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Manage administrator accounts

This topic describes the different types of administrators and privileges, and how to manage your Druva account.

Types of administrators

This section provides information about the types of administrators. For more information about administrators, see Key concepts and terms.

Administrator type Description

Druva Cloud Administrator

Druva Cloud Administrators have the privileges to set up and manage the Druva account, create another cloud, organization, and group administrators. Only a Druva Cloud Administrator can manage another Druva Cloud Administrator.

To access the Hybrid Workloads Management Console as a Druva Cloud Administrator, click image.png to access the Global Navigation Panel. In addition, a Druva Cloud Administrator gets all the privileges of a Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads.

Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads

Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloadss have the privileges to configure and monitor the Druva setup and create another cloud, organization, and group administrators. Only a Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads can manage another Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads.

To access the Druva Dashboard as a cloud administrator:

  • Click  Hybrid Workloads on the menu bar, or
  • Click All Organizations on the menu bar.

In addition, a Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads gets all the privileges of an organization administrator.

Organization administrator

Organization administrators can manage one or more organizations assigned to them by the cloud administrator and can create and manage group administrators for organizations assigned to them. 

Note:  Organization administrators cannot access the consolidated pages of all organizations.

To access the Organization Dashboard as an organization administrator:

  • Click the image.png icon. If you have multiple organizations registered to your name, the first organization is displayed. Or
  • On the menu bar, select the required organization from the All Organization drop-down.

In addition, organization administrators get all the privileges available to group administrators. 

Group administrator

Group administrators have restricted access to the administrative groups with which they are associated. They have necessary permissions for administrative group-related activities such as managing servers belonging to their administrative groups. The cloud administrator and the organization administrator can change the administrative groups associated with group administrators.

One group administrator can be assigned to manage multiple administrative groups. Similarly, a single administrative group can be managed by more than one group administrator. 

Note: Group administrators will receive alert notification for only the associated administrative groups.

Create and manage the administrator account

This section provides information about how to create various administrators and manage the administrators. For more information about the administrators, see Key concepts and terms.

  • It is recommended to have a secondary administrator within  your organization at any given time to avoid service disruptions if one of the administrators cannot log in or is no longer with the company.
  • After you set your new password, ensure you keep the password secure and remember it. Druva does not have access to your data and cannot reset your account password if you forget it. Only the Druva Cloud Administrators and Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloadss can reset the password of other administrators in your organization.

Create a Druva Cloud Administrator

If Hybrid Workloads Management Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators. Click  image.png to access the Global Navigation Panel and then click Manage Administrators to launch Manage Administrators page in the Hybrid Workloads Management Console.

Druva Cloud Administrators can perform privileged activities such as creating the Druva account, setting up login settings such as single sign-on (SSO), geofencing, and password policy. Only Druva Cloud Administrators can create other Druva Cloud Administrators. In addition, Druva Cloud Administrators get all the privileges of all other administrators. 

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console.
  2.  Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration sectionManage Administrators to launch the Administrators page in the Hybrid Workloads Management Console.
  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator.
  4. On the Create New Administrator page, provide NameEmailCountryTime Zone, and select the Administrator Role as Druva Cloud Administrator
  5. After providing all the details, click Save
    Druva sends an email to the specified email address, and the recipient can log in using the details mentioned in the email. 

To go back to the Druva Cloud Platform Console, click image (2).png > Hybrid Workloads. 

Create a Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads 

If Hybrid Workloads Management Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators

Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloadss can perform activities such as configuring, managing, and monitoring Druva. Cloud administrators can also create other cloud, organization, and group administrators. 

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console. 
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll to the Administration section Manage Administrators.
  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator

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  1. On the New Administrator page, provide Display NameEmail AddressCountryTime Zone, and select the Role as Druva Cloud Administrator
  2. Click Save

When any non-administrator with an existing subscription to alerts or reports is added as a cloud administrator, the following message is displayed:

"This email ID is already subscribed for alert(s)/report(s) as a non-administrator. Adding user as an Administrator will remove any existing non-administrator subscriptions."

Create an organization administrator

If Druva Cloud Platform Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators

Organization administrators can manage one or more organizations assigned to them by the cloud administrator. The organization administrator can create and manage the group administrators for organizations that are assigned to them. 

Note:  Only a cloud administrator can create organization administrators. Organization administrators cannot access the consolidated pages of All Organizations.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console. 
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator

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  4. On the New Administrator page, provide Display NameEmail AddressCountryTime Zone, and select the Role as Product Administrator> Select Phoenix > Organization Administrator

    Note: The Organization  Administrator option will not be visible in the Role drop-down if organization is disabled.

