Administering Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark

You can perform administrative tasks for Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark , such as exporting audit records or scaling the service. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete tasks.

Service configuration

Task Required permissions Details
Using advanced features Instance administrator Take advantage of Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark advanced features that support application deployment and monitoring when you create instances.
Managing instances Instance administrator Manage the Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark instances by using the Cloud Pak for Data web client.
Managing service and instance level configurations Instance administrator

The administrator can configure certain service level defaults by editing or adding the following properties in the Analytics Engine custom resource.

Changing instance resource quota Instance administrator Control the resources, such as CPU and memory, that are used in a single Spark service instance by specifying a quota at the service instance level.
Changing the Spark default runtime Instance administrator Cloud Pak for Data supports multiple Spark runtime versions.

You can change the default Spark runtime version.

Changing cron job configurations Instance administrator Use cron jobs to automate repetitive tasks on the Spark cluster.
Implementing runtime retention policy Cluster administrator The data retention policy governs the retention and deletion of records based on specified parameters.

Security

Task Required permissions Details
Exporting Cloud Pak for Data audit records to a security information and event management solution Instance administrator Record user activities for Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark.
Exporting Cloud Pak for Data audit records to a security information and event management solution Not supported  
Audit events for Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark Instance administrator Auditable events that are generated and forwarded by the Audit Logging Service.

Resource management

Task Required permissions Details
Manually scaling resources for services Cluster administrator or Instance administrator Adjust Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark 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.