Oracle recommends that you create a unique administrator account or accounts for VASA Provider. You use these accounts to obtain information from the Oracle FS System.
You can create multiple administrator accounts in an Oracle FS System. Additional accounts are not required, however, Oracle recommends that you create a Monitor account on each Oracle FS System that is monitored by the Oracle FS Provider for VMware VASA.
An administrator with Administrator 1 privileges must create a Monitor account on the Oracle FS System. The administrator who creates the account provides the name and password for the Monitor account to the plug-in administrator. Oracle recommends that you do not use the Oracle FS System Primary Administrator account for the provider account.
Refer to the Oracle Flash Storage System Administrator’s Guide for details about administrator account levels and their privileges on the Oracle FS System.
Passwords on the Oracle FS System must be changed every 180 days. A Monitor account does not provide the ability to change passwords; only an Administrator 1 account can change passwords. Therefore, remember to change the password used for the Monitor account every 180 days or the account locks and VASA Provider cannot communicate with the Oracle FS System. The VASA Provider password can be changed using the OFSVASAProviderPasswordEditorTool scripts.
The accounts you create on the Oracle FS System are used when you add a storage system to be monitored by VASA Provider.
VASA Provider has its own administrator account, which is OracleVASA. This account is only used to administer the VASA Provider software. This administrator account is separate from the Oracle FS System. The password for this account expires every 120 days. Oracle recommends that you set the passwords for the Oracle FS System Monitor account and the VASA Provider at the same time to simplify password management.
Refer to the Oracle Flash Storage System Administrator’s Guide for details about creating administrator accounts on the Oracle FS System.