Information Needed For Authenticating Management Groups; Prerequisites; Choosing Between Default Or Individual Credentials; Setting The Credentials - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

Information needed for authenticating management groups

Prerequisites

You need the following information (credentials) for the management groups you want to authenticate
for VSS:
• Management group name
• User name and password for logging in to the management group.

Choosing between default or individual credentials

If you use the same user name and password to log into all your management groups, you can
designate default credentials for that user name and password combination.
If you use unique user name and password combinations for different management groups, you can
define individual credentials for different management groups.

Setting the credentials

To use VSS, you must enter the user name and password for management groups containing the
volumes to snapshot.
With the latest version of the VSS Provider, you may find that the credentials are already configured.
This is because in some situations, the system may automatically discover authentication from the
SAN.

Opening the Authentication Console

Open the Authentication Console from the Programs menu.

Credentials wizard

The first time you open the Authentication Console, the Credentials wizard opens. At other times, you
can open the Credentials wizard from the Action menu or the right-click menu. For information about
using the Credentials wizard, see
Figure 16 Opening the Credentials wizard the first time
.

Authentication Console window

The Authentication Console window opens after you have entered management group credentials.
30 Using the Authentication Console
"Setting default credentials in the Credentials wizard" on page 31.