# Clear segregation of facililty vs portal responsibilities

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**Created:** [August 21, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/clear-segregation-of-facililty-vs-portal-responsibilities/168 "2026-08-21T19:01:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![icebeast](https://forum.mergetb.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e36b37/32.png) [@icebeast](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/icebeast)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/clear-segregation-of-facililty-vs-portal-responsibilities/168/1 "2026-08-21T19:01:10Z")

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We should enumerate a list of expected responsibilities for facilities vs portal operators.

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**Author:** ![jdbarnes](https://forum.mergetb.net/user_avatar/forum.mergetb.net/jdbarnes/32/57_2.png) [@jdbarnes](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/jdbarnes)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/clear-segregation-of-facililty-vs-portal-responsibilities/168/2 "2026-08-24T23:53:35Z")

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afaik,

facility operators:

- manage facility model information, update facility model information
- set and unset NoAlloc states for nodes with issues or bad hardware
- create facilities and create pools of resources within the facilities
- add or remove groups from the resource pools
- add or remove images available to stamp on their resources
- follow requested update schedules and instructions from the portal team on updating systems as necessary
- do basic backup operations on facility specific information such that re-instantiating the facility is a reasonable process

portal operators:

- IAM/user management (user/group approvals etc)
- maintain end user “VMs” (xdc) for workspace & “vpn” access
- inform facility managers when their api or services are out of date