Enabling the Administrators (Read only) role

If the monitored target is a VMware App Volumes Manager of version 2.14 and above, then proceed directly to Assigning the Active Directory Group with Administrators (Read only) role to create a new Administrators (Read Only) role. If the monitored target is a VMware App Volumes manager version 2.12 or below, by default, the Administrators (Read Only) role will not be visible. To enable the Administrators (Read Only) role, first you are required to set an Environment variable in the machine on which the VMware App Volumes Manager is installed. The section below lists the steps that you need to follow to set the Environment variable.

Setting the Environment Variable:

To set the Environment Variable, do the following:

• Login as administrator into the machine where the AppVolumes Manager is installed.

• Then, navigate through the Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced SystemProtection. The System Properties pop up window then appears.

• In the System Properties pop up window, click the Environment Variables button. The Environment Variables pop up window then appears.

• In the Environment Variables pop up window, click the New button available below the System variables section.

• In the New System Variable pop up window that appears, set the Variable name to AVM_ENABLE_READ_ONLY_ROLE and the Variable value to 1.

• Click the OK button to set the Environment Variable.

Assigning the Administrators (Read only) role to an Active Directory Group

• Login to the machine on which the VMware App Volumes Manager is installed.

• The App Volumes by vmware homepage then appears.

• In the App Volumes by vmware homepage, click the Admin Roles tab to view the list of roles that are assigned earlier to the administrators (if any).

• The Administrator Roles page will then appear, To create a new role, click the Assign Roles button in the Administrator Roles page.

• Once the Assign Roles button is clicked, the Role, Search Domain and Search Groups list box appears.Select the Administrators (Readonly) option from the Role list box.

• You can then pick a domain or a group to which the user role should belong to and then click the Assign button. This will ensure you that the users belonging to that active directory group can be specified while configuring the tests in the test configuration page. In the Administrator Roles page, a separate Group and Role section will then appear listing the groups that are assigned the Administrators (Read only) role.

• Once you have assigned the Administrators (Read only) role to an active directory group, you can proceed to manage the VMWare App Volumes Manager.