Administrator Guide

Grant Access to Directory Service Users and Groups

To allow directory users to log in to Storage Manager, add directory service users and/or user groups to Storage Manager user groups.

Add Directory Groups to a Storage Manager User Group

Add a directory group to a Storage Manager user group to allow all users in the directory group to access Storage Manager. Access can be

granted to groups that belong to the domain to which the

Data Collector is joined, domains in the same forest, and domains that belong to

forests for which two-way forest trusts are congured. Directory service groups are not supported for one-way trust domains.

Prerequisite

The Data Collector must be congured to authenticate users with an external directory service.

Steps

1 Connect to the Data Collector.

a Open a web browser.

b Type the address of the Data Collector in the web browser using the following format:

https://data_collector_host_name_or_IP_address:3033/

c Press Enter.

The Storage Manager login page is displayed.

d Type the user name and password of a Data Collector user with Administrator privileges in the User Name and Password eld.

e Click Log In.

If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list, click (Home) in the left navigation pane.

3 Click Data Collector.

The Data Collector view is displayed.

4 Click the Users & System tab and then select the Users & User Groups subtab.

5 Select the Storage Manager user group to which you want to add directory groups.

6 Click Add Directory User Groups.

The Add Directory User Groups dialog box opens.

7 (Multi-domain environments only) From the Domain drop-down menu, select the domain that contains the directory groups to which

you want to grant access.

8 Select each directory group that you want to add to the Storage Manager user group.

9 When you are nished, click OK. The directory groups that are associated with the Storage Manager group appear on the User

Groups

subtab.