About this task

The PoolAdmin user is the administrator of specific pools. This user has admin rights that are similar to the InfiniBox admin, but limited to the pool (or pools) that the PoolAdmin is assigned to.

You can add and remove users to and from pool according to your evolving needs.

You may add more than one pool to the same PoolAdmin, and more than one PoolAdmin to a pool.

Prerequisites

To assign a pool to a user you need:

• A pool with a pool admin

GUI instructions

1. Modify the pool (see instructions here: Deleting a pool
2. On the Modify Pool screen, click Advanced
3. Remove the Pool Admin
4. Click Modify
   The PoolAdmin user is now disconnected from the pool. 

PoolAdmin -related InfiniShell commands

• user.create - In the following example, we create a user with the type PoolAdmin. 

  • user.create name=pool-01-admin password=123456 email=user@infinidat.com role=PoolAdmin

• user.add_pool - adding a pool to a user

  • user.add_pool name=pool-01-admin pool=pool-01 

• user.query - query for the user and the pool

  • user.query user=pool-01-admin

• pool.add_admin - adds a PoolAdmin to a pool.
• pool.remove_admin - removes a PoolAdmin from a pool.
• pool.user_query - lists pool administrators per pool