User accounts
You can use user accounts to grant access to TSA functions.
Before you begin
- Allow another user to act as a backup for the admin user.
- Allow some users to only access functions related to discovery of IT devices and transmission of the collected data.
About this task
Executing any TSA function requires a certain authority level. If an authenticated user attempts to perform a function without the appropriate authority level, an error is displayed and the function is not executed.
TSA comes with an admin user account.
An administrator account (or in other words, an account with 'Administrator'
authority) can navigate to any page using the left-navigation menu. An administrator account can
perform initial setup of TSA, define other user accounts that can access TSA, define IT devices that
should be discovered by TSA, and perform any tasks to ensure TSA is operating properly. An
administrator account also has access to tools that help diagnose problems when TSA cannot discover
some devices. The following image shows the left-navigation menu with all sub-menus expanded for an
administrator user account.
An editor account (or in other words, an account with 'Editor' authority) is limited to a subset of administration and tools functions that are related to the discovery of IT devices and transmission of that data to IBM. An editor account can perform administrative actions like changing the password for their account, scheduling maintenance, and backing up TSA’s current configuration. This user account's tools are limited to Network tools, Unknown devices and Authentication Status which are useful if some IT devices are not discovered. The following image shows the left-navigation menu with expanded sub-menus for an editor account.
