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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Configuring multi-person authorization
  4. Add exempted users
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Add exempted users

Your organization may need to exempt certain users from multi-person authorization so that operations like image expiry and image hold removal can proceed without second-level approval.

Add such users to the exempted users' list.

Note:

User groups cannot be added to the exempted list. Only individual users can be exempted.

The exempted users also need to go through the multi-person authorization workflow for the following operations:

  • Modifying multi-person authorization configuration

  • Modifying global security settings

  • Modifying risk engine-based anomaly detection configuration

An exempted user is generally an automation user or a script that does not require multi-person authorization. By default, multi-person authorization configuration does not have exempted users and that is a recommended security setting.

To add exempted users

  1. Sign into the NetBackup web UI.
  2. On the left pane, select Security > Multi-person authorization.
  3. On the top right, select Configure multi-person authorization.
  4. In the Exempted users section, select the Add button.
  5. Specify the name of the user whom you want to exempt from the multi-person authorization process.
  6. Select Add to list and then Save.
  7. Select Save.

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