8 Security

The UPSTREAM Reservoir takes advantage of the security facilities provided by the underlying operating system.  So when you enable UPSTREAM security, you are activating the security system for UPSTREAM that you already have on your Windows or UNIX system.

Security comes in 3 distinct levels, determined by the SECLEVEL parameter set in the UPSTREAM Reservoir configuration (see section 10.1.5 on page 114):

  • 0: No security checks are performed.
  • 1: User ID and password are validated against the database in your Windows system. Note that the password is case sensitive.
  • 2: Access to the <work path>\Backups\<Backup Profile> directory is checked for the user ID specified for backups and restores.

We recommend strongly that initial testing be performed with security disabled (SECLEVEL 0). 

Note: In Windows, if you are not using the local system account for USTBatch requests, we recommend that you follow the procedures for creating a special UPSTREAM account as described in the Windows chapter of the UPSTREAM User’s Guide.

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