Administering Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop

You can perform administrative tasks for Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete tasks.

Service configuration

Task Required permissions Details
Establishing connection to Apache Hadoop clusters Instance administrator You can manage and monitor the tools that are available with the Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop service.
Managing connection to Apache Hadoop clusters Instance administrator You can use a list of functions to manage your Apache Hadoop clusters.
Establishing connection to Cloud Pak for Data clusters Instance administrator You must register the remote Hadoop clusters. Registering the remote cluster integrates Cloud Pak for Data clusters. Data scientists can then access data and submit jobs with high availability.
Managing connection to Cloud Pak for Data clusters Instance administrator After you establish a connection to a Cloud Pak for Data cluster, you can view and delete the remote cluster.

Security

Task Required permissions Details
Exporting IBM® Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution Not supported  

Resource management

Task Required permissions Details
Manually scaling resources for services Not supported  
Automatically scaling resources for services Not supported  
Shutting down and restarting services Instance administrator Manually shut down Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop to prevent it from using resources. You can restart the service when you need to use it again.

Backup and restore

Task Required permissions Details
Backing up and restoring IBM Software Hub Cluster administrator Choose the correct method to back up and restore IBM Software Hub.
High availability Cluster administrator You can use a secondary node when an active node goes down by enabling high availability.