How to create a new action account in Operations Manager

Use the following procedure to create a new management server action account. The new action account won't, by default, have access to Operations Manager database unless access is inherited in the credentials you assign to the action account. If not, a new account for accessing the Operations Manager database needs to be created.

To create a new action account

1. Sign in to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role.

2. In the Operations console, select Administration.

3. In the Administration workspace, right-click Run As Accounts, and then select Create Run As Account.

4. In the Create Run As Account Wizard, on the Introduction page, select Next.

5. On the General page, do the following:

   1. In the RunAsAccounttype list, select Action Account.

   2. Enter a display name in the Display Name text box.

      Note

      The display name you enter here becomes the Run As account you will add to a new Run As profile in the following steps.

   3. You can also enter a description in the Description text box.

   4. Select Next.

6. On the Account page, enter a user name, password, and then select the domain for the account that you want to make a member of this Run As account, and select Next.

7. On the Distribution Security page, the More secure option is selected and can't be changed. Select Create.

8. In the Administration workspace, select Run As Profiles.

9. In Run As Profiles, right-click Default Action Account, and then select Properties.

10. On the Introduction and General Properties pages, select Next.

11. On the Run As Accounts page, select Add, select the Run As account you created, and select OK twice.

12. Select Save.

Next steps

• To understand how to create a Run As account and associate with a Run As profile, see How to Create a Run As Account and Associate with a Run As Profile.

• The Report Server unattended execution account is used to query data from the Reporting Data Warehouse. To understand how to reconfigure the user name or password for this account, see How to Manage the Report Server Unattended Execution Account in Operations Manager.

• To learn about how you can use the Health Service lockdown tool to limit the identities used to run a rule, task, or monitor on agent-managed systems, see Control Access by Using the Health Service Lockdown Tool in Operations Manager.