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RE: list of ABS operations

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian W. Melanson)
Wed Feb 7 17:25:17 1996

To: delegado@MIT.EDU
Cc: dkk@MIT.EDU, bwmelans@MIT.EDU, athena-backup@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 17:25:11 EST
From: "Brian W. Melanson" <bwmelans@MIT.EDU>


>This is just in case you forgot:

>>Here's the list of ABS operations for you to figure out which
>>ones operators should be able to execute.  If there are any
>>questions, just ask.

Dave and I have gone over the operations below and here is our answer:

Slave Related Operations:
* Yes on all *
       perform_dump         
       perform_restore      
       scan_tape            


Dumpset Management:

No     perform_dumpset_sync (sync ABS database volume info with AFS VLDB)
No     create_dumpset
Yes    show_dumpset
No     delete_dumpset

Volume Entry Management (does not manipulate physical AFS volumes)
No     create_volume
Yes    show_volume
No     delete_volume
No     modify_volume (change info about a volume, like its name or server)
No     add_volume_to_dumpset
No     delete_volume_from_dumpset


Media Pool Management

No     create_media_pool
No     delete_media_pool
Yes    show_media_pool

Tape Management
* Yes on all *
       add_item_to_pool  (label tape and add it to pool database)
       delete_item_from_pool
       show_media_item

Slave Entry Management (manages the list of slaves which are known to the ABS)
* Yes on all *
       add_device
       delete_device
       show_device
       modify_device (change its status; e.g to "broken", "ok")

Dump Schedule Management

yes       show_schedule
no        append_schedule -add schedule entries
no        delete_schedule - remove schedule entreis
       

System Parameters:
yes       show_system_params
no        modify_system_params

Running Jobs:
* Yes on all *
       show_jobs
       manage_jobs (delete, cancel)

Domain Management (list of cells which ABS backs up)

Yes      show_domain
No       add_object_to_domain
No       delete_object_from_domain

Location Management (list of valid locations for Tape pools and slave hosts)

Yes       show_location
No        add_location
No        delete_location

Media Type Management (list of valid media types for pools and slave devices)
Yes       show_media_type
No        add_media_type
No        delete_media_type


Error Routing (Configuring error routing on a per-pool basis)

Yes       show_error_route
No        add_error_route
No        delete_error_route

Auth (add or delete a user's ABS authorization; eg. operator or admin)
No       abs_mod_auth

Miscellaneous
No       abs_set_trace_level - turn on more tracing for Master
No       abs_shutdown - Gracefully shutdown the Master.



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