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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section I. Managing security
  4. Managing role-based access control
  5. Role permissions
  6. Global > Protection

Global > Protection

Policies

Users that have protection permissions can view or perform operations on NetBackup policies with the web UI and APIs. Policy types are limited to MS-Windows, Standard, Oracle, and MS-SQL-Server.

Note:

It is recommended that only users with the Administrator role manage policies. A user may not have sufficient permissions to perform all policy management operations unless the user is a member of the Administrator role.

Table: RBAC permissions for policies

Operation

Description

View

View policies.

Create

Create policies.

Update

Update policies.

Delete

Delete policies.

Manual backup

Start a manual backup for a policy.

Manage access

See Manage access.

Storage lifecycle policies

Users that have protection permissions can view or perform operations on storage lifecycle policies, using the NetBackup APIs.

Table: RBAC permissions for storage lifecycle policies

Operation

Description

View

View the details of the storage lifecycle policies or of an individual storage lifecycle policy.

Create

Create a storage lifecycle policy.

Update

Update a storage lifecycle policy.

Delete

Delete a storage lifecycle policy.

Manage access

See Manage access.

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