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Figure 3-24   Decentralized system administration - object owner model
The object owner model can be used to separate the objects on the system into logical parts, 
such as a department, company, or another entity. Each part is independent of the other part 
and each part must be maintained separately. Each part typically requires two administrative 
users. One user is responsible for creating and maintaining users and groups. The other user 
is responsible for creating and maintaining applications, application groups, and folders. 
However, you can also define one user with the authority to create and maintain users, 
groups, applications, application groups, and folders. In effect, the one user is the system 
administrator for a logical part of the system.
In the object owner model, the system administrator defines two users for each logical part of 
the system. One user is responsible for maintaining the users and groups for a logical part of 
the system. The other user is responsible for maintaining the applications, application groups, 
folders, and cabinets for a logical part of the system. With the object owner model, you store 
data from several sources on one Content Manager OnDemand system and let only one set 
of users access each set of data. Table 3-2 on page 71 shows the administrative users and 
the tasks that are assigned to the users. 
Storage Sets System Printers
System Administrator
User with Create Application Groups, Create Folders, and 
Create Cabinets authority
Application
Groups Applications Folders Cabinets
User Administrator with Create Groups Authority
Users Groups
Department A
User with Create Application Groups, Create Folders, and 
Create Cabinets authority
Application
Groups Applications Folders Cabinets
User Administrator with Create Groups Authority
Users Groups
Department B