Creating an Administrator user for IBM Storage Copy Data Management

Before you can establish the system as a connection endpoint in IBM® Storage Copy Data Management, you need to configure a user with the Administrator role on the IBM Storage Virtualize system. For auditing, it is recommended that you create a new Administrator user to configure the Safeguarded Copy function. Users with this role are limited in how they can manage and interact with Safeguarded Copy operations. The IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses this role to create FlashCopy® mappings between the source volumes and the Safeguarded backups on the system.

To create new Administrator user for IBM Storage Copy Data Management, complete these steps:
  1. In the management GUI, select Access > Users by Groups > Create User Group.
  2. On the Create User Group page, enter a name of the user group, and select Administrator for the role.
  3. Click Create.
  4. In the list of user groups, select the user group that you created and select Create Users.
  5. On the Create Users page, enter the name of the user, and select Local.
  6. Enter and confirm a password.
  7. Click Create.

Using the command-line interface (CLI)

To create new Administrator user for IBM Storage Copy Data Management , complete these steps:
  1. To configure a user with an Administrator role, you need to create a user group. Enter the following command.
    mkusergrp -name group_name -role Administrator
    where group_name specifies the unique user group name and Administrator specifies the role for all users that belong to this user group.
  2. After creating user group, create a local user to access a system. Enter the following command.
    mkuser -name user_name -usergrp group_name | group_id -password
    where user_name specifies unique username. The group_name | group_id specifies the ID or name of the user group that was created in the previous step. The parameter -password specifies the password to be associated with the user.