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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Add a user group
You can create a new user group from the beginning or you can copy a group with similar permissions and user assignments to what you want, then modify the copy.
To use this function, your user ID must have Modify permission for User Administration.
Complete these steps to add a user group:
Procedure
- Click Administer Users to open the Administer Users window.
- Click the User Groups tab.
- Do one of the following:
- To create a new user group, click Create New Group.
- To copy an existing user group, select the group name from the list and click Create Another Group.
- In the Create New Group or Create Another Group window, enter the following user information:
- Group ID: The group identifier. This name can be up to 10 characters and can contain no spaces. The name is limited to eight characters if the hub monitoring server uses RACF (resource access control facility) security for z/OS.
- Group Name: The name or job classification for the user group. This name can include spaces..
- Group Description: The text to describe the user group, such as their responsibilities. The description can include spaces and punctuation.
- Click OK to close the window and see the new user group arranged alphabetically in the User Group list.
- Add members to the group in the Members tab by selecting one or more user IDs in the Available Members list and clicking to move to the Assigned Members list.
- To change the Permissions for the group, select a function from the Authorities tree and select or clear each option check box for all functions.
- To assign access privileges to applications (managed system types) for the group, click the Applications tab, then select <All Applications> or the individual applications the user should see, and click to move them to the Allowed Applications list. After selecting the first application, you can use Ctrl+click to select other applications or Shift+click to select all applications between the first selection and this one.
- To assign Navigator views to the group, click the Navigator Views tab, then add or remove Navigator views from the Assigned Views list, and use to place the default view at the top of the list. For each Navigator view, change the Assigned Root as needed.
- When you are finished creating the user group, save your changes with Apply to keep the Administer Users window open, or OK to close it.
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