Managing Managers

Viewing Managers

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.

The list shows:

The manager's user name.
The manager's first name and last name, if it was provided.
The roles assigned to the manager. The manager inherits permissions from these roles.
Whether the manager is active
Whether the manager is predefined in the Cluster (and cannot be removed)

Adding Managers

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.
Click Create Managers.

In the Add Manager dialog, complete the manager's details:

Field	Description
Username (required)	The user name for login.
First Name	The manager's first name.
Last Name	The manager's last name.
Password (required)	Enter a password for the manager.
Verify Password (required)	Enter the same password you entered in the Password field.
Password Doesn't Expire	Enable this setting to prevent the manager's password from expiring if password expiration is enabled in VMS settings.
Password is Temporary	Enable this setting to specify that the password is temporary. The manager will need to set a new password within the temporary password expiration period, which is seven days by default.
Available Roles	Select each role you want to assign from the drop down list. When you select a role, the role is added to the Current Roles list just below the field and the permissions inherited from the role are added to the permissions table lower down. To remove a role, click the little remove button () for each current role.

Assign the manager permissions by selecting each permission in the grid that you want to enable.
When you're done, click Create. The new manager is added.

Modifying Managers

Modify a manager to change the manager's password or permissions.

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.
In the Managers page, right-click the manager you want to modify, and select Edit.
Make your changes in the Update Manager dialog. See Adding Managers for help. To leave the password unchanged, leave the password fields blank.
Click Update.

Cloning Managers

You can create a copy of an existing VMS manager account and open it for editing:

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.
In the Managers page, right-click the manager you want to clone, and select Clone and Edit.
VAST Cluster creates a new manager user and displays the Update Manager dialog for it. In the dialog, an automatically generated one-time password is set for the newly created manager.
Make changes in the Update Manager dialog as needed.
Click Update to save your changes.

Deleting Managers

You cannot delete the default manager (admin).

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.
Right-click the manager you want to delete, and select Remove.
Click Yes to confirm the removal.

Unlocking Managers

Managers can become locked out after a configured number of login failures, depending on VMS password settings. This procedure unlocks a manager and sets a new password.

From the left navigation menu, select Administrators and then Managers.
In the Managers page, right-click the manager you want to modify and select Unlock.
Enter a new password for the manager in the Password field, and retype the same password in the Retype Password field.
Choose whether to leave the Password is Temporary setting enabled or to disable it. Leaving it enabled will require the manager to reset the password within the temporary password expiration period (which is seven days by default).
Click Update.