Each user of the SAN Volume Controller Console must
provide a user name and a password to sign on. Each
user also has an associated role such as monitor, copy operator, service,
administrator, or security administrator. These roles are defined
at the cluster level. For example, a user can perform the administrator
role for one cluster and perform the service role for another cluster.
- Monitor
- Users with the monitor role have access to all viewing
actions available with the SAN Volume Controller Console.
This user cannot perform any actions that change the state of the
cluster or the resources that the cluster manages. The user can access
all the information-related panels and commands, back up configuration
data, change his or her password, and issue the following commands: finderr, dumperrlog, dumpinternallog, ping, and chcurrentuser.
- Copy Operator
- Users with the copy operator role can manage all existing FlashCopy,
Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror relationships. They can also create
and delete FlashCopy mappings, FlashCopy consistency groups, Metro
Mirror or Global Mirror relationships, and Metro Mirror and Global
Mirror consistency groups. In addition, the user can access all the
functions available to the Monitor role.
- Service
- Users with the service role can view the View Clusters panel,
launch the SAN Volume Controller Console,
and view the progress of actions on clusters with the View Progress
panel, begin disk discovery process, and discover and include disks.
The user can access the following commands: applysoftware, setlocale, addnode, rmnode, cherrstate, setevent, writesernum, detectmdisk,
and includemdisk. A user with this role can also
access all the functions available to the Monitor role.
- Administrator
- Users with the administrator role can access all functions on
the SAN Volume Controller Console and
issue any command-line interface (CLI) command, except those that
deal with managing users, user groups, and authentication.
- Security Administrator
- Users with the security administrator role can access all functions
on the SAN Volume Controller Console and
issue any CLI command. Users with this role can also manage users,
user groups, and manage user authentication.