Task Roles for Each Farm Lifecycle State (N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide)

N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide

Task Roles for Each Farm Lifecycle State

The Control Center supports various levels of access privileges. These access privileges enable end users, as well as administrators, to perform certain farm management tasks. In I-Fabric implementations that do not enable end users to interact with the Control Center, administrators perform all tasks.

Table 2–1 lists the various high-level tasks that need to be performed during each of the farm lifecycle states.

Note –

Administrators who are responsible for all farm management tasks perform all tasks listed in this table.

Table 2–1 Lifecycle States and Administration Tasks


User or Account Manager Tasks	Administrator Tasks	Lifecycle State
New farm created but not yet submitted	None	Design
The user submits the farm for approval and activation	Manually validate the submitted farm.	Activation
	Use the Administration screen to unblock the request, if the farm is valid.
	Set the contract parameters in the Control Center Administration screen.
	Turn over active farms to the users.
Migrate application and data	Work with users and assist in migration.	Active
Create server images	Create global images, see Creating and Managing Images in N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, System Administration Guide.
Change or flex farms	Changing farms is an automated process if the resources are within the set contract type limits. If a farm is not bound by a contract, the request must be unblocked.
Submit a redesigned farm as new	Same task as when the new farm was submitted.
Request that all farm elements (excluding storage) be returned to the free pool.	Unblock the standby request through the Administration screen.	Standby
Request reactivation	Unblock the reactivate request through the Administration screen.
Request deactivation	Unblock the Deactivate request through the Administration screen.	Inactive
Delete the farm		Deleted