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Global user management mode has the following characteristics.
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Organizations are set up as separate departments, business units, or groups within one enterprise, such
as a corporation's HR and Finance departments.
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All Data Director users are visible to all organizations within Data Director.
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Organization administrators grant access to users to the organization or grant access directly from the
system user list.
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Users can navigate to the Data Director web console URL and register for an account, pending approval
from the organization administrator.
About Data Director Administration
Data Director system administrators perform Data Director administration on the system level. Organization
administrators perform Data Director administration on the organization level.
You create the initial account for the Data Director system administrator during Data Director setup. That
system administrator creates the system resource bundle, base database virtual machines (base DBVMs), and
base database templates.
By default, users do not have roles or permissions and cannot access any organizations. Organization
administrators assign roles and permissions to users and grant them access to specific organizations.
System administrators perform system-level operations for Data Director or for an entire organization. System
administrators perform the following tasks.
Table 1-1. System-Level Operations
Operation Type Examples
Resource management operations
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Creating and managing the system resource bundle.
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Creating and managing resource bundles.
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Creating and managing database virtual machines (DBVMs).
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Managing base database templates.
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Assigning base database templates to resource bundles.
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Assigning resource bundles to organizations.
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Creating and managing resource templates.
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Creating and managing backup templates.
User and organization
management operations
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Creating system users.
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Creating system administrators.
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Creating organizations.
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Creating organization administrators.
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Designating existing users as organization administrators.
Organization administrators perform organization-level operations within their organizations. Organization
administrators perform the following tasks.
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