Configuring User Management
You configure a user management method to create operating system users required for copying, refreshing, or renaming systems.
Prerequisites
You want to copy, refresh, or rename a system:
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Copy or rename a system:
Users of the target system do not yet exist.
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Refresh a system or database:
Local users are used for a virtualization based refresh.
For more information, see Provisioning.
Context
You configure a user management method to create operating system users for the following:
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SAP system
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Database
Procedure
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Choose
Infrastructure 
Network Components User Management
.
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Choose
Add.
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Type step
Field/Checkbox
Action
Name
Enter a name to identify this user management entry within SAP Landscape Management.
Type
Select the type of the server.
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Properties step
LDAP Properties Field/Checkbox
Action
Type
Enter the type of LDAP that you are using for user management.
Base DN
Enter a unique base name for your LDAP server.
Admin DN
Enter a unique administrative name.
Password
Enter the administrative password for the unique administrative name.
URL
Enter the URL of your LDAP server.
UID Number Range
Enter the range of numbers for the user IDs to be assigned to the new users.
GID
Enter the range of numbers for the group IDs to be assigned to the new groups.
Use TLS
To use transport layer security, select this checkbox and check whether you need to include the server certificate in the default keystore of your SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java.
NIS Properties Field
Action
Host Name
Enter the host name of the trusted host that is set up to update the NIS server.
Update Domain
Enter the domain used to update the NIS server.
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Summary step
The Summary step lists all of the information you have specified in the previous steps.
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- Save your entries.
- Choose Test Configuration.