Set up workspaces and users in your NetApp account

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When you log in to BlueXP for the first time, you’re prompted to create a NetApp account. This account provides multi-tenancy and enables you to organize users and resources in isolated workspaces.

Learn more about how NetApp accounts work.

Set up your NetApp account so users can access BlueXP and access the working environments in a workspace. Just add a single user or add multiple users and workspaces.

Add workspaces

In BlueXP, workspaces enable you to isolate a set of working environments from other working environments and from other users. For example, you can create two workspaces and associate separate users with each workspace.

Steps

  1. From the top of BlueXP, click the Account drop-down.

    A screenshot that shows the Account Settings option in the top banner of BlueXP.

  2. Click Manage Account next to the currently selected account.

    A screenshot that shows the Manage Account Settings option that’s available from the Account drop-down.

  3. Click Workspaces.

  4. Click Add New Workspace.

  5. Enter a name for the workspace and click Add.

After you finish

If a Workspace Admin needs access to this workspace, then you’ll need to associate the user. You’ll also need to associate Connectors with the workspace so Workspace Admins can use those Connectors.

Add users

Associate users with your NetApp account so those users can create and manage working environments in BlueXP.

Steps

  1. If the user hasn’t already done so, ask the user to go to NetApp BlueXP website and sign up.

  2. From the top of BlueXP, click the Account drop-down and click Manage Account.

    A screenshot that shows the Manage Account Settings option that’s available from the Account drop-down.

  3. From the Members tab, click Associate User.

  4. Enter the user’s email address and select a role for the user:

    • Account Admin: Can perform any action in BlueXP.

    • Workspace Admin: Can create and manage resources in assigned workspaces.

    • Compliance Viewer: Can only view Cloud Data Sense governance and compliance information and generate reports for workspaces that they have permission to access.

    • SnapCenter Admin: Can use the SnapCenter Service to create application consistent backups and restore data using those backups. This service is currently in Beta.

  5. If you selected an account other than Account Admin, select one or more workspaces to associate with that user.

    A screenshot that shows how to associate a user by selecting a role and the associated workspaces.

  6. Click Associate.

Result

The user should receive an email from NetApp BlueXP website titled "Account Association." The email includes the information needed to access BlueXP.

Associate Workspace Admins with workspaces

You can associate Workspace Admins with additional workspaces at any time. Associating the user enables them to create and view the working environments in that workspace.

Steps

  1. From the top of BlueXP, click the Account drop-down and click Manage Account.

    A screenshot that shows the Manage Account Settings option that’s available from the Account drop-down.

  2. From the Members tab, click the action menu in the row that corresponds to the user.

    A screenshot that shows the action menu that is available when hovering over a user’s name in the Users table.

  3. Click Manage Workspaces.

  4. Select one or more workspaces and click Apply.

Result

The user can now access those workspaces from BlueXP, as long as the Connector was also associated with the workspaces.

Associate Connectors with workspaces

You need to associate a Connector with workspaces so Workspace Admins can use those Connectors to create Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems.

If you only have Account Admins, then associating the Connector with workspaces isn’t required. Account Admins have the ability to access all workspaces in BlueXP by default.

Learn more about users, workspaces, and Connectors.

Steps

  1. From the top of BlueXP, click the Account drop-down and click Manage Account.

    A screenshot that shows the Manage Account Settings option that’s available from the Account drop-down.

  2. Click Connector.

  3. Click Manage Workspaces for the Connector that you want to associate.

  4. Select one or more workspaces and click Apply.

Result

Workspace Admins can now use those Connectors to create Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems.

What’s next?

Now that you’ve set up your account, you can manage it any time by removing users, managing workspaces, and managing Connectors. Learn how to manage your account.