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Automation principal - General

Use the General panel to provide user credential information for the automation principal you are defining.

Field definitions

Field

Description

Name

Identifying name.

Description

Optional descriptive text.

Principal ID

Enter the name of the account to which a role should be mapped. For example, you might enter Administrator.

Warning

Notes


  • If you are using an automation principal for Microsoft Windows user mapping, the account you identify in this step must be granted the Windows "Logon as a batch job" privilege on each Windows server. To access this setting, use the Control Panel and go to Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment. If you are using an automation principal for agent installation, you must grant the "Logon as a batch job" privilege to this account on the PsExec server.
  • If you are using an automation principal for agent installation, additional configuration may be required for the account you specify here. For more information, see Troubleshooting agent installation.

Domain

Enter the name of the domain that the user being impersonated uses for logging on to Windows.
The domain is optional. If the logon account is local to the managed server, do not enter a domain.

Passphrase

Enter the passphrase needed to authenticate the automation principal. Then enter the passphrase again for Confirm.

 

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BMC Server Automation 8.3