User Roles and Privileges
Each user has an assigned role (Viewer, Operator, or Administrator), which determines what the user can access.
The user role is displayed in the Main Toolbar, next to your STA username. The primary administrator user was created during STA installation and can create and maintain any number of additional users.
- Viewer – Has viewing access to screens on the Home, Tape System Hardware, and Tape System Activity tabs. Can only modify the appearance of screens for the current login session, filter screens, and apply templates created by users with higher privileges. Can download executive reports created by users with higher privileges.
- Operator – Has all privileges of the Viewer role. Also has editing privileges for some Setup & Administration screens and view-only privileges on Configuration screens. Cannot create policies or perform configuration tasks.
- Administrator – Has all privileges of the Operator role, plus full editing privileges for all Setup & Administration screens. Can create STA policies, define configuration settings, and create STA usernames.
Procedures in this documentation identify the user role required to access screens and perform activities. If no role is identified, then the activity can be performed by all users.
Each role comes with a set of privileges, which determine the screens and activities available to that user. Privileges are predefined and cannot be modified. The Viewer role provides the fewest privileges, while the Administrator role provides the most.
In the table below, X denotes that the user can perform the activity.
Table 2-1 User Role Privileges, Organized by Screen
| Screen | Activity | View | Op | Adm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Preferences menu |
Configure preferences for your STA username. Change the password for your STA username. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Templates toolbar |
Apply a template to the current screen. Set the current template as the screen default for your STA username. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Templates toolbar |
Create a template. Modify the appearance of a custom template. Save a template to a new name. Change the public or private visibility settings of a custom template owned by your STA username. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Home > Dashboard |
Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing dashboard panes. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Home > Quick Links |
Display a list of all templates available to your STA username. Navigate to a screen with the selected template applied. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Home > Executive Reports |
Display a list of public report files run automatically or on demand. Export and view a report file. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Home > Executive Reports |
Delete a public report file. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Hardware |
Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing graphs and table attributes. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Hardware > Drives – Overview |
Display drives assigned to the media validation drive pools. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Hardware > Drives – Overview |
Add selected drives to a manual logical group. View logical group assignments for selected drives. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Hardware > Media – Overview |
Add selected media to a manual logical group. View logical group assignments for selected media. Submit manual media validation requests. Resume interrupted validations of T10000T2 media. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Activity |
Modify the screen display for this session only by adding and changing graphs and table attributes. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Activity > Alerts Overview |
Display a list of all generated alerts. Export the alerts list to a spreadsheet or document. View detail for an alert. Change the state of an alert. Show or hide dismissed alerts. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Activity > Alerts Overview |
Annotate an alert. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Activity > Media Validation Overview |
Submit manual media validation requests one at a time. Reorder pending media validation requests. Cancel selected pending or in-progress media validation requests. Resume an interrupted validation of a T10000T2 media. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Tape System Activity > All Messages |
Display a list of all SNMP traps received by STA. Export selected SNMP traps to a spreadsheet or document. View detail for a selected SNMP trap. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Logical Groups |
Create a manual or dynamic logical group. List all drives and media assigned to a logical group. Add and remove drives and media from a manual logical group. Change the selection criteria for a dynamic logical group. Force a dynamic logical group update. Rename or delete a logical group. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Alerts Policies |
Display a list of defined alert policies. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Alerts Policies |
Define, copy, rename, and delete an alert policy. Change the criteria for a selected policy. Change the list of email recipients for a policy. Enable or disable an alert policy. |
- |
- |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Executive Reports Policies |
Display a list of public executive report policies. Run a public report on demand. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Executive Reports Policies |
Create, modify, and delete a public report policy or a private policy created by your STA username. Display a list of public policies and private policies created by your STA username. Define a regular schedule for a report. Assign public or private ownership to a policy. Designate email addresses to receive report files. Change the dashboard template on which a report is based. |
- |
- |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Templates Management |
Display a list of all templates available to your STA username. Change the default screen template for your STA username. Change the public or private visibility settings of a template owned by your STA username. Rename, export, import, or delete a template. Restore the STA predefined templates. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Media Validation |
Display media validation configuration settings. Display drives in the media validation drive pools. Display the list of media validation policies. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Media Validation |
Enable or disable media validation on STA. Enable or disable drive calibration. Define, copy, rename, and delete a media validation policy. Change the criteria for a media validation policy. Enable or disable a media validation policy. |
- |
- |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Service – Logs |
Display a list of all available service log bundles. Create or delete a log bundle. Display run information for a log bundle. Download a log bundle to your local computer. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – SNMP Connections |
Display SNMP client settings for STA. Display SNMP connection settings for all monitored libraries. Export SNMP connection settings for all monitored libraries to a text file. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – SNMP Connections |
Configure SNMP client settings for STA. Configure the SNMP connection to a library. Test a library SNMP connection. Perform a manual data collection for a monitored library. Remove a library connection from STA. |
- |
- |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Users |
Display a list of all STA usernames and their roles. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Users |
Create and modify an STA username. Change the password for an STA username. Delete an STA username. |
- |
- |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Email |
Display configuration settings for the STA SMTP server. Display a list of all available email recipients and their location information. |
- |
X |
X |
|
Setup & Admin > Configuration – Email |
Configure the STA SMTP server. Configure an available email recipient. Send a test email to an available recipient. Delete an available email recipient. |
- |
- |
X |
To see the roles required for various GUI activities, see the following: