Permission types
Permission types are selected when user accounts are created and determine the permissions that are available to the user.
The following permissions are available:
| Name | Permissions | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Application | View | Used to view individual application databases on an application server in IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus. |
| Application Server | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with application servers, such as SQL or Oracle servers, without access to individual databases. |
| Certificate | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with SSL certificates to access cloud servers. |
| Object Storage | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with object storage that is defined as backup storage for copy operations. |
| Cloud | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with cloud servers that are defined as backup storage for copy operations. |
| Hypervisor | Register, view, edit, deregister, options | Used to interact with hypervisor virtual machines, such as VMware or Hyper-V virtual machines. |
| Identity and Keys | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with the credentials required to access your resources. Identity functionality is available through the Accounts > Identities pane. |
| LDAP | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with LDAP servers for user registration. |
| Log | View | Used to view Audit and System logs. |
| Job | Create, view, edit, run, delete | Used to interact with Inventory, Backup, and Restore jobs. Note: If the user has permission to Run a job, then they also can Hold, Release, and Perform custom restore actions for the job. |
| VADP Proxy | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with VADP. |
| Report | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with reports. |
| Resource Group | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with resource groups, which define the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus resources that are made available to a user. |
| Role | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with roles, which define the actions that can be performed on the resources defined in a resource group. |
| Script | Upload, view, replace, delete | Used to interact with prescripts and postscripts that are added to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and run before or after a job. |
| Script Server | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with the server on which prescripts and postscripts run. |
| Site | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with sites, which are assigned to vSnap backup storage servers. |
| SMTP | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with SMTP servers for job notifications. |
| Backup Storage | Register, view, edit, deregister | Used to interact with vSnap backup storage servers. |
| SLA Policy | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with SLA Policies, which allow users to create customized templates for Backup jobs. |
| User | Create, view, edit, delete | Used to interact with users, associate a resource group with a role, and provide access to the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user interface. |