Owner's Manual

Users without this privilege can view event information and add comments to events, but cannot delete events or see

the Thresholds values from the Devices screen.

Managing User Accounts

You can create users and assign them to different roles.

If you have the

Manage Role/User

privilege, you can add/edit/delete a user in Power Center.

Adding A User Account

1. Click Settings → User and Group Accounts in the left navigation pane.

NOTE: If OpenManage Power Center is installed on a Windows Active Domain Controller server, every user

account added on this server should be a Windows Domain Account.

2. Click Add a User/Group.

The Add a User or Group Account window opens.

3. Click the radio button next to A user.

4. Select an Account Type and enter the required credentials:

For both Windows and Linux installations:

– OMPC Account

1. Enter a unique User Name for the account.

2. Enter a Password that is at least 8 characters long and includes characters from at least three of the

following categories: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and non-alphanumeric.

3. Re-enter the password to verify.

For a Windows installation:

– Windows Local Account—Enter a unique User Name for the account.

NOTE: If Power Center is installed on a Windows 2012 Essential server and the server is configured as

a Domain controller, all user accounts on the server should be Windows Domain Accounts, and not

Windows Local Accounts.

– Windows Domain Account

1. Enter a unique User Name for the account.

2. Enter a valid Windows Domain Name.

For a Linux installation:

– Linux Local Account—Enter a unique User Name for the account.

NOTE: While Linux Local Accounts can be changed from the Linux server, these changes will not be

mirrored in the same local account that was added to Power Center, and Power Center authentication

attempts on this account will fail. To keep the Linux Local Account in sync between Power Center and

the Linux server when the local account is changed from Linux, the original account must be deleted

from Power Center and the changed account must be created in Power Center as a new Linux Local

Account.

– LDAP Account—Enter a unique User Name for the account.

NOTE: A user description is useful when there are two users with the same user name. Two user accounts

with the same user name are only possible where the user types differ.