NetVault 13.0.3 - Administration Guide

Setting user password


	IMPORTANT: You can only assign or update the password for a local NetVault user. Password management for AD users and Azure AD users is managed by Active Directory and Microsoft Azure Active Directory, respectively.

To set or change password for a user account:

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page, click Set Password.

To remove the existing password and reset it to blank, select the Reset password to blank check box.

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To set or change the user password, configure the following options.

Table 99. User password
Item	Description
Current Password	Type the current password for the user account. Leave it blank if no password is set for the account.
New Password	Type a new password for the user account. A password can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non‑Latin characters. A password can contain a maximum of 100 characters.
Confirm Password	Re-type the password for confirmation.

Click Apply to save the user details, and return to the user settings page.

Configuring user details


	IMPORTANT: Do not use the @ symbol in the User Name field. NetVaultNetVault assumes that a name that contains @ is a domain user and automatically tries to authenticate it with Active Directory when the user logs on.

To configure the user name, contact information, and other details:

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups, click Modify Details.

Configure the following options.

Table 100. User details

Item

Description

Identification

Under Identification, provide the following details:

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User Name: In User Name, type a unique name for the user account. You can assign a name based on the user group, role, or actual name.

A user name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot contain non-Latin characters. There is no length restriction, but a maximum of 20 characters is recommended on all platforms. The following characters are not supported in user names:

" / \ : ; | * ? < >^

NOTE: Do not use the @ symbol in the User Name field.

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Real Name: In Real Name, specify the actual name of the user.

Contact Information

Under Contact Information, provide the following details:

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Email-1: Use this box to specify the primary email addresses for the user account.

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Email-2: Use this box to specify any additional email address for the user account.

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Email-3: Use this box to specify any additional email address for the user account.

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Telephone: Use this box to specify the telephone number for the user account.

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Cellular: Use this box to specify the mobile phone number for the user account.

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Pager: Use this box to specify the pager number for the user account.

NOTE: The email ID configured in the Email-1 box is used for email notifications if you set up a notification profile for the user account. For more information, see Setting up user notification profile.

Other Details

Under Other Details, provide the following details:

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Workstation: Use this box to specify the workstation name.

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Description: Use this box to specify the workstation description.

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Location: Use this box to specify the workstation location.

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Password never expires: By default, this option is selected. To apply the password policy settings for a user account, clear this option.

NOTE: You can use the Password never expires option for the user accounts, if password for the selected user does not need to expire.

Click Apply to save the user details, and return to the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page.

Configuring memberships for a user account or user group

To configure memberships for a user account or user group:

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page, click Group Memberships.

For local users, select the Users tab, and for groups, select the Groups tab.

On the Editing Group Memberships for User page, add or remove the client group, media group, or storage tier memberships using the following options:

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To grant access to specific groups, select the groups in the Not a Member Of list, and click Join. The selected client groups are moved to the Member of list.

(To select consecutive items, hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse button; to select non-consecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking with the mouse button.)

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To remove a group, select the group in the Member of list, and click Leave.

To save the group membership information for the user, and return to the user settings page, click Apply.

Granting privileges and quota to a user account

To grant user privileges and job and media quota for a user account:

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page, click Privileges and Quotas.

For local users, select the Users tab, and for groups, select the Groups tab.

Grant appropriate user privileges and job and media quota.

Table 101. User privileges and quotas

Item

Description

User Privileges

To grant or revoke user privileges, do the following:

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Grant all privileges: To grant all privileges to a user account, select the User is granted ALL privileges check box.

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Assign presets: To assign a predefined or user‑defined preset, select the Preset in the Privileges Presets list, and click Load. A predefined Preset can be identified by a trailing ♦ symbol in its name.

When you assign a Preset to a user, the user is granted all the permissions included in that set. The selected privileges are moved to the Granted list.

You can assign only one Preset. If you load a new Preset, the Granted list is overwritten with the new set of privileges.

For more information about creating, modifying, and deleting Presets, see Using Presets.

Media Quota

To set the media quota for a user, configure the applicable option:

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Infinite: This option is selected by default. To allow access to infinite amount of media, use this option.

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Up to: To set the quota limit, select this option. Type or select the amount of media that is available to the user. The usage quota is specified in terabytes.

When the quota limit is reached, the jobs submitted by the user fail. The media usage amount is calculated from the existing records in the Media Database. When a saveset is retired, the amount of media used by it is added to the available pool.

Job Quota

To set the job quota for a user, configure the applicable option:

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Infinite: This option is selected by default. To allow access to infinite number of jobs, use this option.

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Up to: To set the quota limit, select this option. Type or enter the maximum number of jobs the user can perform.

When the quota limit is reached, the user is not allowed to submit any other job. The number of jobs performed by a user is derived from the existing records in the Scheduler Database. For any deleted job definitions, a user can submit an equal number of new jobs.

Click Apply to save the group membership information for the user, and return to the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page.