Authorization list
The user group permissions in NIMS have been consolidated and simplified in OMS.
Observer
♦Administer—Grants users the ability to administer probes and probe instances.
♦Log User Activity—Grants users the ability to view log file activity.
♦Protocol Definitions—Grants users the ability to view protocol definitions.
♦Redirect—Grants users the ability to change where a probe instance is connected.
♦Shared Filters—Grants users the ability to modify filters marked as shared in Observer.
♦Artifact Reconstruction
●Reconstruct Stream—Controls whether HTML and other non-VoIP streams can be reconstructed.
●Voice and Video Playback—Control whether VoIP content can be reconstructed.
Observer Apex
♦No Access: Use of Apex is denied.
♦User: User may create and use:
●Application Dependency Mapping
●Dashboards
●Execute dashboards
●Widgets
♦System: Cannot use anything in User, but may
●Change options under System
●Use the log
●Connect to a GigaStor
●Use a drill down
●Set and manage alarms
♦Admin/Full: User and System access.
Observer Infrastructure
♦Access Level—
●No Access: Use of OI is denied.
●User: User may connect to device groups.
●System: User access, plus Connect to device groups and view status and properties.
Edit device groups.
Start/stop polling.
●Admin/Full: System access, plus Create and delete device groups and routes.
Activate device groups.
Edit maps.
♦Web Reports—Grants users ability to view reports in a web browser.
Observer Management Server
♦Access Level—
●No Access: Use of OMS is denied.
●System: Allows the user the ability to change options under System.
●Admin/Full: System access, plus ability to control (add, modify, delete):
Assets | Asset groups |
Authentication | Auto-adding assets and licenses |
Licenses | Permissions |
Security | Shared filters |
Shared protocols | Updates |
Upgrades | Users |
User groups |
♦Auto-Add Asset & License—Grants users the ability to auto-add new assets to OMS plus license them if > is set to allow those.
More details about user group permissions—known as authorization policies in OMS—can be found at Understanding permission policies in the OMS User Guide.
Figure 10: This settings page is located at: > under New or Edit.
