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  2. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide
  3. Storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
  4. Qumulo NAS array
  5. Permissions and privileges on the Qumulo cluster
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide

Permissions and privileges on the Qumulo cluster

To allow NetBackup to perform snapshot management operations, ensure that the Qumulo user account used for plug-in configuration has the appropriate roles and privileges assigned to the storage array.

The NetApp user account must have the privileges to perform the following operations on the NetApp array:

  • Create snapshot

  • Export Snapshot

  • Delete snapshot

There are three predefined user roles in Qumulo

  • Administrators - Full access and control of the cluster.

  • Data-Administrators - Full access and control of data and files on the cluster including: SMB/NFS, snapshots, quotas, file system, and file system permissions. Does not include access to the web UI.

  • Observers - Read-only access for all APIs and UI on the cluster

Users with administrators or Data-administrators role assigned can perform all the NetBackup snapshot management operations.

These are the Custom User Role Permissions required to perform all the NetBackup snapshot management operations.

Permissions

CLUSTER_READ

FILE_FULL_ACCESS

NFS_EXPORT_READ

NFS_EXPORT_WRITE

SMB_SHARE_READ

SMB_SHARE_WRITE

SNAPSHOT_READ

SNAPSHOT_WRITE

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