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Configuring sd-admin using command-line interface

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The storage system administrator can configure sd-admin user using command-line interface.

Steps

  1. Add a user named sd-admin.

    # useradd sd-admin
    # passwd sd-admin
Changing password for sd-admin.
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password changed

  2. Add an administrator named sd-admin.

    # dfm user add sd-admin
Added administrator sd-admin.

  3. Create a role named sd-admin-role.

    # dfm role create sd-admin-role
Created role sd-admin-role.

  4. Add a capability to the role created in step 3.

    # dfm role add sd-admin-role DFM.Core.AccessCheck Global
Added 1 capability to role sd-admin-role.

  5. The Operations Manager administrator can also grant DFM.Database.Write capability on the global group to <sd-admin> to enable SnapDrive for UNIX to refresh storage system entities in Operations Manager.

    # dfm role add sd-admin-role DFM.Database.Write Global
Added 1 capability to role sd-admin-role.

  6. Add an sd-admin-role role to the sd-admin user.

    # dfm user role set sd-admin sd-admin-role
Set 1 role for administrator sd-admin.