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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 7, 2013

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Changing the nodes password using an additional Administration user after password expiration

Currently there are two types of client Administrators called client owner and client accessor. The big problem is that these administrators are unable to change the nodes password on their own.

By the other hand these users are able to restore/ backup system data and also delete backup data, too!
This user(in this case called client restore for example) with the additional privilege to change the nodes password (the client owner is already the nodes adminstrator) would be able to restore his backup completely on his own independent to the TSM-Server-Administrator.
There would also the big advantage as this administrator could change an nodes password by the dsmadmc and would not effect the systems architecture.

Additionally a this "client restore" - user can be limited to change only the nodes password which are in his domain.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 8, 2013

    The use of an admin with policy privilege (will be needed for UPD NODE) will have too much rights here.

    Oliver Rautenberg (TSM L2 Support, worked on this PMR)

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 7, 2013

    In addition to this it is complicated for the client user to update the nodes password as it is unknown for him (regarding the new function password expiration)

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