Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
- Overview of NetBackup OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter components
- About starting the OpsCenter console
- About OpsCenter console components
- About the View pane
- Sizing the Content pane
- About using tables
- Installing OpsCenter
- About planning an OpsCenter installation
- Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter upgrade on Windows and UNIX
- About post-installation tasks
- About uninstalling OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
- About clustering OpsCenter
- Getting started with OpsCenter
- Administering OpsCenter
- About the services and processes used by OpsCenter
- OpsCenter server scripts on Windows and UNIX
- About OpsCenter database administration
- About backup and restore of OpsCenter and OpsCenter Analytics
- About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter log files
- Understanding OpsCenter settings
- Setting user preferences
- About managing licenses
- Configuring the data purge period on the OpsCenter Server
- Configuring SMTP server settings for OpsCenter
- Adding host aliases in OpsCenter
- Merging objects (hosts) in OpsCenter
- Modifying tape library information in OpsCenter
- Copying a user profile in OpsCenter
- Setting report export location in OpsCenter
- About managing Object Types in OpsCenter
- About managing OpsCenter users
- About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
- About managing recipients in OpsCenter
- About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics
- Understanding data collection
- About configuring data collection for NetBackup
- About the Breakup Jobs option
- Viewing primary server details and data collection status
- About configuring data collection for NetBackup
- Managing OpsCenter views
- About OpsCenter views
- About managing OpsCenter views
- Managing static views
- Managing dynamic views
- View filters in OpsCenter
- Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter
- Controlling the scope of Monitor views
- About monitoring NetBackup using the Overview tab
- About monitoring NetBackup jobs
- Monitor > Services view
- About monitoring Audit Trails
- Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
- About managing alert policies
- About creating (or changing) an alert policy
- About managing NetBackup storage
- About managing NetBackup devices
- About Operational Restore and Guided Recovery operations
- About Operational Restores from OpsCenter
- About Guided Recovery
- Troubleshooting Guided Recovery
- About managing NetBackup Hosts
- About managing NetBackup Deployment Analysis
- Data compilation for the Capacity License report
- Generating a Capacity Licensing report
- Supporting Replication Director in OpsCenter
- Understanding and configuring OpsCenter alerts
- About using SNMP
- About using SNMP
- Reporting in OpsCenter
- About OpsCenter reports
- Report Templates in OpsCenter
- About managing reports in OpsCenter
- Creating a custom report in OpsCenter
- About managing My Reports
- About managing My Dashboard
- About managing reports folders in OpsCenter
- About managing report schedules in OpsCenter
- About managing time schedules in OpsCenter
- Appendix A. Attributes of NetBackup data
- Appendix B. Man pages for CLIs
- Appendix C. Creating views using CSV, TSV, and XML files
- Appendix D. Error messages in OpsCenter
User access rights and functions in OpsCenter user interface
The following tables provide information on OpsCenter users and the functions that they can perform in the OpsCenter user interface.
You can add AD / LDAP domain groups to OpsCenter to authorize all users from that group to access OpsCenter.
Table: OpsCenter user interface functions provides details of the OpsCenter user interface functions that authorized users or user groups can perform.
Table: OpsCenter user interface functions
OpsCenter functions | Tasks | Go to this topic |
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User Management |
The User Management function includes the following tasks:
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OpsCenter Management |
The OpsCenter Management function includes the following tasks:
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See Adding a primary server or appliance in OpsCenter. See Editing a primary server or an appliance primary server in OpsCenter. See Deleting a primary server or an appliance primary server in OpsCenter. See About managing cost analysis and chargeback for OpsCenter Analytics. |
NetBackup Operations |
The NetBackup Operations function includes the following tasks: Change states of the NetBackup entities as follows:
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See Activating or deactivating a job policy. See Controlling NetBackup jobs. See Controlling media. See Controlling drives. |
Backup and Recovery |
The Backup and the Recovery function includes the following tasks:
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Views Management |
The Views Management function includes the following tasks:
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See About managing OpsCenter views. See User access rights and functions in OpsCenter user interface. |
All Views Read |
The All Views Read function includes the following tasks:
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Report Execution |
This function includes the following tasks:
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See Creating an OpsCenter report using a Report Template. See Creating a custom report in OpsCenter. |
Custom Reports Note: This feature is available with the licensed (OpsCenter Analytics) version of the product. |
This function includes the following tasks:
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Custom SQL Reports Note: This feature is available with the licensed (OpsCenter Analytics version) of the product. |
This function includes the following tasks:
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Monitoring |
Monitoring includes the following tasks:
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See chapter Monitoring NetBackup using OpsCenter |
Alert Management |
The Alert Management function includes the following tasks:
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See About creating (or changing) an alert policy. See Managing an alert policy . |
OpsCenter users are categorized as follows:
Table: User categories
User | Description |
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Security Administrator |
A Security Administrator is a super admin user who can perform all OpsCenter functions including user management. The OpsCenter Security Administrator can create, edit, or delete users. |
Administrator |
This user can perform all OpsCenter functions except for user management. The OpsCenter Administrator cannot create, edit, or delete users. |
Operator |
This user is not involved in the activities that are related to managing users, OpsCenter Server, and NetBackup configuration. |
Restore Operator |
The role of this user is to mainly perform restore operations. The Restore Operator can monitor, perform alert operations and run standard or custom reports.
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Reporter |
The role of this user is to mainly generate the operational and business-level reports for further analysis. A Reporter would be able to view only those schedules that they themselves create. The Security Administrator, Administrator, and Operator would however be able to access all the schedules. |
Note:
You can also assign a user role to a user group of an authorized AD / LDAP domain. The same user role is assigned to each user of the authorized domain group.
Table: User roles lists the OpsCenter user roles and the OpsCenter UI functions that these users can perform.
Table: User roles
OpsCenter function | Security Administrator | Administrator | Operator | Restore Operator | Reporter |
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User Management |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
OpsCenter Management |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
NetBackup Operations |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Partial (Only perform operations on Restore Jobs) |
N |
Backup and Recovery |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Views Management |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
All Views Read |
Y |
Y |
P |
P |
P |
Report Execution |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Custom Reports |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Custom SQL Reports |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Monitoring |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Alert Management |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
"Y" represents "Yes", which means that the users of this role can perform this particular OpsCenter function.
"N" represents "No", which means that the users of this role cannot perform this particular OpsCenter function.
P represents "Permission based", which means that users of this role need permission to perform the particular function.