Understanding your responsibilities when using watsonx.data
Learn about the management responsibilities and terms and conditions that you have when you use IBM® watsonx.data. For a high-level view of the service types in IBM Cloud® and the breakdown of responsibilities between the customer and IBM for each type, see Shared responsibilities for IBM Cloud® offerings. Review the following sections for the specific responsibilities for you and for IBM when you use watsonx.data. For the overall terms of use, see IBM Cloud® Terms and Notices.
Incident and operations management
Incident and operations management includes tasks such as monitoring, event management, high availability, problem determination, recovery, and full state backup and recovery.
Task | IBM responsibilities | Your responsibilities |
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IBM® watsonx.data instance administration |
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Application administration | Monitor watsonx.data for any failures due to infrastructure provided by IBM. |
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Observability |
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Change management
Change management includes tasks such as deployment, configuration, upgrades, patching, configuration changes, and deletion.
Task | IBM responsibilities | Your responsibilities |
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Instance provisioning |
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No change management responsibilities |
Identity and access management
Identity and access management includes tasks such as authentication, authorization, access control policies, and approving, granting, and revoking access.
Task | IBM responsibilities | Your responsibilities |
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Access control of the service instance through IAM | Verify the user's permissions on the service instance before allowing access. | Maintain responsibility for any service roles that you create for your instances. |
Security and regulation compliance
Security and regulation compliance includes tasks such as security controls implementation and compliance certification.
Task | IBM responsibilities | Your responsibilities |
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General |
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Set up and maintain security and regulation compliance for the watsonx.data instances. |
Disaster recovery
Task | IBM responsibilities | Your responsibilities |
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General |
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