NetBackup™ Web UI Security Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
    5.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
  2. Managing role-based access control
    1.  
      About role-based access control (RBAC) in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup default RBAC roles
    3.  
      Configuring RBAC
    4.  
      Add a custom role
    5.  
      Edit or delete a custom role
    6.  
      Add an object group
    7.  
      Previewing the assets, application servers, or protection plans for an object group
    8.  
      Edit or delete an object group
    9.  
      Add access for a user through access rules
    10.  
      Edit or remove user access rules
    11.  
      How can I limit role permissions to specific objects or assets?
  3. Security events and audit logs
    1.  
      About NetBackup auditing
    2.  
      View security events and audit logs
  4. Managing host mappings and certificates
    1.  
      About security management and certificates in NetBackup
    2.  
      NetBackup host IDs and host ID-based certificates
    3.  
      View NetBackup host information
    4.  
      Approve or add mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    5.  
      Reissue a certificate when a host's certificate is no longer valid
    6.  
      Remove mappings for a host that has multiple host names
    7.  
      Reset a host's attributes
    8.  
    9.  
  5. Managing global security settings
    1.  
      Disable communication with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier hosts
    2.  
      Disable automatic mapping of NetBackup host names
    3.  
      Select a security level for certificate deployment
    4.  
      Set a passphrase for disaster recovery
  6. Troubleshooting the web UI
    1.  
      Tips for accessing the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      If a user doesn't have the correct permissions or access to workload assets in the NetBackup web UI

NetBackup default RBAC roles

With the NetBackup RBAC default roles you can delegate for tasks like NetBackup security management, protection plan configuration and job management, and protection and recovery of assets.

NetBackup security administrator

The NetBackup security administrator performs the following tasks in the NetBackup environment:

  • Manages role-based access control. This user can delegate access to NetBackup. This task includes managing the users that can access NetBackup, the role or permissions that users have, and the NetBackup assets that users can access.

  • Oversees the security management. This task includes managing NetBackup hosts and certificates, managing global security settings, and viewing security events.

Backup administrator

The backup administrator performs the following tasks in the NetBackup environment:

  • Manages all jobs activity. Monitors all job operations. Able to cancel, suspend, resume, restart, and delete jobs.

    The backup administrator can also configure NetBackup to send email notifications to their ticketing system when certain job failures occur.

  • Configures protection plans for the workload administrator.

  • Views the usage reporting details on backup data size for NetBackup master servers.

You can limit access (through object groups) for users with the Backup administrator role or with a custom role. However, you cannot limit the jobs that a backup administrator can see. Users with this role can view all job activity.

Workload administrator

The workload administrator performs the following tasks in the NetBackup environment:

  • Manages the jobs that they initiate.

  • Manages the assets they are granted access to. Configure assets in the NetBackup environment including cloud providers, application servers, and asset groups.

  • Monitors protection status and subscribes assets to protection plans.

  • Performs the recovery for assets they manage.

You can limit access (through object groups) for users with the Workload administrator role.