Enabling Roles Other Than Predefined Security Roles to Create and Run Tasks Using the Network Discovery Wizard
The Network Discovery wizard is an administrator tool bundled with Symantec Management Platform. It is one method for discovering network devices and performing other discovery tasks.
You access the Network Discovery wizard from the Symantec Management Console
Home
menu. The following security roles are predefined and by default can create and run tasks using the Network Discovery wizard:
- Administrator
- Symantec Supervisors
- Symantec Level 2 Workers
- Symantec Level 1 Workers
You may want to enable other roles to create and run tasks from the Network Discovery wizard. In this case, you must give those roles the privileges that are required to perform those tasks using the wizard.
This task is a step in the process for delegating Network Discovery tasks to non-administrators.
- To enable roles other than predefined security roles to create and run tasks using the Network Discovery wizard
- Log on to Symantec Management Platform as Administrator.
- In the Symantec Management Console, on theSettingsmenu, clickSecurity > Permissions.
- In theSecurity Role Manager, in theRoledrop-down box, select the role that you want to enable to create and run tasks.
- In theViewdrop-down list, do the following:Enable creating tasks.
- lickSettings.
- In the left pane, clickEdit.Note that in theItems Selectordialog box, if theSettingscheckbox is checked, all other options are grayed out.
- IfSettingsis checked, uncheck it.
- UnderDiscovery and Inventory, checkNetwork Discovery Wizardif it is not checked already.
- Re-checkSettingsto turn on inheritance again.
- ClickSave Changes.
Enable scheduling and running tasks.- lickTasks.
- In the left pane, underTasks, expandJobs and Tasks > System Jobs and Tasksand clickDiscovery and Inventory.Note that in theDiscovery and Inventorypane, theInheritedsection is gray and cannot be edited.
- In theDiscovery and Inventorypane, underNoninherited, scroll down toTask Server Permissions, and checkRun Task.
- ClickSave changes.