Administrator roles
Several separate administrative roles are responsible for creating, configuring, deploying, and managing the IBM® Pattern for IBM Storage Scale.
The following administrative roles are typically involved in managing IBM Storage Scale environments:
- Rack administrator
- This administrator determines who has rights to deploy within a cloud group or environment profile.
- File system administrator
- This administrator performs the following general tasks:
- Deploys the IBM Storage Scale Server pattern.
- Defines file systems and attaches storage to the file systems.
- Deploys the IBM shared service for IBM Storage Scale in the Environment Profile or private cloud groups where IBM Storage Scale Clients will also be deployed.
- Pattern Developer/Deployer
- This is a related, non-administrator role performing the following general tasks:
- Obtains the file system names from the File system administrator.
- Defines a file set name within the file system to allow it to share data among peers.
- Manages file set conflicts between deployed patterns.