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Delegating administration to SVM administrators

After setting up a functional storage virtual machine (SVM) or SVMs with basic network configuration, you can optionally delegate the administration of the SVM to SVM administrators.

  1. Click Storage > Storage VMs.
  2. Click the storage VM to modify.
  3. Click the Settings tab on the displayed right pane.
  4. Scroll down to locate the Users and Roles card and click the arrow icon .
  5. Move the cursor onto the vsadmin account and then click the more icon .
  6. Select Change Password.
  7. Set the new password and confirm it.
  8. Move the cursor onto the vsadmin account and then click the more icon .
  9. Select Unlock.
    The user is unlocked.
  10. Choose Network > Overview on the left navigation pane.
  11. In the Network Interfaces card, click the plus icon .
  12. Specify the storage virtual machine and assign a new IP address, subnet mask, and gateway to the virtual machine.
  13. Click Save.

Result

The vsadmin account is unlocked and configured with the password.

The default access methods for the vsadmin account are ONTAP API (ontapi) and SSH (ssh). The SVM administrator can log in to the storage system by using the management IP address.

After you finish

You must assign aggregates to the SVM by using the Edit Storage Virtual Machine dialog box.

Note
If the SVM does not have any assigned aggregates, the SVM administrator cannot create volumes.