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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Add a user ID

Create a user ID for all users that should be able to log onto the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server using a portal client or the tacmd tepsLogin command. A user ID is also required for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub users who request monitoring data. You can use the default user profile or copy the profile of an existing user.

To use this function, your user ID must have Modify permission for User Administration.


Procedure

  1. Click Administer Users.

  2. Create a new user ID or create one from another:

    • To create a new user ID with the default user profile, click Create New User.

    • To create a new user ID from an existing one, select the profile that you want to use from the Users list and click Create Another User.

  3. In the Create New User window, enter the user information:

    • User ID: The logon name. The name must use ASCII characters, can be up to 10 characters, and can contain no spaces. The name is limited to eight characters if user authentication is at the hub monitoring server and uses RACF (resource access control facility) security for z/OS.

    • User Name: The name of the user or job classification or both. This name can include spaces and be up to 32 characters. The user name is displayed in Users list.
    • Distinguished Name: The unique identifier in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user registry for the name given in the User ID field. Click Find to locate and insert the distinguished name, such as UID=FRIDA,O=DEFAULTWIMITMBASEDREALM
    • User Description: Optional description for the user. The text can include spaces and punctuation.

  4. Click OK to close the window and see the new user ID arranged alphabetically in the Users list.

  5. To change the Permissions, select a function from the Authorities tree and select or clear each option as appropriate for all functions with permissions that you want to change.

  6. To assign access privileges to applications (managed system types), click the Applications tab, then select <All Applications> or the individual applications the user should see, and click to move them to the Allowed Applications list. After selecting the first application, you can use Ctrl+click to select other applications or Shift+click to select all applications between the first selection and this one.

  7. To assign Navigator views, click the Navigator Views tab:

    1. Select a Navigator view (or more with Ctrl + click and Shift + click) from the Available Views and click to move it to the Assigned Views.

    2. Use to place the view that you want to be the default at the top of the list; use and to arrange the other Navigator views in the order that they should appear in the Navigator toolbar View list.

    3. For the selected Navigator view, change the Assigned Root as needed.

  8. When you are finished creating the user profile, save your changes with Apply if you want to keep the Administer Users window open, or OK if you want to close it.


What to do next

The Tivoli Enterprise Portal client logon window has a field for entering a user ID and password. If you want the user ID and password to be authenticated, configure the monitoring server or portal server to authenticate users. See Enable user authentication for details.


Parent topic:

Manage user IDs

Related tasks:

Edit a user ID
Remove a user ID

Related reference:

Default user
Administer Users

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