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Administration Roles in ISPThe administration of ISP can seem overwhelming when compared with the traditional administration model in VERITAS Volume Manager. To simplify matters, it is useful to think in terms of three levels of administration based on level of knowledge of ISP, and frequency of application of this knowledge:
Basic administration tasks are performed most often and require the least knowledge of ISP to perform. Expert storage administration tasks are performed least often and require the most knowledge of ISP to perform. Basic Administration TasksBasic administration tasks include creating storage pools, and creating and administering volumes. This includes performing tasks such as adding or removing mirrors or columns from volumes, resizing volumes, and creating and using volume snapshots. The system administrator's role requires the following knowledge of ISP:
As a system administrator, you can use either the VEA or the vxvoladm and vxtemplate utilities to perform your tasks. The VEA graphical interface is most suitable for day-to-day administration. The vxvoladm utility is primarily intended for use in administration scripts. The vxtemplate utility allows you to find out which templates are associated with disk groups and with storage pools. The use of vxvoladm to create application volumes is illustrated in Creation of Application Volumes. Creation of Application Volumes Click the thumbnail above to view full-sized image. System administration tasks are described in the following chapters:
Advanced Administration TasksAdvanced administration tasks include administering storage pools and user templates, creating clone pools, and creating volumes with additionally specified rules. The system administrator's role requires the following knowledge of ISP:
As a storage administrator, you can use either the VEA or command-line utilities to perform your tasks. The VEA interface is most suitable for day-to-day administration. The command-line utilities are primarily intended for use in administration scripts, but can also be used to compile and install user templates as illustrated in Creation of User Templates. Click the thumbnail above to view full-sized image. Creation of Storage Pools illustrates that the vxpool command is used to create storage pools with associated policies, templates and capabilities. Click the thumbnail above to view full-sized image. System administration tasks are described in the following chapters:
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