Hardware Management Console Installation and Operations Guide


User Management

This chapter discusses how an HMC system administrator can manage users and assign roles. To use the User Management application, first determine who will use the HMC. Next, you can assign a role to that user to assign appropriate access. For example, you can create general users and assign operator roles to these users so that they can perform basic HMC tasks.

Note:
You must create a user named hscpe so that your software support representative has access to perform fixes on the HMC code. This user name is reserved for your support representative and is considered a "hidden" role. Do not assign the hscpe user name to one of your users. For more information about creating users and assigning roles, see Creating a User.

Overview of Roles

Each HMC user can be a member of one of six different roles. Each of these roles allows the user to access different parts of the HMC. The user roles specified by the HMC are as follows:

Each role is described as follows:

System Administrator
The System Administrator acts as the root user, or manager of the HMC system. The System Administrator has unrestricted authority to access and modify most of the HMC system.

Advanced Operator
An Advanced Operator can perform some partition or system configuration and has access to some user-management functions.

Service Representative
A Service Representative is an employee who is at your location to install or repair the system.

Operator
An Operator is responsible for daily system operation.

User Administrator
A User Administrator can perform user-management tasks, but cannot perform any other HMC functions.

Viewer
A Viewer can view HMC information, but cannot change any configuration information.

Roles and Tasks

The following table lists all roles and the tasks available to each:


Task Sys. Admin Adv. Operator Serv. Rep Operator User Admin Viewer
Problem Determination
Problem Determination tasks are only available to product support engineers.

Software Maintenance: HMC
Back up Critical Console Data X X X X

Format Media X X X X

Install Corrective Service X
X


Save Upgrade Data X X X


Software Maintenance: Frame
Receive Corrective Service X X X X

Install Corrective Service X
X


System Configuration
Customize Console Date and Time X X X X

Customize HMC Network Settings X X X


Schedule Operations X X



View Console Events X X X

X
Test Network Connectivity X X X


Change Current Locale X X X X

Configure Serial Adapter X X X


Enable/Disable Remote Virtual Terminal X X



Enable/Disable Remote Command Execution X X X


User Management Tasks
Create Users X


X
Modify Users X


X
View User Information X


X X
Delete Users X


X
Change User Password X


X
Managed System Tasks
Open Terminal Session X X X X

Close Terminal Session X X X X

Release Lock on Managed System X X X


Power On Managed System X X X X

Power Off Managed System X X X


Delete Managed System X




View Managed System Properties X X X X X X
Modify Managed System Policies X X



Rebuild HMC Software Connection X X X X X
Back up Profile Data X X X


Restore Profile Data X X X


Remove Profile Data X X X


Initialize Profile Data X




Accept CUoD License X




Activate CUoD Processors X




Refresh Frame X X X X X X
Initialize Frame X
X


View Frame Properties X X X X X X
Deactivate Service Processor X
X


Reset Service Processor X
X


Deactivate Frame's I/O Drawers X
X


System Profile Tasks
Create System Profile X X



Modify System Profile X X



View System Profile X X X X X X
Activate System Profile X X X X

Delete System Profile X




Copy System Profile X X



Validate System Profile X X X X

Partition Tasks
Create Partition X X



Setup Affinity Partition X X



View Partition X X X X X X
Modify Partition X X



Update Affinity Partition X X



Activate Partition X X X X

Delete Partition X




DLPAR Adapters (all tasks) X




DLPAR Processors (all tasks) X




DLPAR Memory (all tasks) X




Remove Affinity Partition X X



Reset Operating System X X X


Open Terminal Session X X X X

Close Terminal Session X X X X

Partition Profile Tasks
Create Partition Profile X X



View Partition Profile X X X X X X
Copy Partition Profile X X X


Delete Partition Profile X




Activate Partition Profile X X X X

Modify Partition Profile X X



Change Default Profile X X



Service Focal Point Tasks
Setting Service Focal Point X X X X

Use Hardware Services Functions X X X X

Select Serviceable Events X X X X

View Service Focal Point Setting X X X X X X
View Hardware Services Functions X X X X X X
View Serviceable Events X X X X X X
Inventory Scout Services Tasks
Configure Profile X X X


Conduct Microcode Survey X X X


Collect VPD Information X X X


Restart Inventory Scout Daemon X X X X

Service Agent Tasks
Register and Customize Service Agent X X X X

Stop Service Agent X X X X

Change Modes X X X X

Start Processes X X X X

Stop Processes X X X X

User Management Tasks

You can perform the following tasks using the Users application:

Creating a User

This process allows you to create a user.

To create users, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To create a user, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation area, click the HMC Management icon.
  2. In the Contents area, click the Users icon.
  3. Select Users from the menu.
  4. Select New.
  5. Select User from the cascade menu.
  6. In the Login Name field, type the login name.
  7. In the Full Name field, type the full name (optional).
  8. To select a role for your new user, click an item in the role list.
  9. Click OK. The Change User Password window opens.
  10. In the first field of the Change User Password window, type the user's password.
  11. Type the same password again in the Retype new password field.
  12. Click OK.

The new user displays in the Contents area.

Note:
It is strongly recommended that you create a user named hscpe for software fixes and updates from your software support representative. Support representatives may need to log in to your HMC using this user name when they are analyzing a problem.

Editing User Information

To edit user information, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To edit user information, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation area, click the HMC Management icon.
  2. In the Contents area, double-click the Users icon.
  3. In the Contents area, right-click the appropriate User icon.
  4. Select Properties.
  5. Edit the user's base information (Login name, Full name, and User role).
  6. Click OK. The Change User Password window opens.
  7. Type the user's password in each field.
  8. Click OK.

Viewing User Definitions

Sometimes it is useful to review a user's definitions to make sure you have correctly configured the user's access. For more information about roles and access, see Roles and Tasks.

To view user definitions, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To view a user's definitions, including the assigned Login name, Full name, and User role, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation area, click the HMC Management icon.
  2. In the Contents area, double-click the Users icon.
  3. In the Contents area, right-click the appropriate User icon.
  4. Select Properties.

At this point, you can also edit any user information.

Deleting a User

To delete a user, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To delete a user from the system, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation area, click the HMC Management icon.
  2. In the Contents area, double-click the Users icon.
  3. In the Contents area, right-click the appropriate User icon.
  4. Select Delete.
  5. Click OK to confirm that you want to delete this user.

The user is removed from the contents area and no longer has access to the HMC management environment. Some reserved users cannot be deleted.

Changing Passwords

To change user passwords, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To change a user's password, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation area, click the HMC Management icon.
  2. In the Contents area, double-click the Users icon.
  3. In the Contents area, right-click the appropriate User icon.
  4. Select Change Password.
  5. Type the new password in the first field.
  6. Confirm the new password by typing it again in the Retype new password field.
  7. Click OK.


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