Account Used for Running Setup

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Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010

This topic describes the permissions a user needs when installing a Service Manager management server, Service Manager console, databases for Service Manager, and when registering the Service Manager management group with the data warehouse management group.

Note

The account you use to run Setup is automatically made an administrator in Service Manager.

Service Manager Management Server

You will need the following permissions when installing a Service Manager management server:

  • Local administrator on the computer that you run Setup on

  • Local administrator on the computer that will host the Service Manager database if it is on a remote computer

  • Logged-on user must be a domain account

  • Sysadmin SQL Server role on the SQL Server instance where the Service Manager database is being created

Service Manager Console

You will need the following permissions when installing the Service Manager console:

  • Local administrator on the computer that you run Setup on

Data Warehouse Management Server

You will need the following permissions when installing the data warehouse management server:

  • Local administrator on the computer that you run Setup on

  • Local administrator on the computer that will host the data warehouse database if on a remote computer

  • Logged-in user must be a domain account

  • Content Manager role in SQL Server Reporting Services at the site level (root)

  • Sysadmin SQL Server role on the SQL Server instance where the data warehouse database is being created

SQL Server Reporting Services

You will need the following permissions when installing SQL Server Reporting Services:

  • Permissions to place a binary file into the \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<Instance Name>\Reporting Services\ReportServer\Bin folder on the computer hosting the data warehouse management server.

Registering Service Manager with the Data Warehouse

You will need the following permissions when registering Service Manager with the data warehouse:

  • Sysadmin or security admin SQL Server role on the instance that is hosting the Service Manager database

  • Sysadmin or security admin SQL Server role on the instance that is hosting the data warehouse database

  • Member of the Service Manager Administrators user role on the Service Manager management server

  • Member of the Service Manager Administrators user role on the data warehouse management server

Self-Service Portal

The account you use when installing the Self-Service Portal must meet the following conditions:

  • Must be a local administrator on the computers hosting the Self-Service Portal, the Service Manager management server, and SQL Server 2008.

  • Must be a SQL Server system administrator (sa) account.

  • Must be the account you specified for Service Manager services during setup of the Service Manager management server.

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