Administrator Guide

Storage Center Administration

Adding and Organizing Storage Centers

Adding and organizing Storage Centers can only be done using Unisphere Central connected to a Data Collector.

Note the following restrictions about Unisphere Central user accounts:

• An individual Unisphere Central user can view and manage only the Storage Centers that have been mapped to his or her account. In

other words, the Storage Centers that are visible to one Unisphere Central user are not necessarily visible to another user.

• When a Unisphere Central user adds a Storage Center, he or she must provide credentials for a Storage Center user. The privilege

level and user groups assigned to the Storage Center user determine the access that is allowed on the Data Collector.

• The first time you add a Storage Center to the Data Collector, you must specify a Storage Center user account that has the

Administrator privilege. When you subsequently add the Storage Center for other Unisphere Central users, you can specify Storage

Center user accounts of any privilege level.

• If yourUnisphere Central user account has the Reporter privilege, you must specify a Storage Center user account that has the

Reporter privilege.

NOTE: A Unisphere Central Administrator can also use the Data Collector to grant Storage Center access to a

Unisphere Central user with the Reporter privilege.

• Manage a Storage Center using one Data Collector only. Issues can occur if a Storage Center is managed by multiple Data Collectors.

Storage Center User Privileges and User Groups

Storage Center groups determine which storage objects can be viewed by the Storage Center user, and the privilege level defines what

the user can do.

NOTE:

Storage Center user privileges and Unisphere Central user privileges share the same names, but they are not the

same. Storage Center user privileges control access to Storage Center functionality, and Unisphere Central user

privileges control access to Unisphere Central functionality. A user may have a different role in Unisphere Central than

in Storage Center. This role difference affects small details of that user’s access.

Related concepts

Unisphere Central User Privileges

User Privilege Levels

Each user is assigned a single privilege level. Storage Center has three levels of user privilege.

Table 4. Storage Center User Privilege Levels

Privilege Level Allowed Access

Administrator Read and write access to the entire Storage Center (no restrictions). All Administrators have the same

predefined privileges. Only Administrators can manage users and user groups.

Volume Manager Read and write access to the folders associated with the assigned user groups. Users with this privilege level can

create volumes in the allowed volume folders and map them to existing servers in the allowed server folders.

Reporter Read-only access to the folders associated with the assigned user groups.

Adding and Removing Storage Centers

You must be connected to a Data Collector to add or remove Storage Centers.

NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.

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