This is true, all machines using nmm will have to be admins.  I'm not in the 
office right now, but there is an open issue with this.

When I get back in the office,I can forward the case to the list.



On Oct 17, 2011, at 5:52 AM, "Joe N. Wallace" <joe.n.wallace AT GMAIL DOT COM> 
wrote:

> EMC has been planning on NMM replacing the old client.
> 
> So will then all the cleints in the datazone need to be on the admins lists?
> 
> That would be the same as addin *@* on the admin list.
> 
> Can someone from PM please explain that it is not an issue that NMM and
> Oracle clients need to be admins on the datazone?
> 
> Unfortunatelly, I don't think they can.
> 
> J.W.
> 
> 2011/10/17 Jánský Vítězslav <Vitezslav.Jansky AT t-systems DOT cz>
> 
> > Oracle needs admin privileges if you want to be able to delete backup from
> > rman. It is not needed / required otherwise. And yes, it is kinda stupid :)
> >
> > V.J.
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> > Předmět: Re: [Networker] NMM 2.3 backup issue
> >
> > Speaking of adding *@* to the administrators list on the datazone.
> >
> > How do you feel about that all of the NMM and Oracle clients of the
> > datazone
> > are specified as administrators on the datazone?
> >
> > Yes, if you are backing up a Oracle client or NMM client, a user on that
> > Oracle and NMM system needs to have administrative privilages on the
> > datazone.
> >
> > How's that for security?
> >
> > Wallace
> >
> > 2011/10/15 Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT peevro.co DOT uk>
> >
> > > On 10/14/11 22:07, craig yurchison wrote:
> > > > I a unable to get the NMM 2.3 to start a backup unless I add *@* in the
> > > administrator list of the backup server.  I have added *@<nmm_host> and
> > the
> > > backup still will not start the snapshot.  I get this error message:
> > > > :nsrsnap_vss_save:NMM has detected error: User Groups Information
> > missing
> > > from server[<servername>]. Rejecting the administrator-snapshot request.
> > > > I have followed the guide and added the system and administrator lines
> > > for the nmm_host to the admin group and still nothing lets the snapshot
> > > start.  Emc is still researching this as well.
> > > >
> > >
> > > You do of course know how dangerous it is to add *@* as an
> > > administrator? You may as well just clear all your root/administrator
> > > passwords, it would have the same effect - anyone with a bit of
> > > knowledge could then gain control of every machine in your datazone.
> > >
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