User`s guide

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Chapter 3 Managing ADM
Deleting Aging Logs
Todeletetheaginglogs,navigatetoManage>SystemandthenclickDeleteAllAgingLogsfromtheActions
paneontheleftsideofthescreen.
Users
InADM,therearetwotypesofusers:administratorsandoperators.Ifyouloginasanoperator,youdonot
haveaccesstotheManage,DetailDiscovery,andConnectorstabs.Ifyouloginasanadministrator ,youhave
accesstoallthetabs.
OntheDiscover>Inventory
page,onlyanadministratorcanperformthefollowingactions:
 Delete:Removesaselecteditementirely.
 AddtoGroup:Addsaselecteditemtoagroup.
 RemovefromGroup:Removesaselecteditemfromagroup.
Selecteditemsconsistofhosts,services,anddevices.
Onlyadministratorscanadd,copy,edit,delete,enable,anddisableauthorizedsystemusers.Navigateto
Manage>Userstoperformtheseactions:
 AddUser:Createsanewuserdefinition.
 CopyUser:Makesacopyofanexistinguserdefinition.
 EditUser:Modifiesanexistinguserdefinition.
 DeleteUser:Deletesauserdefinition.
 EnableUser:Enablesauserdefinition.
 DisableUser:Disablesauserdefinition.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Role-Based Access Control
ADMprovidesrole‐basedaccesscontrol.Thisallowsyoutoassignpermissiontoaroleinsteadofdirectly
assigningpermissiontoauser.ADMrolesdefinethebasicpermissionlevelforoperationsthatusersassigned
totherolecanperform.Whenthereisalargeamountofdatainyourenvironment,
role‐basedaccesscontrol
helpstodiscoverjusttheinformationthatyoumightbeinterestedin.
Youspecifyrole‐basedaccesscontrolwhenyouaddauser.Youmustselecttheoperatorrole,selecttheEnable
RoleBasedAccessControlcheckbox,andselectoneormoreexistinggroups.Thisensures
thattheoperator
accounthasaccessonlytocertaingroups.OnlythosegroupsaredisplayedfortheoperatorinADM.
Table 3-3. Aging Policy Information
Column Description
Active Thisboxhasagreenflagforanactivepolicyandagreyflagforaninactivepolicy.
Name Nameassignedtotheagingpolicywhenitwascreated.
Description Descriptionoftheagingpolicy.
CreatedBy UsernameofthepersonwhocreatedthisAgingPolicy.
CreationDate Datethisagingpolicywasoriginallycreated.
ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethis
AgingPolicyisdefined.
UpdatedBy UsernameofthepersonwholastmodifiedthisAgingPolicy.
UpdateDate DatethisAgingPolicywaslastmodified.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethis
AgingPolicyisdefined.