  5. Click Save.

When any non-administrator with an existing subscription to alerts or reports is added as an organization administrator, the following message is displayed:

"This email ID is already subscribed for alert(s)/report(s) as a non-administrator. Adding user as Administrator will remove any existing non-administrator subscriptions." 

Create a group administrator

Group administrators have restricted access associated with their administrative groups. They have necessary permissions, such as managing servers belonging to their administrative groups.

If you are a cloud administrator or an organization administrator, you can create a group administrator, and assign this group administrator to multiple administrative groups. You can also assign a group administrator to administrative groups to which other group administrators are already assigned. 

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console.
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator
     
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  4. On the New Administrator page, provide Display NameEmail AddressCountryTime Zone, and select the Role as Product Administrator> Select Phoenix > Group Administrator
  5. Click Save.

When any non-administrator with an existing subscription to alerts or reports is added as a group administrator, the following message is displayed:

"This email ID is already subscribed for alert(s)/report(s) as a non-administrator. Adding user as Administrator will remove any existing non-administrator subscriptions."

Create a data protection officer

A data protection officer (DPO) has the privilege to configure audit trails, alerts, and reports. 

  • Reporting And Alert Management: Privilege to configure audit trail and reports.
  • Backup And Restore Management: Privilege to enable and disable backup, trigger backup, restore data to the original or alternate location, and delete the cold snapshots.
  • DR Management: Privilege to launch failover and disaster recovery restore.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console. 
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
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  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator
  4. On the New Administrator page, provide Display NameEmail AddressCountryTime Zone, and select the Role as Product Administrator> Select Phoenix > Data Protection Officer
  5. Click Save.

When any non-administrator with an existing subscription to alerts or reports is added as a data protection administrator, the following message is displayed:

"This email ID is already subscribed for alert(s)/report(s) as a non-administrator. Adding user as Administrator will remove any existing non-administrator subscriptions." 

Create a view-only administrator

The view-only administrators have read-only access to all configurations. However, they cannot perform any administration action on any entities on the Druva Cloud Platform Console. Druva provides the following view-only administrator roles. 

  • Cloud administrator (View-only): Privilege to view, download, and email all reports and audit trails for all the organizations. The administrators can also view the activities of all the organizations. However, they cannot perform any action on the entities of the Hybrid Workloads Management Console.
  • Organization administrator (View-only): Privilege to view, download, and email all reports and audit trails for the organization(s) they have access to. The administrators can also view the activities of the organizations. However, they cannot perform any action on the entities belonging to their organizations.
  • Group administrator (View-only): Privilege to view the activities of the administrative groups they are associated with. However, they cannot manage any administrative group. They can also subscribe to alerts and reports.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console. 
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. On the Administrators page, click New Administrator. 
  4. On the New Administrator page, provide Display NameEmail AddressCountryTime Zone, and select one of the view-only roles from the Role drop-down list:
    1. Select the Cloud Administrator (View-only) role to create a cloud administrator with the view-only rights.
    2. Select the Organization Administrator (View-only) role to create an organization administrator with view-only rights. From the Organizations list, select the organization to be managed by the administrator. 
      Note that the Organization Administrator (View-only) role will be visible in the drop-down only if organization is enabled.
    3. Select the Group Administrator (View-only) role to create a group administrator with the view-only rights. 
  5. Click Save.

When any non-administrator with an existing subscription to alerts or reports is added as a view-only administrator, the following message is displayed:

"This email ID is already subscribed for alert(s)/report(s) as a non-administrator. Adding user as Administrator will remove any existing non-administrator subscriptions." 

Set a password policy 

Only a Druva Cloud Administrator can set a password policy for all the Druva administrator accounts. 

At the time of setting the password policy, you can choose to: 

  • Enforce a strong password.
  • Set the number of previous passwords with which your new password must not match.
  • Set the number of invalid login attempts allowed.
  • Set the number of days after which the administrator password expires.

For more information, see Enable Password Policy for Administrators.

Procedure

Update the administrator details

If Hybrid Workloads Management Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators.

If you are a cloud administrator, you can update administrator details.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Hybrid Workloads Management Console.
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. On the Administrators page, click on the administrator for whom you want to update details.
  4. Click Edit.
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  5. Provide the following details.
    Field Description
     Name The display name of the administrator.
    Country  The country where the administrator is located.
    Time Zone The time zone of the country of location. 
Note: The time zone determines the following:
  • The timestamps on the reports that the administrator receives.
  • The timestamps on the jobs that the administrator views.
  1. Click Save.

