BDM Bulk Disk Manager (BDM) is used to modify/report information about a bulk disk partition. A bulk disk is disk space allocated to a group or person that has been pre paid. This amounts to space management by handling quotas. BDM offers different services to the user depending on their classification. There are five classifications and two types of access for each user. Classifications: ---------------- USERS - Users have access to a partition. ADMINISTRATOR - Administrators may add, remove, or modify user information in a partition. OWNER - Owner's of a partition have administrative access to the partition. VIEWER - Viewer users have reporting access to all partitions. MASTER - Master users have administrative access to all partitions. Master users can also create and destroy partitions. Access: ------- READ - Has read only access to a partition. WRITE - Has read and write access to a partition. Services: --------- ADD - Add a new user to an existing partition. CREATE - Create a new partition. DESTROY - Destroy a partition. EXPIRE - Check to see if partition has expired. MODIFY - Modify partition user information. REMOVE - Remove a user from a partition. REPORT - Generate reports based on partition. SHOW - List information based on username.