System Groups

The System Groups category allows all RHN Enterprise users to view the System Group List.

Only members of the Organization Administrators group may perform the following additional tasks:

  1. Create and populate new system groups. (Refer to the Section called System Group Creation.)

  2. Add systems to existing system groups. (Refer to the Section called System Group Addition and Removal.)

  3. Remove systems from system groups. (Refer to the Section called System Group Addition and Removal.)

  4. Assign system group permissions to users. (Refer to the Section called Users.)

System Group List

As shown in Figure 6-6, the System Group List page displays a list of all your system groups.

Each row represents a system group. For each group, there are several columns of information.

System Group Creation

To create a new system group:

  1. From the left navigation bar, go to Systems => System List and select one or more systems to be added to one or more existing system groups. Only systems that are entitlements may be added to a system group. Click Update Selection List to add them to the System Set Manager list.

  2. From the System Set Manager, click the work with system set link.

  3. Click the Groups tab.

  4. Under the Create a System Group section, enter the name for the new group and a description for the group.

  5. Click Create System Group.

  6. To add systems to the group, refer to the Section called System Group Addition and Removal.

System Group Addition and Removal

Only Organization Administrators can add systems to system groups. To add selected systems to existing system groups:

  1. From the left navigation bar, go to Systems => System List and select one or more systems to be added to one or more existing system groups. Only systems that are entitlements may be added to a system group. Click Update Selection List to add them to the system set for the System Set Manager..

  2. From the System Set Manager box, click the work with system set link.

  3. Go to the Groups tab and click Alter Group Membership.

  4. Select Add next to the system groups to which you want to add the selected systems and select Remove next to the system groups to which you want to remove the selected system. Click Alter System Group Membership to have the changed take effect.

  5. Click Confirm Membership Alterations button.

NoteNote
 

If you select a system that is not in one of the selected system groups, it will not be removed from the system group.

System Group Details

Each System Group Details page contains four tabbed pages:

  1. Details — Details about the system group. From this tabbed page, you can change the group name, group description, and which user groups can administer the system group. After changing any of the system details, click the Edit button to apply the changes. To delete the system group, click the Delete button.

  2. Errata — Applicable errata for the system group.

  3. Administrators — List of organization administrators that have permission to manage the system group.

  4. Systems — List of systems that are members of the system group.