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NetVault 12.3 - Administration Guide for Managed Service Providers

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault Backup dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Role-based access to manage storage devices Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts Managing Tenant Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault Backup WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

Setting authentication for Azure AD users

Before a user can use their Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) credentials to log in to NetVault Backup, you must set up authentication in the Azure AD user interface using one of the following procedures.

To set authentication for Azure AD users with App registrations:
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In the Azure AD user interface, navigate to App registrations.
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Select NetVault as the application that you registered.
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Navigate to Authentication.
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Under Implicit Grant select Access tokens and ID tokens.
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Click Save.
To set authentication for Azure AD users with App registrations:
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In the Azure AD user interface, navigate to App registrations.
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Select NetVault as the application that you registered.
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Click Manifest.
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Set “oauth2AllowImplicitFlow” and “oauth2AllowImplicitFlow” to true.
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Click Save.

Restricting an application to a set of users

Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) lets you restrict access to applications to specific sets of users or security groups. To view the procedure for enabling the app to enable user assignments, search the Microsoft Azure Active Directory documentation. If the user assignment requirement is set to Yes, then you must assign the Azure AD users to the application in the Azure portal before they can log in to NetVault.

To assign a user to NetVault Backup in the Azure portal:
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Navigate to Enterprise applications.
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Select NetVault as the application that you registered.
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Under Users and groups, click Add user.
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Select the appropriate user.
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Click Assign.

Configuring Azure AD in NetVault Backup

To configure Azure AD in NetVault Backup:
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Log in to the NetVault server as an administrator.
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From the NetVault WebUI, and in the Navigation pane, click Change Settings.
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On the NetVault Server Settings page, under User management, click Identity Provider.
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In the Identity Provider window, enter the Application ID and Directory ID.
 
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NOTE: To retrieve the Directory ID for the application, see Azure AD Properties.
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Click Apply.

Managing an Azure AD user

The following list identifies what various users can and cannot do within NetVault Backup as it pertains to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD):

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When an Azure AD user logs in using Sign In with Azure AD, NetVault Backup authenticates the login against Azure Active Directory. This behavior lets an Azure AD user log in to NetVault Backup without needing a local NetVault Backup account.
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If authentication succeeds and this is the first time that the user is logging in, NetVault Backup takes one of the following actions:
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If a corresponding Azure AD group exists in NetVault Backup, then NetVault Backup adds the user and assigns the user the privileges, access levels, and notification settings that are defined for the corresponding Azure AD group.
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If the user does not have a NetVault Backup account, NetVault Backup adds the user but excludes all privileges, access levels, and notification settings. When the local NetVault Backup administrator logs in, the administrator can view the Azure AD user entry and assign the applicable privileges.
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NetVault Backup automatically fetches the respective user details from the domain controller and stores them locally in the NetVault Backup database. When in secure mode, NetVault Backup fetches the details from the domain controller and overwrites them in the NetVault Backup database on every successful login.
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If authentication fails, NetVault Backup displays an error message and prevents the user from logging in.
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All NetVault Backup administrators can view all local, AD, and Azure AD NetVault Backup users.
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An Azure AD NetVault Backup user with administrative privileges can add authenticated Azure AD users; a local NetVault Backup administrator cannot.
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An Azure AD NetVault Backup user with administrative privileges can rename an existing local NetVault Backup user to an authenticated Azure AD NetVault Backup user; a local NetVault Backup administrator cannot.
 
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NOTE: To maintain the integrity of the user’s Azure AD password, ensure that the password field remains empty.
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After you add the Azure AD user in NetVault Backup, you cannot rename the user to any other user name.
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No one can change the password of an Azure AD user or set the password to use the Password never expires option.
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A local, AD, or Azure AD NetVault Backup user with administrative privileges can change user-based information that is accessed by using the Modify Details option as this information is stored in the NetVault Database. However, if the secure mode is enabled, the NetVault Backup administrator and other users are allowed to edit or change only E-mail 2 and E-mail 3 of an Azure AD NetVault Backup user.

The following procedures detail ways of managing a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) user account.

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Adding an Azure AD user
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Deleting an AD user
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