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antonio_3715
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Apr 30, 2009

User rights level on F5 LTM/GTM

What is minimum security level for a user account on F5 LTM/GTM to be able to discover devices and monitor them
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  • Dave_Ruddell_79's avatar
    Dave_Ruddell_79
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    Apr 30, 2009
    Currently, we require a Big-IP account with administrator privileges to be used for access to the Big-IP. The privileges are required since the Management Pack may update a monitoring daemon on the Big-IP (big3d).

     

     

     

    On the Windows side of things, any Active Directory-based account that is a member of a group that is also specified in the Operations Manager Administrators group (Ops Manager Security Roles) can use the Management Pack from within System Center Operations Manager. The Big-IP monitoring service that runs on the Windows machine requires the Operations Manager Administration privileges.

     

    You should also verify that this user is granted the "logon as service" right defined inside the local policy, but this should be granted automatically during setup as long as the account you use to run install is at least a local administrator.