Resource types

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Resource types are selected when resource groups are created and determine the resources that are available to a user assigned to a group.

The following resource types and subtypes are available:

Table 1. Resource types and subtypes that can be selected for a resource group

The table lists the resource types and the available subtypes for each resource type.
Resource Type Subtype Description
Accounts
  • Role
  • User
  • Identity
 Used to grant access to roles and users through the Accounts pane.
Database
  • Db2®
  • Exchange Standalone/Failover Cluster
  • Exchange Database Availability Groups
  • MongoDB
  • SAP HANA
  • Oracle
  • SQL Standalone/Failover Cluster
  • SQL Always On
 Used to grant access to viewing individual application databases on an application server in IBM Storage® Protect Plus.
Cloud Microsoft 365 Used to grant access to cloud system resources.
Container
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
 Used to grant access to container resources.
File System Windows™ Used to grant access to file system resources.
Server
  • All
  • Db2
  • Exchange
  • File systems
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • MongoDB
  • SAP HANA
  • Microsoft 365
  • Oracle
  • SQL
 Used to grant access to application servers in IBM Storage Protect Plus without access to individual databases.
Job None Used to grant access to Inventory, Backup, and Restore jobs. The Job resource group is mandatory for all Backup and Restore operations, including assigning SLA Policies to resources.
Report
  • Backup Storage Utilization
  • Protection
  • System
  • VE Environment
 Used to grant access to report types and individual reports.
Screen None Used to grant or deny access to screens in the IBM Storage Protect Plus interface. If certain screens are not included in a resource group for a user, the user will not be able to access the functionality provided on the screen, regardless of the permissions granted to the user.
SLA Policy None Used to grant access to SLA Policies for Backup operations.
System Configuration Certificates Used to grant access to TLS certificates to access cloud servers.
Object Storage Used to grant access to object storage that is defined as backup storage for copy operations.
Disk Used to grant access to vSnap backup storage servers.
Keys Used to grant access to the credentials required to access your resources. Identity functionality is available through the Accounts > Identities pane.
LDAP Used to grant access to LDAP servers for user registration.
Logs Used to grant access to viewing and downloading Audit and System logs.
Repository Servers Used to grant access to a repository server.
Script Used to grant access to uploaded prescripts and postscripts.
Script Server Used to grant access to script servers, where scripts are run during a Backup or Restore job.
Site Used to grant access to sites, which are assigned to vSnap backup storage servers.
SMTP Used to grant access to SMTP servers for job notifications.
VADP Proxy Used to grant access to VADP proxy servers.
Virtualized System
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • Amazon EC2
 Used to grant access to virtualized system resources.