Provide Granular Access to Operations Settings
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Provide Granular Access to Operations Settings

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Provide Granular Access to Operations Settings

To define which operations settings an administrator has access to, when creating or editing an admin role profile for a firewall (DeviceAdmin Roles), scroll down to the Operations option on the Web UI tab.
Access Level
Description
Enable
Read Only
Disable
Reboot
Restart the firewall. The firewall logs out all users, reloads the PAN-OS software and active configuration, closes and logs existing sessions, and creates a system log entry that shows the name of the administrator that initiated the reboot. This access also affects Shutdown operations.
Yes
N/A
Yes
Generate Tech Support File
Generate a tech support system file that the Palo Alto Networks support team can use to troubleshoot issues that you may be experiencing with the firewall.
Yes
N/A
Yes
Generate Stats Dump File
Generate and download a set of XML reports that summarizes network traffic over the last seven days for the firewall.
Yes
N/A
Yes
Download Core Files
If the firewall experiences a system process failure, a core file is automatically generated that contains details about the process and why it failed. You can download this core file to upload to your Palo Alto Networks support case to obtain further assistance in resolving the issue.
Yes
N/A
Yes
Download Debug and Management Pcap Files
If your firewall experiences a packet capture failure, it generates a packet capture (pcap) file that contains debug and management details for why it failed. You can download this pcap file to upload it to a Palo Alto Networks support case to obtain assistance in resolving the issue.
Yes
N/A
Yes