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Configuring the user and group settings
Each user you configure must share an identical name with the equivalent user account created on the DS-Client machine. You do not need to create user groups because groups are automatically generated based on existing user groups on the DS-Client machine. Each time a user attempts to log on to the DS-Client, the account will be checked against the roles. When more than one role applies, the role with the greater rights will apply.
NOTE:  Standalone users should connect to their DS‑Client as local administrators or as a user with administrator privileges.
The right to perform a task is different from the permission to access a particular backup. For users with the Regular User Role, even if you have the right to perform a task, you must also have permission to the backup in question. By default, only the creator or owner and administrators have permissions to a backup. For more information on individual backup permissions, see “Changing the permissions of a backup”.
The following table describes the DS-Client roles that can be assigned to users and groups. Each type of user has rights to perform particular tasks.
 
Table 1 DS-Client roles
Role
Description
Regular User
Regular users can perform the following tasks:
Create File System backups
Create special backups
View the list of backups (for which they have permission)
Modify backups
Backup a set on demand
Restore backups
Restore from a Disc/Tape
Request BLM and Restore from a BLM Restorable Image
Remove backups
Selective Delete of backed up files from Online storage
Enforce Retention on a backup
Suspend/Activate backups
Synchronize backups
Clone backups
Migrate backups
View and print reports
View Quotas
View Activity Log
View Event Log (from Activity Log or Current Activity Monitor only)
Convert Local-only backups to online backups
View the DS‑Client Info (Help Menu)
Backup Operator
In addition to Regular User tasks, Backup Operators can:
View the list of all backups
Perform a Demand Backup on all backups
Specify Notification options
Synchronize all backups
Create Initial backups
Perform a BLM Request for all backups
Create and modify Backup Schedules
View the Backup Groups Report
View the Load Summary
View the Storage Summary
Recover orphaned backups
Use the System Status utility
Send messages to connected users
Disconnect users from the DS‑Client
Initiate Daily or Weekly Admin. Process runs on demand
Disable/Enable Scheduled Activities
Disable/Enable Demand Activities
View the Audit Trail
View the Event Log
View the DS-Client Configuration
Clean Local-only Trash
View DS-NOC Settings & set DS-NOC Proxy Server Settings
Note: For Windows DS-Clients, the local Windows Backup Operators group is assigned to this role by default.
Administrator
In addition to Backup Operator tasks, Administrators can:
Get full access to all DS-User tools and features.
View information on all activities recorded in DS-Client logs.
Get full access to all backups
Request a Disc/Tape
Set and change user and group access rights to backups:
Set Maximum Online Amount for Users and/or Groups
View Users belonging to a Group and/or Groups
Change backup owner
Re-register the DS-Client with the DS-System
Repair the DS-Client Database (disaster recovery)
Shut Down the DS-Client computer
Change DS-Client default configurations
Add / remove permissions for a backup for users and groups
Perform Validation
Migrate the backup share/path to a different share/path
Use LAN Discovery
Use LAN Unprotected Resource Discovery
Perform DS-Client and encryption setup
Perform notification setup
Configure connections to the DS-System
Assign roles
Configure bandwidth throttle
Perform system activities administration
Export to XML
Use event filter
Note: For Windows DS-Clients, the local Windows Administrators group is assigned to this role by default. For Linux/Mac DS-Clients, this role includes the local root user. You cannot remove this user from the Administrator role.
To configure the user and group settings:
1. On the Setup menu, click Configuration.
2. Click the Roles tab.
3. To configure a new user or group, do one of the following:
To add a user or group, click Add.
To modify a user or group, select the user or group, and then click Modify.
NOTE:  To delete a user or group, select the user or group, and then click Delete.
4. In the New User/Group Role dialog box, do the following:
a) In the User Name or Group Name box, type a name for the user or group.
b) In the From box, select the computer or domain from which the user or group will be authenticated.
c) In the DS-Client Role box, select the role for the user or group.
d) Click OK.
5. Click OK.
NOTE:  A user is not displayed until the user has logged on to the DS-Client at least once. A user group is not displayed until at least one user in the group has logged on to the DS-Client at least once.