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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Understanding OpsCenter settings
  4. About managing OpsCenter users
  5. About adding AD / LDAP user groups in OpsCenter
  6. Adding AD / LDAP domain in OpsCenter
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Adding AD / LDAP domain in OpsCenter

You can add existing AD / LDAP domains in OpsCenter and authenticate the domain group users to access OpsCenter.

To add an AD / LDAP domain

  1. Logon to OpsCenter Server.
  2. On the command prompt, navigate to the following directory:Installation Directory\OpsCenter\server\authbroker\bin.
  3. Run the following command to create an AD or LDAP domain on the OpsCenter Server:

    AD

    vssat addldapdomain -d domain_name -s ldap://AD server name -u user based DN --g group based DN -t msad -m admin user DN -w admin user password -b BOB | FLAT

    For example:

    vssat addldapdomain - d OpsADDomain -s ldap://dc.virtual.lab -u DC=virtual,DC=lab -g DC=virtual,DC=lab -t msad -m CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=virtual,DC=lab -w password -b BOB

    LDAP

    vssat addldapdomain -d LDAPDomainName -s LADPServerName -u ou=People,dc=domainName1,dc=domainname2 -g ou=Group,dc=domainName1,dc=domainName2 -t LDAPSchema

    For example:

    vssat addldapdomain -d OpsLDAPDomain -s ldap://opscenter-win.veritas.com -u ou=People,dc=OpsLDAPDomain,dc=veritas,dc=com -g ou=Group,dc=OpsLDAPDomain,dc=veritas,dc=com -t rfc2307

  4. Run the following command to add the OpsCenter Server as authentication broker: vssat addbrokerdomain -b OpsCenterServerName:1556 -d ldap:LDAPDomain

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