HP OpenView Storage Mirroring User Guide (360226-002, May 2004)

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Logging On and Off of Storage Mirroring

To ensure protection of your data, Storage Mirroring offers multi-level security using native operating system security

features. Privileges are granted through membership in user groups defined on each machine running Storage Mirroring. To

gain access to a particular Storage Mirroring source or target, the user must provide a valid operating system user name and

password and the specified user name must be a member of one of the Storage Mirroring security groups. Once a valid user

name and password has been provided and the Storage Mirroring source or target has verified membership in one of the

Storage Mirroring security groups, the user is granted appropriate access to the source or target and the corresponding

features are enabled in the client. Access to Storage Mirroring is granted on one of the following three levels:

! Administrator Access—All Storage Mirroring features are available for that machine. For example, this access level

includes creating replication sets and establishing Storage Mirroring connections.

! Monitor Access—Statistics can be viewed on that machine, but Storage Mirroring features are not available. For example,

this access level does not allow the user to create or modify replication sets or create or modify Storage Mirroring

connections, but does allow you to view the connection statistics for any established Storage Mirroring connections on

that machine.

! No Access—The machine appears in the Storage Mirroring Management Console and can be pinged from the Storage

Mirroring Text Client, but no other access is available.

1. Highlight a machine on the left pane of the Management Console. By double-clicking the machine name, Storage

Mirroring automatically attempts to log you on to the selected machine. Verify your access by the resulting icon.

2. If you have no access, the Logon dialog box will automatically appear. If you have monitor access or want to log on with

a different username, right-click the machine name and select

Logon.

3. Specify your Username, Password, Domain, and whether you want your password saved. Click OK.

4. Verify your access by the resulting icon and log on again if necessary.

5. To log off of a Storage Mirroring machine, right-click the machine name on the left pane of the Management Console and

select

Logout.

NOTE: If your activation code is missing or invalid, you will be prompted to open the Server Properties general

tab to add or correct the code. Select Yes to open the Server Properties dialog box or select No to

continue without adding an activation code.

NOTE: For detailed information on Storage Mirroring security, see Security on page 15-1.

If the login does not complete within 30 seconds, it is automatically canceled. If this timeout is not long enough

for your environment, you can increase it by adjusting the

Communication Timeout on the Configuration tab

of the Management Console properties. Select

File, Options, from the Management Console to access this

screen.

If your Storage Mirroring server is across a router or firewall, you may need to disable ICMP pings so that the

File, Options,

from the Management Console to access this option.