Administering IBM Master Data Management
You can perform administrative tasks for IBM
Master Data Management, such as giving users access to the service,
configuring certain functionality, auditing the service, scaling the service, or backing up and
restoring the service. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete tasks.
Service configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Giving users access to IBM Master Data Management | Instance administrator |
Give users appropriate access and permissions to the IBM Master Data Management service. |
| Configuring event streaming | Cluster administrator |
Configure and tune the master data event streaming capabilities of IBM Master Data Management. |
| Configuring access to data | Instance administrator with Model Manager permissions |
Configure data access control to ensure that only authorized users can access sensitive or confidential information, such as personally identifiable information (PII). |
| Exchanging healthcare data with IBM Master Data Management by using HL7 | Instance administrator | Enable and configure communication between IBM Master Data Management and HL7-enabled healthcare systems. |
| Configuring rate limits for IBM Master Data Management API operations | Cluster administrator | Configure rate limits for IBM Master Data Management API operations. |
Storage configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Disabling SELinux relabeling | Cluster administrator | Configure IBM® Software Hub pods to skip SELinux relabeling for all bulk operations if you're using a CSI-based storage type. |
Security
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Exporting IBM Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution | Instance administrator | Record user activities for IBM Master Data Management. |
| Audit events for IBM Master Data Management | Instance administrator | Review the list of auditable events that IBM Master Data Management generates. |
Resource management
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Manually scaling resources for services | Instance administrator | Adjust IBM Master Data Management 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 | Instance administrator | Enable autoscaling with the OpenShift® Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA). The HPA changes the resource allocation of services by increasing or decreasing the number of pods in response to CPU or memory consumption. |
| Shutting down and restarting services | Instance administrator | Manually shut down IBM Master Data Management 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. |