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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IX. Managing security
  4. Managing role-based access control (RBAC)
  5. Role permissions
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Role permissions

Role permissions define the operations that roles users have permission to perform.

For details on individual RBAC permissions and dependencies, refer to the NetBackup API documentation.

https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup/netbackup

Table: Role permissions for NetBackup RBAC

Category

Description

Global

Global permissions apply to all assets or objects.

BMR - Configuration and management of BMR.

NetBackup Web Management Console Administration - With guidance from Cohesity Support, create diagnostic files to troubleshoot NetBackup and perform JVM garbage collection.

These operations are only available from the NetBackup APIs. Refer to the following guides for information on JVM tuning options: NetBackup Installation Guide, NetBackup Upgrade Guide.

NetBackup management - Configuration and management of NetBackup.

Storage lifecycle policies - Manage storage lifecycle policies (SLPs).

Security - NetBackup security settings.

Storage - Manage backup storage settings.

Assets

Manage one or more types of assets. For example, VMware assets.

Protection

Manage how backups are performed with policies or protection plans.

Credentials

Manage credentials for assets and for other features of NetBackup.

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