Registering an Administrator

To register an administrator to the server, complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end this task.

Administrator Name

Enter the name of the administrator to be registered. This parameter is required. The maximum length of the name is 64 characters. You cannot specify a name of NONE.

Password

Enter a 1-64 character node password of the administrator to be registered. This parameter is required.

See the Setting Password Expiration panel for information on specifying how long a password should be valid.

Contact

Enter information that identifies the administrator being registered, such as a telephone number or E-mail address. This parameter is optional. The maximum length of the information is 255 characters.

Example: Administrator for M47 - contact Shirley Jones at 9-1111

Force Password Reset

Specify whether the administrator's password will expire at the next logon attempt. The administrator must reset the password to complete the logon.

Yes Forces the administrator to enter a new password.
No Allows the administrator to continue using the existing password. The default is No.

Password Expiration Period

Enter the number of days that a password stays valid. You can specify from 1 to 9999. If a password expires, the server prompts for a new password when the administrator contacts the server.   Once you set a password expiration, it is not modified if you later set a password expiration for all users.  This parameter is optional. If you do not specify this parameter, the server uses the global expiration period
to determine when to expire a password. The global expiration period is set by the SET PASSEXP command. The default global expiration period for SET PASSEXP is 90 days. 

Privilege Class

Select an option to determine the type of authority to grant the administrator. The type of authority determines the commands the administrator can issue. This parameter is optional when either the Policy Domains or Storage Pools parameters are specified; otherwise, this parameter is required. You may select more than one Privilege Class. For more information on granting authority, see the Granting Authority panel.

System Grants system privilege to an administrator. A system administrator has the highest level of authority in Tivoli Storage Manager. A system administrator can issue any administrative command and has authority to manage all policy domains and all storage pools. Only a system administrator can grant authority to other administrators.
Policy Grants policy privilege to an administrator. If you do not select a policy domain, unrestricted policy privilege is granted.
  • An unrestricted policy administrator can issue commands that affect all policy domains. An unrestricted policy administrator cannot define, delete, or copy policy domains.
  • A restricted policy administrator can perform the same operations as an administrator with unrestricted policy privilege, but only for specified policy domains. A restricted policy administrator can be upgraded to an unrestricted policy administrator by granting authority with the Privilege Classes parameter set to Policy and nothing selected for the Policy Domains parameter.
Storage Grants storage privilege to an administrator.
  • An unrestricted storage administrator can issue all commands that allocate and control storage resources for the server. An unrestricted storage administrator can issue commands that affect all storage pools, but cannot define or delete storage pools.
  • A restricted storage administrator can only manage authorized storage pools.A restricted storage administrator can be upgraded to an unrestricted storage administrator by granting authority with the Privilege Classes parameter set to Storage and nothing selected for the Storage Pools parameter.
Operator Grants operator privilege to an administrator. An administrator with operator privilege can issue commands that control the immediate operation of the server and the availability of storage media.
Analyst Grants analyst privilege to an administrator. An administrator with analyst privilege can issue commands that reset the counters for server statistics.

Policy Domains

Select a policy domain to give restricted policy privilege to an administrator. This parameter is optional. You may select more than one Policy Domain. If you select a policy domain, then the Privilege Classes parameter with Policy selected is optional. Restricted policy privilege permits an administrator to issue a subset of the policy commands for the domains to which the administrator is authorized.

Storage Pools

Select a storage pool to give restricted storage privilege to an administrator. If you select a storage pool, then the Privilege Classes parameter with Storage selected is optional. You may select more than one Storage Pool.