Storage management requires the possibility to define and control the access and management of storage resources and configurations. In typical scenarios storage resources are shared and /or partitioned between different parties with different authorizations storage management.
The StorMan role concept provides the following functions:
Define different StorMan users to manage specific storage resources by assigning specific roles.
At least one administrator is empowered for all functions and all resources.
The StorMan user and role management is reserved for the administrator.
The administrator assigns roles to each user authorizing for a specific level of storage administration and specific storage resources (storage pools).
Three predefined StorMan roles are supported.