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.
  1. To enable roles other than predefined security roles to create and run tasks using the Network Discovery wizard
  2. Log on to Symantec Management Platform as Administrator.
  3. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Settings
    menu, click
    Security > Permissions
    .
  4. In the
    Security Role Manager
    , in the
    Role
    drop-down box, select the role that you want to enable to create and run tasks.
  5. In the
    View
    drop-down list, do the following:
    Enable creating tasks.
    1. lick
      Settings
      .
    2. In the left pane, click
      Edit
      .
      Note that in the
      Items Selector
      dialog box, if the
      Settings
      checkbox is checked, all other options are grayed out.
    3. If
      Settings
      is checked, uncheck it.
    4. Under
      Discovery and Inventory
      , check
      Network Discovery Wizard
      if it is not checked already.
    5. Re-check
      Settings
      to turn on inheritance again.
    6. Click
      Save Changes
      .
    Enable scheduling and running tasks.
    1. lick
      Tasks
      .
    2. In the left pane, under
      Tasks
      , expand
      Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and Tasks
      and click
      Discovery and Inventory
      .
      Note that in the
      Discovery and Inventory
      pane, the
      Inherited
      section is gray and cannot be edited.
    3. In the
      Discovery and Inventory
      pane, under
      Noninherited
      , scroll down to
      Task Server Permissions
      , and check
      Run Task
      .
    4. Click
      Save changes
      .