3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Administrator's Manual (320-200180 Rev B, February 2010)

5.2
Overview
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5.1 Overview
3PAR Virtual Domains (Domains) allows an administrator to create multiple domains, or spaces,
within an InServ Storage Server, where each domain is dedicated to a specific application. In
effect, using Domains restricts users to a subset of the volumes and hosts in a system and
prevents users from exporting virtual volumes to hosts outside of the users’ assigned domains.
For more information about Domains, see the InForm OS Concepts Guide. This chapter
provides instructions on creating domains and describes the administration tasks associated
with maintaining domains.
5.2 Default Domains
An InForm CLI user’s default domain is the domain the user accesses at the start of each CLI
session. For example, if you have
edit privileges to Domains A and B and your default domain
has been set to Domain A, each time you start a new CLI session you will view and work with
only objects in Domain A (Figure 5-1). The user’s default domain can be set and reset at any
time by the administrator.
In the following example, the default domain (Domain A) can be reassigned to Domain B for
the current working session using the
setclienv currentdomain <name> command.
When the
currentdomain <name> is set, you are able to view and work on objects in
Domain B for a single CLI session. When that session is over, your next session is started in your
default domain (Domain A) (Figure 5-1). Thus, a current domain refers to the domain in which
you are working during a particular, single CLI session.