While the superuser or system administrator of the platform has the full range of permissions, a Storage Administrator is a system administration role for a specific volume only. This is a hierarchical model, it means that the Cluster Administrator have permissions to manage the volumes. A Storage Administrator has permissions for the assigned volume only, not for all volumes in the cluster.
To assign a system administrator role for a volume:
- Click the Volumes tab.A list of volumes displays.
- Select the volume that you want to edit, and click the tab from the Details pane.The Permissions tab displays a list of users and their current roles and permissions, if any.
- Click to add an existing user. The Add Permission to User dialog box displays. Enter a Name, or User Name, or part thereof in the Search text box, and click . A list of possible matches display in the results list.
- Select the check box of the user to be assigned the permissions. Scroll through the Assign role to user list and select .
- Click .The name of the user displays in the Permissions tab, with an icon and the assigned Role.
Note
You can only assign roles and permissions to existing users. See Chapter 6, Users.
You can also change the system administrator of a volume, by removing the existing system administrator, and adding the new system administrator, as described in the previous procedure.
To remove a system administrator role:
- Click the Volumes tab. A list of volumes displays.
- Select the required volume and click the tab from the Details pane.The Permissions tab displays a list of users and their current roles and permissions, if any. The Super User and Cluster Administrator, if any, will display in the Inherited Permissions tab. However, none of these higher level roles can be removed.
- Select the check box of the appropriate user.
- Click . The user is removed from the Permissions tab.