The following information is included in this section:
The user authorization and authentication mechanism of PlateSpin Protect is based on user roles, and controls application access and operations that users can perform. The mechanism is based on Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) and its interaction with Internet Information Services (IIS).
The role-based access mechanism enables you to implement user authorization and authentication in several ways:
Restricting application access to specific users
Allowing only specific operations to specific users
Granting each user access to specific workloads for performing operations defined by the assigned role
Every PlateSpin Protect instance has the following set of operating system-level user groups that define related functional roles:
Workload Protection Administrators: Have unlimited access to all features and functions of the application. A local administrator is implicitly part of this group.
Workload Protection Power Users: Have access to most features and functions of the application, with some limitations such as restrictions in the capability to modify system settings related to licensing and security.
Workload Protection Operators: Have access to a limited subset of system features and functions, sufficient to maintain day-to-day operation.
When a user attempts to connect to PlateSpin Protect, the credentials provided through the browser are validated by IIS. If the user is not a member of one of the Workload Protection roles, connection is refused.
Table 2-1 Workload Protection Roles and Permission Details
Workload Protection Role Details |
Administrators |
Power Users |
Operators |
---|---|---|---|
Add Workload |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Denied |
Remove Workload |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Denied |
Configure Protection |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Denied |
Prepare Replication |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Denied |
Run (Full) Replication |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Run Incremental |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Pause/Resume Schedule |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Test Failover |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Failover |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Cancel Failover |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Abort |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Dismiss (Task) |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Settings (All) |
Allowed |
Denied |
Denied |
Run Reports/Diagnostics |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Failback |
Allowed |
Denied |
Denied |
Reprotect |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Denied |
In addition, PlateSpin Protect software provides a mechanism based on security groups that define which users should have access to which workloads in the PlateSpin Protect workload inventory.
Setting up a proper role-based access to PlateSpin Protect involves two tasks:
Adding users to the required user groups detailed in Table 2-1 (see your Windows documentation).
Creating application-level security groups that associate these users with specified workloads (see Managing PlateSpin Protect Security Groups and Workload Permissions).
The following sections provide more information:
Use the procedure in this section to add a new PlateSpin Protect user.
If you want to grant specific role permissions to an existing user on the PlateSpin Server host, see Assigning a Workload Protection Role to a PlateSpin Protect User.
On your PlateSpin Server host, access the system’s Local Users and Groups console (lusrmgr.msc > ).
Right-click the
node, select , specify the required details, and click .You can now assign a workload protection role to the newly created user. See Assigning a Workload Protection Role to a PlateSpin Protect User.
Before assigning a role to a user, determine the collection of permissions that best suits that user. See Table 2-1, Workload Protection Roles and Permission Details.
On your PlateSpin Server host, access the system’s Local Users and Groups console (lusrmgr.msc > ).
Click the
node, and double-click the required user in the right pane.On the
tab, click , find the required Workload Protection group, and assign it to the user.It might take several minutes for the change to take effect. To attempt applying the changes manually, restart your server by following these steps:
Go to the PlateSpin Server’s bin\RestartPlateSpinServer subdirectory.
Double-click the RestartPlateSpinServer.exe executable.
A command prompt window opens, requesting confirmation.
Confirm by typing Y and pressing Enter.
You can now add this user to a PlateSpin Protect security group and associate a specified collection of workloads. See Managing PlateSpin Protect Security Groups and Workload Permissions.
PlateSpin Protect provides a granular application-level access mechanism that allows specific users to carry out specific workload protection tasks on specified workloads. This is accomplished by setting up security groups.
Assign a PlateSpin Protect user a Workload Protection Role whose permissions best suit that role in your organization. See Assigning a Workload Protection Role to a PlateSpin Protect User.
Access PlateSpin Protect as an administrator by using the PlateSpin Protect Web Interface, then click
.The Security Groups page opens:
Click
.In the
field, type a name for your security group.Click
and select the required users for this security group.If you want to add a PlateSpin Protect user that was recently added to the PlateSpin Server host, it might not be immediately available in the user interface. In this case, first click
.Click
and select the required workloads:Only users in this security group will have access to the selected workloads.
Click
.The page reloads and displays the your new group in the list of security groups.
To edit a security group, click its name in the list of security groups.