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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for Cyber Recovery User Guide

Managing users

Add and modify all user accounts except the crso user.

Prerequisites

You are logged in as the security officer.

Steps

  1. Select Administration > Users from the Main Menu.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To create a user, click Add.
    • To modify a user, click the radio button at the beginning of the row for a user and click Edit.
  3. Complete the following fields in the dialog box.
    Table 1. User fieldsTable that describes the fields in the User page.
    Field Description
    Name fields (optional) Specify the user's first name and last name.
    Role Select either:
    • Security officer—Enables users to create and manage user accounts, set the password policy, monitor alerts, secure and release the Cyber Recovery vault, manage support settings, and configure the number of login sessions.
    • Admin—Enables users to perform tasks and operations in the Cyber Recovery UI, monitor alerts, secure the Cyber Recovery vault, configure mail server settings, and manage maintenance, disaster recovery backup, and support settings.
    • Dashboard—Enables users to view the Cyber Recovery dashboard but not perform tasks. The dashboard role does not time out.
    User Name Specify a username.
    NOTE:You cannot reuse the username of a deleted user.
    Phone (optional) Specify the user's telephone number.
    Email Specify an email address for alert notifications. If the Cyber Recovery software is configured to send email messages, configured recipients can receive the messages.
    NOTE:Later, if a user's email is modified, the crso and the user receive an email message that indicates the change. The user's old email address, which has since been modified, receives the email message.
    Password/Confirm New Password Specify and confirm the password. The default password requirements include:
    • 9–64 characters.
    • At least 1 numeric character.
    • At least 1 uppercase letter.
    • At least 1 lowercase letter.
    • At least 1 special character (~!@#$%^&*()+={}|:";<>?[]-_.,^').
    NOTE:The password policy that the security officer sets defines the number of characters that are required. The password policy also checks if the new password matches previous passwords or if the password includes the username.

    While you enter the password, a tooltip is displayed and verifies that the entries follow password rules and policy.

    When you change a password, enter and confirm both the new and existing passwords.

    Session Timeout (optional) Change the amount of idle time after which the user is logged out of the Cyber Recovery UI. The default value is 10 minutes.
  4. Click Save.
    The Users table lists the Cyber Recovery users.
  5. Click a user's row to open the details pane and view additional details about the user, and then:
    1. Click Icon with a right-facing arrow that closes the details pane to close the details pane.
    2. Click Icon with a left-facing arrow that opens the details pane to open the details pane again.
  6. To customize the columns in the table that lists the Cyber Recovery users, click Icon with an image of a gear. and select the columns to show or hide.
  7. Disable or enable a user:
    1. To disable a user account so that a user cannot log in, swipe left on the slider under Enabled. An informational message confirms that the user has been disabled and the Edit button is inactive. Also, an event is created.
    2. To sort users by status, click Enabled.
    3. To filter on status, click Icon of a funnel, which represents the filter option. and then click the Enabled or Disabled checkbox. Only the users with the selected status are displayed. If you select both checkboxes, all users are displayed.
    4. To reenable a user, swipe right on the slider under Enabled. An informational message confirms that the user has been reenabled and the Edit button is active. Also, an event is created.
    You cannot disable the crso, which is the security officer that the installation procedure created for the initial Cyber Recovery installation. The slider for the crso is disabled.

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