User manual

Procedure
1 In the Dashboard, click the area of the virtual data center.
2 Click the Users tab.
3 Click Edit Access.
4 Select users and click Save.
Users are assigned to the virtual data center.
About Activity Logs
Activity logs display changes to entities across all regions that administrators can view to gain insight about
user activities.
The activity log appears as a grid of log entries. It does not display virtual machine monitoring or
performance characteristics and is not viewable by end users.
The activity log displays several types of information.
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You can view the user and the type and name of the resource that is affected by the activity.
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You can view the start and end time of the activity, such as when the task of creating a virtual data
center began and ended.
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You can view details of the activity, such as a changed user name or the name of a new virtual data
center.
View Activity Logs
You can view activity logs to see changes such as when virtual data centers, virtual machines, networks, or
gateways were added or deleted, or when user information was edited.
Use the activity log to monitor user activities and changes to your cloud environment, across all regions.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have administrator privileges. Administrator types include account, virtual infrastructure,
network, read-only, and subscription.
Procedure
1 On the Dashboard tab, under Related Links, click Activity Log.
2 View information about user activities.
Option Description
User
View the user name (email).
Action type
View the action type, such as create, delete, or edit.
Resource type affected
View the resource type affected, such as whether a user, a network, a
virtual machine, or a virtual data center was changed.
Resource name acted upon
View the name of the resource affected, such as the name of the user that
was updated.
Start and end time
View the date stamps for the activity shown in the user's local time.
Status of the change
View post-change status, such as Success.
Details of the activity
View details at the lower left of the highlighted activity. Click Previous or
Next to navigate up or down the list and change the focus of the log and
details shown in the lower left.
3 To make sure the view of the activity log is current, click the refresh icon above the table.
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