Creating a resource group

Create a resource group to define the resources that are available to a user.

Before you begin

You may not assign more than one application per machine as an application server to a resource group. For example, if SQL and Exchange occupy the same machine and both are registered with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, only one of those can be added as an application server to a given resource group.

Procedure

To create a resource group, complete the following steps:

In the navigation pane, click Accounts > Resource Group.
Click Create Resource Group. The Create Resource Group pane displays.
Enter a name for the resource group.

From the I would like to create a resource group menu, select one of the following options:

Option	Actions
New	Select a resource type from the Choose a resource type menu. Select resource subtypes, and then click Add Resources. Resources are added to the Selected Resources view.
From template	Select a resource group from the Which resource group would you like to use as a template? list. Resources from the selected template are added to the Selected Resources view. You can add resources by using the Choose a resource type list and its associated lists. To view available resource types and their usage, see Resource types.

Option

Actions

New

Select a resource type from the Choose a resource type menu.
Select resource subtypes, and then click Add Resources. Resources are added to the Selected Resources view.

From template

Select a resource group from the Which resource group would you like to use as a template? list. Resources from the selected template are added to the Selected Resources view.
You can add resources by using the Choose a resource type list and its associated lists.

To view available resource types and their usage, see Resource types.

If you want to delete resources from the group, click the delete icon the remove icon

that is associated with a resource or click Delete All to delete all resources.

When you are finished adding resources, click Create resource group.

Results

The resource group displays in the resource group table and can be associated with new and existing user accounts.

What to do next

After you add the resource group, complete the following action:

Action	How to
Create roles to define the actions that can be performed by the user account that is associated with the resource group. Roles are used to define permissions to interact with the resources that are defined in the resource group.	See Creating a role.