HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

HP SIM enables you to configure authorizations for specific users or user groups. Authorizations
give the user access to view and manage systems. Each authorization specifies a user or user
group, a toolbox, and a system or system group. The specific set of tools that can be run on a
system that is specified in the assigned toolbox.
It is important that you plan which systems each user will manage and which specific set of tools
each user is authorized to execute on managed systems. A user with no toolbox authorizations on
a particular system cannot view or manage that system.
Authorizations are cumulative. If a user is authorized for Toolbox1 and Toolbox2 on the same
system, the user is authorized for all tools in both Toolbox1 and Toolbox2 on that system. Similarly,
a user authorized for the All Tools toolbox on a system requires no other toolbox authorizations
on that system because the All Tools toolbox always includes all tools.
See the following guidelines for setting up user names and authorizations in the following sections:
• Configuring automatic discovery
• Creating new users
• Creating new user groups
• Creating new toolboxes
• Creating new authorizations
Users authorization templates
The Users and Authorizations tabs offer the following options:
• Add, edit, and delete users and user groups, and view and print user reports. Select
Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Users.
• Add, edit, and delete toolboxes, and view and print toolbox reports. Select
Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Toolboxes.
• Add, update, and delete authorizations, and view and print authorization reports. Select
Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations.
Users and authorizations related information
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