HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

Managing Security144
• Viewing the Properties of an Organization, page 148
Adding Users
This section contains procedures for adding users and authorizing privileges. Only users belonging
to the Domain Administrator role can add or modify users.
Keep in mind the following:
• On Windows systems — The user name and password must be alpha-numeric, and cannot
exceed 256 characters. The user name cannot begin with a number.
• On Linux systems — The user name and password cannot exceed 256 characters.
To create an account:
1. In HP SIM, click Options > Security > Users and Authorizations.
2. Click the User tab.
3. Click New.
4. Enter the following information:
• Enter a user name in the Login name box. The account must be valid on the operating system
(includes Active Directory on Windows) on the central management server (CMS).
• If you are running the management server on Microsoft Windows, enter the domain name of
the server running Storage Essentials in the Domain box.
You do not need to provide additional information. For more information about the other options
displayed on this page, access the documentation accompanying HP SIM.
5. Click OK.
The new user is created.
IMPORTANT: New users can view the toolbars for Storage Essentials and not have enough
privileges to use its features. You must grant users privileges so they can not only view the
features in the tool bar, but use them as well.
To authorize a user to use the features in Storage Essentials:
1. Click the Authorizations tab if the new user doesn't have All Tools or HP SE Tools associated.
Click New.
2. In the New Authorizations table, select the user.
3. Select Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations.
4. In the Selected Toolbox(es) section, select HP SE Tools.
5. In the Select Systems list box, select the systems you want the user to be able to manage.
IMPORTANT: You must select CMS (Central Management Server) as one of the systems.
6. Click OK.