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Authorizations give users access to view and manage systems. An authorization is composed of users, toolboxes, and discovered systems. When you first access the Authorizations tab, a table appears listing all authorizations and includes the following information:

  • User/User Group  This column includes all valid users and user groups. A user group appears in bold type. Group-based users are not displayed in this table. However, they are listed in the authorizations for users table and appear in italics.

  • Toolbox  This column displays the toolboxes assigned to the user or user group for each authorization.

  • System  This column displays the systems on which the user or user group has authorizations. A system group appears in bold type.

  • Auto  This column displays Auto if the authorization is set to automatically update when the collections that the authorization is based upon are updated.

A system group is a group of systems based on a system collection that is used for authorizations. Authorizations that use system groups are updated automatically when a change is made to the system collection that the system group is based upon. For authorizations to be updated automatically, the option, Do not track changes. If this collection changes, the authorization will not change must not be selected.

You can view all authorizations, or you can view filtered authorizations for users, user groups, toolboxes, system groups, and individual systems. Select the option from the Authorizations for box, and then select the name from the Select name box.

The Authorizations tab provides the following options:

  • Creating new authorizations  Select Options->Security->Users and Authorizations->Authorizations, and then click New. The New Authorizations section appears. This option is not available for group-based users. Instead, create authorizations for the user group of the group-based user.

  • Deleting authorizations  Select Options->Security->Users and Authorizations->Authorizations, select authorizations to delete, and then click Delete. A dialog box appears. To delete the authorizations, click OK, or to cancel the deletion, click Cancel. This option is not available for group-based users. Instead, delete authorizations for the user groups of the group-based user.

  • Viewing and printing authorization reports  Select Options->Security->Users and Authorizations->Authorizations, and then click Report. The Authorizations Report window appears. To print the report, select File->Print.

  • Updating authorizations  Select Options->Security->Users and Authorizations->Authorizations, select an authorization using a system group based on a collection, and then click Update. The Update Authorizations section appears.

    NOTE: To sort the information in ascending or descending order, click the appropriate column heading. The column heading that includes the arrow is the column by which the list is sorted. If the arrow is pointing up, the list is sorted in ascending order. If the arrow is pointing down, the list is sorted in descending order.
  • Run SE user security configuration  Authorizations defined in HP SIM are not automatically shared with HP Storage Essentials. To update user security in HP Storage Essentials, click the Run SE user security configuration link.

    • You can define separate authorizations in HP Storage Essentials on the Users page.

    • By default, HP SIM users have limited read access to all HP Storage Essentials managed systems and features. You can modify access privileges on the Roles page.

    • Use the Organizations page to control the HP Storage Essentials managed systems that are visible to HP SIM users.

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