Administering Data Replication

You can perform administrative tasks for Data Replication. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete tasks.

Service configuration

Task Required permissions Details
Creating a service instance Instance administrator When you install Data Replication, a service instance is created automatically. You can optionally create more service instances in the operands project.
Creating a service instance from the web client Instance administrator You can use the web client to create service instances. The web client guides you through the process of creating service instances.
Creating a service instance with the cpd-cliservice-instance create command Instance administrator You can use the cpd-cli service-instance create command to script the process of creating service instances.
Creating a service instance programmatically Instance administrator You can use the /v3/service_instances REST API call to programmatically create service instances.

Security

Task Required permissions Details
Exporting Cloud Pak for Data audit records to a security information and event management solution Not supported  

Resource management

Task Required permissions Details
Manually scaling resources for services Cluster administrator or Instance administrator Adjust Data Replication by scaling resources to support high availability or to increase processing capacity. Resources can be scaled based on predefined resource configurations.
Automatically scaling resources for services Not supported  
Shutting down and restarting services Not supported  

Backup and restore

Task Required permissions Details
Backing up and restoring Cloud Pak for Data Cluster administrator Choose the correct method to back up and restore Cloud Pak for Data.