Configuring and using role-based access
Typically, most enterprise customers have a dedicated team that, among other duties and responsibilities, handles the day-to-day running of the backup service for their organization. Maintaining control over your DPM environment while effectively delegating tasks to a specific support team can be challenging, and this is where role-based access control (RBAC) in Microsoft System Center DPM comes in.
Getting ready
Microsoft System Center DPM provides eight default RBAC roles out of the box. These include the following:
- DPM Read-Only Operator: This can view everything, but can't modify or run anything
- DPM Recovery Operator: This can only perform recoveries
- DPM Reporting Operator: This can only run and manage reports
- DPM Tier-1 Support: This can resume backups, take automated recommended actions, and open a DPM Scoped Console to troubleshoot issues
- DPM Tier-2 Support: This can run backups on demand and perform corrective actions, such as enabling and disabling...