Administering watsonx Orchestrate
You
can perform administrative tasks for watsonx Orchestrate, such as giving users access to the
service or backing up and restoring data. Ensure that you have the required permissions to complete
tasks.
Service configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Adding users to watsonx Orchestrate on IBM Software Hub | Instance administrator | Give users appropriate access and permissions to the watsonx™ Orchestrate instance. |
| Configuring IFM models after install or upgrade | Instance administrator | Update preferred IFM models, disable unused ones, or enable models after the installation or upgrade process. |
| Switching to agentic or agentic assistant mode | Instance administrator | After the upgrade process, use the scripts to switch from agentic skill assistant
mode to agentic or agentic assistant mode. |
| Automatic scaling resources for Assistant Builder in watsonx Orchestrate | Instance administrator | Use auto scaling to automatically adjust the resources based on workload demand. You can
enable or disable auto scaling by using the ocpatch command. |
| Disabling Unified Automation Builder for watsonx Orchestrate | Instance administrator | Disable the Unified Automation Builder to remove the automation capabilities in your watsonx Orchestrate instance. |
| Monitoring watsonx Orchestrate license usage | Cluster administrator | Monitor the license usage metrics of your watsonx Orchestrate instance. |
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 | Not supported |
Resource management
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Manually scaling resources for services | Instance administrator | Adjust watsonx Orchestrate 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 | Instance administrator | Manually shut down watsonx Orchestrate 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. |