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Predefined roles for Vserver administrators
The five predefined roles for a Vserver administrator are: vsadmin, vsadmin-volume, vsadmin-protocol, vsadmin-backup, and vsadmin-readonly. In addition to these predefined roles, you can create customized Vserver administrator roles by assigning a set of capabilities.
A Vserver can have its own user and administration authentication domain. You can delegate the administration of a Vserver to a Vserver administrator after creating a Vserver and user accounts.
Note: A Vserver with Infinite Volume does not support quotas, qtrees, and LUNs. Therefore, a Vserver administrator cannot perform the tasks related to quotas, qtrees, and LUNs on a Vserver with Infinite Volume.
The following table lists the predefined roles for a Vserver administrator along with the respective capabilities:
Vserver Administrator Role Name
Description
vsadmin
This role is the super user role for a Vserver and is assigned by default. A Vserver administrator with this role has the following capabilities:
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Managing own user account local password and key information
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Managing volumes, quotas, qtrees, Snapshot copies, and files
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Managing LUNs
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Configuring protocols: NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and FC (FCoE included)
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Configuring services: DNS, LDAP, and NIS
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Monitoring jobs
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Monitoring network connections and network interface
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Monitoring the health of a Vserver
vsadmin role is assigned by default.
vsadmin-volume
A Vserver administrator with this role has the following capabilities:
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Managing own user account local password and key information
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Managing volumes, quotas, qtrees, Snapshot copies, and files
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Managing LUNs
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Configuring protocols: NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and FC (FCoE included)
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Configuring services: DNS, LDAP, and NIS
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Monitoring network interface
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Monitoring the health of a Vserver
vsadmin-protocol
A Vserver administrator with this role has the following capabilities:
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Managing own user account local password and key information
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Configuring protocols: NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and FC (FCoE included)
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Configuring services: DNS, LDAP, and NIS
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Managing LUNs
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Monitoring network interface
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Monitoring the health of a Vserver
vsadmin-backup
A Vserver administrator with this role has the following capabilities:
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Managing NDMP operations
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Making a restored volume as read-write
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Viewing volumes and LUNs
Note: A Vserver administrator with vsadmin-backup role cannot manage own user account local password and key information.
vsadmin-readonly
A Vserver administrator with this role has the following capabilities:
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Managing own user account local password and key information
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Monitoring the health of a Vserver
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Monitoring network interface
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Viewing volumes and LUNs
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Viewing services and protocols

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