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2.11 Administrator IDs Identify who will be the Tivoli Storage Manager administrators in your organization. A Tivoli Storage Manager administrator controls Tivoli Storage Manager resources. There can be numerous administrators with varying levels of authority over the Tivoli Storage Manager server itself. Also, an administrator can use the Web backup-archive client to perform backup, restore, archive, and retrieve operations on the behalf of other users using a Web browser. Help desk personnel can use this to perform these client tasks for their end users without having to log on to the client machine. If your Tivoli Storage Manager installation is large or widely dispersed, you should delegate some authority to administrators based on policy domains or storage pools. Therefore, a workstation administrator could look after setting data retention criteria for workstation data only (assuming the correct policy domains were set up). A UNIX administrator could be given Tivoli Storage Manager authority over UNIX data retention criteria only. Since Tivoli Storage Manager logs all commands issued by administrators and it has no limit on the number of administrators, do not share administrator IDs. Sharing administrator IDs reduces the accountability of each ID, and therefore of all the people sharing the ID. Conversely, numerous administrator IDs may give too many people too much authority. Table 2-16 suggests several administrator IDs you may want to implement. Table 2-16 Administrator IDs worksheet Functions Administrator ID Server console SERVER_CONSOLE System administrator sysadmin System support support System reporter reporter Client administrator helpdesk Authority System System System none Node We recommend that, once you have created your required IDs, that you delete the default installed administrator, admin, to prevent the possibility of this ID being misused. Many sites leave this ID with its default password, creating a big security hole for any malicious person with basic Tivoli Storage Manager knowledge. Chapter 2. Implementation planning 59
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