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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Creating New Authorizations
»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Users and User Groups
»Toolboxes
»Authorizations
Creating New Authorizations
»Updating Authorizations
»Deleting Authorizations
»Authorization Report
»System Groups
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Command Line Interface
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

  Note:

To create authorizations with individual systems, be sure the systems have been discovered and are accessible in the database.

  Note:

You cannot directly create new authorizations for group-based users.

To add a new authorization:

  1. Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsAuthorizations, and then click [New]. The New Authorizations section appears.

  2. In the Select dropdown list, select User(s) or UserGroup(s), and select the users or groups in the box. This field is required.

  3. In the Enter authorizations for the selected user(s) section, select one of the following options:

    • Copy all authorizations of this user or [template]:

      Select a user or template from the dropdown list.

    • Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations

      1. In the Select Toolbox(es) section, select the toolboxes to include.

      2. In the Select Systems list box, the two default system groups are displayed. Select one of these groups or click [Add] to display the Add Systems section to select systems for the authorization.

        1. Click the down arrow in the Add targets by selecting from dropdown list and select a collection.

        2. If you want to use the entire collection as your selection, select Select "collection name" itself; this creates a system group based on the currently displayed contents of the collection.

          New Authorization with Collection selected

        3. If you want to select all individual systems from the collection, select the checkbox at the top of the table view to select all systems.

          Note: This creates a separate authorization for each selected system.

        4. If you want to select individual systems from the collection, select the systems from the table view.

          Note: This creates a separate authorization for each selected system.

        5. Click [Apply] to save system selections and return to the New Authorizations section, or click [Cancel] to return to the New Authorizations section without saving changes.

        Note: A system group is a group of systems based on a system collection and used for authorizations. It is a static snapshot of the contents of the collection at the time the system group was created. There are two default system groups that are not based on collections. The All Managed Systems system group contains every managed system, except the central management server (CMS). The CMS is excluded so that users are not mistakenly assigned the authorization to manage the CMS system itself. There is a CMS group created explicitly for the CMS. These default system groups cannot be edited, updated, or deleted.

      3. If you selected individual systems of a collection, each selection populates the list box and is selected for inclusion in the authorization. If you selected a collection and the collection has been used previously in an authorization, a message appears stating that a system group for the collection exists and will be updated with current source collection content. This affects all authorizations associated with that collection. When a collection is used for the first time, no message appears. A system group with the name of the collection followed by three numbers, usually 001, is displayed in the Select Systems dropdown list and is selected.

      4. Click [OK] to save the new authorization and close the New Authorizations section, or if you do not want to save changes, click [Cancel] to cancel the creating process.

  Note:

When upgrading to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 5.0 from any other version of HP SIM, any system groups the user created are migrated, but now become top-level collections. To manage system groups you now use the feature to edit a collection and update an authorization. Refer to Customizing System or Cluster Collections - Editing System or Cluster Collections and Authorizations - Updating Authorizations for more detailed information.

Command Line Interface

Users with full-configuration-rights can use mxngroup to create and manage system groups from the command line interface (CLI)

Users with full-configuration-rights can use the mxauth command to add authorizations from the CLI.

Users with full-configuration-rights can use the mxexec command to launch command tools on systems from the CLI. For assistance with this command, refer to the associated manpage.

Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for information on accessing the manpage.

Related Procedures

» Authorizations - Deleting Authorizations
» Authorizations - Authorization Report
» Authorizations - Updating Authorizations

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Users and Authorizations
» Users and Authorizations - Authorizations
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