User roles

IBM Hyper Protect Virtual Servers distinguishes between different types of administrators and users to perform tasks:

  • Application developer or ISV

    The application developer or independent software vendor (ISV) is responsible for developing and publishing containerized applications or solutions to the private cloud environment, and to ensure the security, integrity, and audit requirements of the software.

  • Private cloud operations administrator

    The private cloud operations administrator (cloud admin) is responsible for infrastructure, security, and management of the on-premises, shared, and multi-tenant private cloud environment for containerized applications.

  • Appliance administrator

    The appliance administrator (appliance admin) is responsible for deploying and managing the Crypto Appliance, that runs in a logical partition (LPAR) on an IBM Z or IBM LinuxONE server.

  • IBM Z or LinuxONE system administrator

    The IBM Z or LinuxONE system admin (Z system admin) is responsible for creating and managing Secure Service Container partitions by performing tasks on the HMC of the IBM Z or IBM LinuxONE server.

Those roles might also interact with:

  • IBM Z or LinuxONE storage admin
  • Network admin
  • Solution admin
  • Containerized application user