In vFoglight Storage, the security permissions for the Filers are incorrect in the manual.
This is a known defect in vFoglight Storage caused by a bug referenced by tracking ID FDOC-6219.
Here is what is documented in the manual:
Required User Account Privileges Foglight for Storage Management requires an account with the appropriate defined role access capabilities:
The above will enable DataONTAP® API. For general access:
For limited access, the following are the explicit capabilities required by Foglight for Storage Management: useradmin role add vfs_collector -a api-system-get-ontapi-version,api-aggr-list-info,api-volume-list-info,api-volume-options-list-info,api-qtree-list,api-quota-report,api-cifs-share-list-iter-start,api-cifs-share-list-iter-next,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules-2,api-snapshot-get-reserve,api-snapshot-list-info,api-lun-map-list-info,api-lun-get-occupied-size,api-lun-get-space-reservation-info,api-iscsi-node-get-name,api-fcp-node-get-name,api-portset-list-info,api-snmp-get,api-snmp-get-next,api-vfiler-list-info,login-http-admin,api-system-get-version,api-system-get-info,api-fcp-adapter-list-info,api-disk-list-info,api-volume-get-root-name,security-api-vfiler,api-lun-list-info,api-snapshot-delta-info,api-lun-get-serial-number,api-perf-object-get*,api-cifs-share-list-iter-end,api-snapshot-*,cli-priv,cli-version,api-storage-shelf-list-info,api-iscsi-service-status, api-perf-object-counter-list-info
It should read:
Required User Account Privileges Foglight for Storage Management requires an account with the appropriate defined role access capabilities:
The above will enable DataONTAP® API. For general access:
NOTE: The permissions in Yellow need to be added.
Defect request FDOC-6219has been submitted to Development for a fix in a future release. Please check the release notes of latest software to determine which bug fixes have been included in this release.
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