NetVault 13.1.2 - Administration Guide

A NetVault Administrator can search, list, update, and delete existing NetVault AD groups. However, this administrator cannot list AD groups that have not been added from Active Directory.

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An AD NetVault user with administrative privileges can search, list, update, and delete existing NetVault AD groups. This administrator can also list AD groups that have not been added from Active Directory yet and can add AD groups to NetVault.

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NetVault users who do not have administrative privileges cannot perform any tasks related to AD groups in NetVault.

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While renaming NetVault user to AD user all the privileges of NetVault user will be assigned to new AD user along with the privileges of NetVault AD groups.

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As stated previously, a new AD user can log in to NetVault, and NetVault automatically authenticates the login. If authentication succeeds, NetVault assigns the user the privileges that are defined for the corresponding AD group.


	IMPORTANT: If you manually add an AD user instead of using the automated authentication process, the corresponding privileges that are defined for the user’s AD group are automatically assigned.

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If the AD user has an existing local NetVault account, all privileges from that account are assigned to the user when the account is redefined as an AD user account. The privileges defined for the corresponding AD group are also assigned to the redefined account.

An administrator can perform the following tasks in NetVault:

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Adding an AD group to NetVault Server

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Viewing a list of AD groups that exist in NetVault

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Modifying description of added AD group in NetVault

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Deleting an AD group that was added to NetVault

Adding an AD group to NetVault Server

An AD NetVault user with administrative privileges must add AD groups to the NetVault Server before they can be viewed, updated, or deleted by a local NetVault Administrator.

In the Navigation pane, click Users and Groups.

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page, select Groups tab, a list of existing groups added in NetVault Server are displayed.

To add an AD group to the NetVault Database, the AD user must have the Users — Administer user accounts privilege, click Add Group.

Select All Groups to see a list of all the available AD groups that you can add to NetVault Server.

To search the group name,type in Enter Group Name search field partially or completely, the search results displays only matching groups. The Search Group by Name option is a default selection to add a group in NetVault.


	NOTE: On Linux based NetVault Server, complete group name along with the domain FQDN must be provided. (For example, group_name@FQDN of domain i.e. grp1@testdomain.com)

Select the applicable group, enter an optional description in the text box, and click Save Group.

Once the group is added to the NetVault Database, you can define the privileges, levels of access, and notifications for the group within NetVault.

To update membership information, click Client and media group memberships.

On the Editing User Group Memberships page, update the applicable information.

For more information, see Configuring memberships for a user account or user group.

To update privilege- and quota-based information, click Privileges and Quotas.

On the Editing Privilege and Quota Settings for User Group page, update the applicable information.

For more information, see Granting privileges and quota to a user account.

To update notification information, click Notification Profile.

On the Editing Notification Profile for User Group page, update the applicable information.

For more information, see Setting up user notification profile.

Viewing a list of AD groups that exist in NetVault

Any NetVault administrator can list the AD groups that exist in the NetVault Database.

In the Navigation pane, click Users and Groups.

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page select Groups tab, a list of all the groups added in NetVault Server are displayed.

Modifying description of added AD group in NetVault

Any NetVault administrator can modify or edit the AD group description that exist in the NetVault Database.

In the Navigation pane, click Users and Groups.

On the Manage User Accounts and User Groups page select Groups tab, select the applicable group to modify or edit description, and click Modify Details.

Modify the AD group description, as necessary, and click Apply to save the description.

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