note: A guest user must be a member of OmeAdministrators or OmeUser to access OpenManage
Essentials.
OpenManage Essentials Roles and Associated Permissions
OpenManage Essentials users have read-only access and cannot perform other operations. They can log
in to the console, run discovery and inventory tasks, view settings, and acknowledge events. The
Windows Users group is a member of this group.
OpenManage Essentials Administrators have full access to all of the operations within OpenManage
Essentials.
OmeAdministrators Console View
When logged in to OpenManage Essentials, the top-right corner of the screen displays details about the
user who is logged in (Figure 6). In this figure, the user permission is displayed as OmeAdministrators.
This user can perform any task defined in OpenManage Essentials.
Figure 6. OmeAdministrators console
Right-click options include all operations pertaining to modification, for example, Edit, Rename,
Delete, and Disable (Figure 7).