System administration of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block (VSP One Block) storage systems involves initial configuration of the storage system and ongoing tasks such as adding users, updating software licenses, and monitoring storage system events and alerts.
System administrator activities for VSP One Block:
- Configuring the storage system
- Managing user accounts and users
- Managing software licenses
- Updating and changing storage system settings
- Monitoring the audit logs for the storage system
- Configuring and monitoring SNMP operations
- Monitoring service information messages (SIMs)
- Generating configuration reports
System administrator activities are performed primarily by using the maintenance utility for the VSP One Block storage system. Some tasks can also be performed in other user interfaces (UIs), such as Command Control Interface (CCI) and REST API. For details, see the documentation for the UI.