Spectra T50e - Library Management; User Security

Chapter 3—Introducing the BlueScale User Interface Overview of the BlueScale User Interface
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Library Management
ThelibrarymanagementfeaturesintheBlueScaleuserinterfaceprovide
maximumconfigurabilityandeaseofuseforthelibrary.Totakefull
advantageofthelibrary’sversatility,readthefollowingoverviewofthe
library’smanagementfeatures.
Automatic Email Alerts
SimpleMailTransferProtocol(SMTP)allowsuserstoreceivelibrarystatus
informationviaemail.Whenlibrarymessagesaregeneratedthroughthe
LCM,thelibraryautomaticallysendsemailnotificationstoselectedusers.
Informationincludedinthenotificationconsistsofthemessagenumber,
severity,details,remedy,andthetimeitwasgenerated.Messagetypesare
Information,Error,Warning,andFatal(seeCheckandRespondto
Messagesonpage138).Youcanselectthetypesofmessagessentasemail
alertstoeachlibraryuser(seeConfigureMailUsersonpage104).
AutoSupport
AutoSupporthelpsmanageproblemsyoumayexperiencewiththelibrary.
Itguidesyouthroughtheprocessofsendingemailregardinglibrary
problems—alongwithlibrarylogsandconfigurationinformation—
directlytointernalsupportpersonnelorSpectraLogicTechnicalSupport.
SeeChapter11–ConfiguringandUsingAutoSupport,beginningon
page327fordetailedinformation.
Online Access to Spectra Logic
WhenthelibraryissetupwithaccesstotheInternetandyouareusingthe
BlueScalewebinterface,thebottomportionofthescreendisplaystechnical
tips,allowsone‐clickaccesstoSpectraLogic’sKnowledgeBase,
streamlinestheonlineorderingofmediaandcapacity,andmore.Online
accesscanbe
enabledordisabledduringanybrowsersession(seeOnline
AccesstoSpectraLogiconpage109).Thesettingofonlineaccessto
SpectraLogicdoesnotaffectAutoSupport.
User Security
Libraryusersareassigned tooneofthreegroups,eachwithitsownsetof
pre‐definedlibraryprivileges(alsoknownaspermissions).Theseprivileges
determinethetypeofoperationsausercanperformonthelibraryandare
theprimarymeansforconfiguringlibrarysecurity.SeeConfiguringLibrary
Usersonpage96fordetailedinformationaboutusergroupsand security.
Note: Theencryptionfeaturerequiresanadditional,separate
passwordtoaccesstheencryptionfeatures.SeePasswordsand
OtherIdentifiersonpage298forinformationaboutthe
encryptionuser.