Re: Clone tool

From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:16:15 -0600
Message-ID: <3b501cfd-d509-a017-7037-05ec2213b776_at_evdbt.com>

Suppose someone wants one user to be able to create a database clone (and do everything else to manage it), and then they want another user to be able only to manage a clone (i.e. refresh, rewind, etc), but not be able to create a clone?

Can CommVault support that requirement? If so, how?

On 4/25/16 17:49, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> The term "self-service" is a marketing term without much meaning, if
> any at all. With Commvault, anyone can clone the database, given the
> appropriate privileges. Privileges can be assigned by the Commvault
> administrator. Even at a gas station you need a credit card for "self
> service". Having a credit card is a privilege and very far from being
> universal, at that.
> Also, I am not sure that the original topic included marketing of the
> products and doing feature by feature comparison. In my opinion, that
> part is not appropriate for this group. I also try not to push the
> products of my employer through this list. Refraining from marketing
> avoids awkward situations like this one. After all, I am a computer
> geek, not a sales person.
>
> On 4/25/2016 9:36 AM, Tim Gorman wrote:
>> Steve Karam, Kyle Hailey, and I are contributors to this list who are
>> also employees of Delphix.
>>
>> Back to the original topic, would you explain what "self-service
>> capability" means?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/25/16 05:51, Mladen Gogala wrote:
>>> On 04/24/2016 11:18 PM, Tim Gorman wrote:
>>>> Assuming a definition of "self-service capability" as "management
>>>> of a separation of duties", that sounds like a "no" for CommVault.
>>>
>>> Only if you are adopting extremely simplistic interpretation, to the
>>> point of silliness.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In contrast, Oracle Snapclone provides self-service provisioning
>>>> through a service catalog of templates
>>>> <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/cloud-mgmt/em-snapclone-2267372.html>,
>>>> and different accounts have a separation of duties (i.e. some
>>>> accounts can create templates, other accounts can only clone from
>>>> templates, etc), but there are others on this list who can explain
>>>> this much more capably than I.
>>>>
>>>> As far as Delphix is concerned, its main user-interface enables
>>>> DBAs to do everything, but the Delphix JetStream
>>>> <https://docs.delphix.com/display/DOCS41/Getting+Started+with+Jet+Stream>
>>>> user-interface is provided to be used by developers, QA testers,
>>>> project leads, and other non-DBAs to manage what has already been
>>>> provisioned.
>>>>
>>> Tim, I am a Commvault employee. Are you by any chance a Delphix
>>> reseller or are you making money by pushing Delphix?
>>> Regards
>>> --
>>> Mladen Gogala
>>> Oracle DBA
>>> http://mgogala.freehostia.com
>>
>
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