This section explains how to manage resources in multi-tenant environments.
Tenants
In Resource Orchestrator, the unit for division of management and operation of resources based on organizations or operations is called a tenant.
When sharing a system in a group of companies, a company which belongs to one of those companies can be recognized as a tenant, or a user department in the company can be recognized as a tenant.
The workload of resource integration or the provision department can be reduced by dividing and managing tenants by each user department.
Resource Pools Which can be Used in Tenants
The management units of resource pools are the two types given below:
Global Pools
A resource pool storing resources which can be used by multiple tenants.
Figure 5.15 Global Pools
Local Pools
A resource pool storing resources which can be used only by a specific tenant.
Figure 5.16 Local Pools
The access scopes of resource pool management units can be changed according to the use of the unit.
Resource Pool Management Unit | Administrator | User |
|---|---|---|
Global pools | Infrastructure Administrators | All tenant users |
Local pools | Tenant administrator | Users within a tenant |
Advisory Notes for Tenant Operations
There must be at least one tenant administrator in a tenant, and the tenant administrator manages tenant users.
The resources in other tenants cannot be referred to.
Configuration Example of Multi-tenant Environments
The following figure shows a multi-tenant environment.
Figure 5.17 Configuration Example of Multi-tenant Environments
