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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IX. Managing security
  4. Configuring multiperson authorization
  5. Add exempted users
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Add exempted users

Your organization may need to exempt certain users from multiperson 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 multiperson authorization workflow for the following operations:

  • Modifying multiperson 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 multiperson authorization. By default, multiperson 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 > Multiperson authorization.
  3. On the top right, select Configure Multiperson 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 multiperson authorization process.
  6. Select Add to list and then Save.
  7. Select Save.

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