VERITAS NetBackupTM 5.0, User Manual And Product Specifications

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Media Manager Security
314 NetBackup Media Manager System Administrator’s Guide for Windows
Your level of security is dependent upon your use of the following:
◆
Authentication
◆
Authorization
◆
SERVER
entries in
vm.conf
Media Manager Security (Using SERVER Configuration
Entries)
SERVER
entries in
vm.conf
are used for server-based Media Manager security.
If there are no
SERVER
entries and no
AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED
entry present on a
particular host, other hosts can perform media and device management on the host. You
can add
SERVER
entries allowing only specific hosts to remotely access those capabilities.
The fourth row of the matrix in “No vm.conf Entry Present” on page 312 provides an
overview of Media Manager server-based security level.
If a host’s
vm.conf
file contains any
SERVER
entries, there must also be a
SERVER
entry
for that host or it will not be able to manage its own devices.
Possible NetBackup and Media Manager Conflicts
Media Manager authentication/authorization may affect systems where NetBackup
authentication/authorization has been enabled.
Connections to media and device management functionality on the host will fail if the
following are all true:
◆
Authentication/authorization are enabled.
◆
An
AUTHORIZATION
_
REQUIRED
entry is present in
vm.conf
.
◆
The caller of the media and device management functions does not have the required
permission to use those functions.
▼
To enable authentication/authorization in NetBackup (but not in Media Manager)
You can do either of the following:
❖
Add
SERVER
entries in
vm.conf
.
❖
Have no
SERVER
and no
AUTHORIZATION
_
REQUIRED
entries in
vm.conf
.