Create a new computer role
After you have prepared the appropriate Active Directory groups and role definitions for different sets of users, you can create one or more computer roles.
To create a new computer role:
- Open Access Manager.
- Expand Zones and the parent zone or child zones until you see the zone that has the computer for which you want to define a computer role.
- Expand the Authorization node.
- Select Computer Roles, right-click and click Create Computer Role.
- Type a name and description for the computer role.
For example, type
OracleServers
, and an optional description, such asOracle database servers in the San Francisco data center
. - In Computers group list, select <...> to search for the Active Directory group of computers you created in Create an Active Directory group for a set of computers.
Select <Create group > if you want to create a new Active Directory group of computers and add members now. If you are creating a new group, click Browse to select a container to use, type a group name, and select the scope of the group, then click OK.
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Click OK to save the computer role.
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If you selected an existing computer group, expand Computer Roles > Members to see the computers that are members of this computer role.
If you created a new computer group at Step 6, select the new computer role, right-click Members, then select Add Computer to search for and select one or more computers to add to the group.