You can add a Organization Administrator or Organization User Local user to a Tenant Org that you have created in VMware Data Services Manager. Any Local user that you add can provision a database in VMware Data Services Manager.

Prerequisites

Before you add a user, ensure that you can identify the user's name, organization, email address, role, and contact number (optional).

You will also be required to assign a temporary password for the user. Ensure that the password that you set meets the password policy rules of VMware Data Services Manager. The password must contain:

  • Minimum 8, maximum 20 characters,
  • At least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter,
  • At least one number, and
  • At least one special character (?!@#$%^&*).

Procedure

Perform the following procedure to create a new Local user:

  1. Select Users from the left navigation pane.

    This actions displays the Users view, a table that lists the configured users.

  2. Click CREATE USER in the upper right corner of the view.

    This action opens the Add User form.

  3. Set the user properties:

    Property Name Value
    First name The first name of the user.
    Last name The last name of the user.
    Organization Select the Organization to which to assign the user from the drop-down list.
    Email id The email address of the user. This is the user's login username in the VMware Data Services Manager console.
    Role The user's role in the organization; use the checkbox to assign the Admin or User role to the user.
    Password The password for the user. This is the user's login password in the VMware Data Services Manager console.
    Confirm Password Enter the password a second time.
    Contact Number The contact number for the user. Optional.
  4. Click ADD.

    The new user is added to the table.

Next Steps

Communicate the VMware Data Services Manager temporary log in credentials to the user. Be sure to remind the user that they will be prompted to change this temporary password when they first log in to the VMware Data Services Manager console.

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