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

Storage servers

Note:

In NetBackup 8.3 and 9.0, universal shares are only supported with Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP).

Permissions for storage servers allow user to view and manage storage servers and universal shares.

Permissions to view and create instant access mounts from universal shares backups are in RBAC > Assets > Universal shares. See Assets.

Table: RBAC permissions for storage servers

Operation

Description

Additional required operations

View

View storage servers or universal shares.

To view cloud storage servers:

Global > NetBackup management > Cloud providers > View

Create

Add storage servers or universal shares.

View

Global > NetBackup management > Media server > View

 

If you want to encrypt the storage server:

Global > Security > Key Management Services > View

Update

Edit the settings for storage servers or universal shares.

View

Delete

Delete a storage server or universal share.

View

Manage access

API only. See Manage access.

View

 
Disk volumes

These permissions allow users to view and manage disk volumes on a storage server.

Table: Permissions for disk volumes

Operation

Description

Additional required operations

View

View the disk volumes for a storage server.

Global > Storage > Storage servers > View

Global > Storage > Disk pools > View

Create

Create a disk volu me for a storage server.

View

 

If you want to encrypt the disk volume, you also need the following permission:

Global > Security > Key Management Services > View

Update

Modify the attributes of the disk volumes for a storage server.

View

Manage access

API only. See Manage access.

View

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