Chapter 2 - Initial Configuration
Create a User
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Use the instructions in this section to create users, which act as S3 users when interacting
with the BlackPearl system through a Spectra S3 SDK (Software Development Kit) client, or
Spectra S3 API. Each user has a unique S3 Access ID and Secret Key.
Description of User Types
There are three different types of users in the BlackPearl user interface.
Administrator users, monitor users, and login users. Additionally, users can be combined
with other users into S3 groups, in which all members of the group share the same
permissions. Use the table below for a description of the user types.
User
Description
Administrator
An administrator account is created by default. This account can access the
BlackPearl user interface and has full control over all user interface functions.
Starting with BlackPearl 4.0, the default username for the primary administrator is
Administrator
, with the password
spectra
.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of BlackPearl software, the existing
administrator account “
spectra
” is retained and the
Administrator
account is
automatically created without any permissions.
Note:
Spectra Logic recommends changing the password for the primary
administrator. See
Monitor User
The monitor user account is created by default. This account can access the
BlackPearl user interface but cannot use any functions of the user interface other
than ejecting tapes. This account is useful if you need to view the status of S3 jobs,
or any other aspect of the user interface, or eject tapes, but do not have access to
an administrator account.
Note:
The monitor user can open any menu or function and attempt to edit
settings, but these changes are ignored when the monitor user attempts to save
the changes.
Note:
For BlackPearl software versions older than BlackPearl 4.0, the monitor user
account is created by default. If a system running BlackPearl 3.x or older is
upgraded to BlackPearl 4.x or later, the existing monitor account is retained.
The default username and password are both
monitor
using all lowercase letters.
Note:
Spectra Logic recommends that you change the default password for the
monitor account. See
.
Login User
A user with Login permissions is able to log into the BlackPearl user interface.
Note:
Administrator and Monitor users must also have Login permission in order
to log in to the BlackPearl user interface.
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