Delete an administrator account

If Hybrid Workloads Management Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators

If you are a cloud administrator, you can delete other cloud administrators, organization administrators, and group administrators. If you are an organization administrator, you can delete group administrators. 

Note: Druva does not send notifications for delete operations. You might want to consider informing the administrator whose account you deleted. 

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Hybrid Workloads Management Console.
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. Click the administrator that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
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Reset an administrator password

If Hybrid Workloads Management Console access is enabled, see Manage Druva administrators

 After you set your new password, ensure you keep the password secure and remember it. Druva does not have access to your data and cannot reset your account password if you forget it. Only the Druva Cloud Administrators and Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloadss can reset the password of other administrators in your organization.

Note: If SSO is enabled, the Reset Password button and the Change Password buttons are visible only to the Druva Cloud Administrators. You cannot reset the password of other admins as only Druva Cloud Administrators are allowed a Failsafe login. Other administrators must use the SSO password to log in.

If you are a cloud administrator, you can reset passwords for other cloud administrators, organization administrators, and group administrators. If you are an organization administrator, you can reset passwords for group administrators. After you reset an administrator's password, Druva sends an e-mail with the new password to that administrator.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Hybrid Workloads Management Console. 
  2. Click image.png  > Scroll down to the Administration section Manage Administrators
  3. Click Reset Password.
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  4. Click Reset Password on the confirmation message.

Administrator responsibilities

The following table lists the responsibilities of the administrators. The organization administrators can manage entities belonging only to the organizations assigned by the cloud administrators. The group administrators can manage administrative group-related activities.

The administrator responsibilities table uses the following abbreviations:

  • DCA: Druva Cloud Administrator
  • CA: Cloud Administrator for Hybrid workloads
  • OA: Organization Administrator
  • GA: Group Administrator
  • CA (view): Cloud Administrator with view-only rights
  • OA (view): Organization Administrator with view-only rights
  • GA (view): Group Administrator with view-only rights
  • DPO: Data Protection Officer
 

Responsibility

DCA

CA

OA

GA

CA

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GA

(view)

DPO

 

Monitor Druva on the Dashboard page

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Manage reports

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View audit trail

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Manage audit trail

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View backup policies

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Create a backup policy

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Modify existing backup policies

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Delete backup policies

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View content rule

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Create content rule

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Modify content rule

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Delete content rule

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Create an administrative group

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Register a server

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Configure a server

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Reconfigure a server

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Enable and disable a backup set

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Disable Phoenix Backup Store

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Back up and restore a server

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Delete a snapshot

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Update a backup set

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Delete a backup set

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Create an administrator

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Update administrator details

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Add or remove administrative groups associated with a group administrator

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Add or remove organizations associated with organization administrators

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Reset administrator password

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Delete administrators

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Set password policy

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Set up SSO

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Add, install, and activate CloudCache

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Configure CloudCache

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Update CloudCache details

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Decommission CloudCache

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Delete CloudCache

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Add and update CloudCache Data Volumes

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Creating organizations

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Access to all organizations

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View storage usage

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Disaster recovery

View a DR plan

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Create a DR plan

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Edit a DR plan

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Delete a DR plan

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Restore virtual machines for DR

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Trigger failover

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Trigger failback

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Delete Druva AWS proxy

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Delete AWS account 

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Manage your Druva account

This section contains instructions for updating your account details and your password.

Update your account details

This topic provides instructions for updating your account details.

Procedure 

  1. Log in to the Hybrid Workloads Management Console. 
  2. At the top-right corner of the menu bar, click new_human_fig.png  > click your username.
  3. Click Edit.
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  4. On the Edit Administrator Details screen, provide the following details.
    Field Description
    Display Name Type a display name that you want to use. 
    Country Click the appropriate country.
    Time Zone Click the time zone that you want to use for timestamps.
    Note: The time zone determines the following:
    • The timestamps on the reports that administrator receives.
    • The timestamps on the tasks that administrator views.
  5. Click Save

Update your password

You must update your password, if:

  • Your password was reset.
  • The password policy for your Druva setup requires you to update your password periodically.

Best practices for password updates 

We recommend that you follow the following best practices while updating your password:

  • The password should be alphanumeric. 
  • The password should not be a dictionary word.
  • The password should not contain strings of consecutive numbers or alphabets.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Hybrid Workloads Management Console. 
  2. At the top-right corner of the menu bar, click new_human_fig.png > click your username.
  3. Click Change Password
  4. Set a new password, and click Save.

 

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