Administrator Guide

View Administrators
View the current list of administrator accounts.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Maintenance.
4. Click the Mail & Administrators tab. The Administrators panel displays the current list of administrators.
Add an Administrator
Add an administrator account to manage the FluidFS cluster using the Storage Manager Client and CLI. You can define only
those administrators with permission levels that are hierarchically lower than your own.
Prerequisites
Before you can create a local administrator, you must create a local user who will become an administrator.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Client Accessibility.
4. Click the Local Users and Groups tab.
5. In the Local Users panel, click Create. The Create Local User dialog box opens.
6. Select a user to become an administrator:
a. In the File System view, select Cluster Maintenance.
b. Click the Mail & Administrators tab.
c. In the Administrators panel, click Grant Administration Privilege. The Grant Administration Privilege dialog box
opens.
d. Click Select User. The Select User dialog box opens.
e. From the Domain drop-down list, select the domain to which the user belongs.
f. In the User field, type either the full name of the user or the beginning of the user name.
g. To change the maximum number of search results to return, select the maximum number of search results from the Max
Results drop-down list
h. Click Search.
i. Select a user from the search results and click OK.
j. Click OK.
7. Select the Global Administration Permission Enabled checkbox.
8. In the Email Address field, type an email address for the administrator.
9. Click OK.
Assign NAS Volumes to a Volume Administrator
By default, new volume administrators cannot manage any NAS volumes. After a volume administrator is created, you can
change the NAS volumes that can be managed by the volume administrator.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select a NAS volume.
4. In the toolbar, click Edit Settings. The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. Click Administrators. A list of all administrators displays.
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