HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide

Locating Security Groups that Contain a Specified Host Group
Use this procedure to specify a host group and find security groups in which the specified host
group is registered.
1. In the tree view of the Volume Security for Mainframe window, right-click an item other than
a host group or LDEV group that appears immediately below a security group.
2. From the pop-up menu, select List then Host Group to Security Group. The Host Group dialog
box opens.
3. Select a host group from the Host Group list. The table lists the security groups that you want.
Locating Security Groups that Contain a Specified LDEV Group
Use this procedure to specify an LDEV group and find security groups in which the specified LDEV
group is registered.
1. In the tree view of the Volume Security for Mainframe window, right-click an item other than
a host group or LDEV group that appears immediately below a security group.
2. From the pop-up menu, select LDEV Group to Security Group. The LDEV Group to Security
Group dialog box opens.
3. Select an LDEV group from the Host Group list. The table lists the security groups that you
want.
Limiting Host Access
Use the procedures in this sectiontopic to enable some hosts to access certain volumes and to
prevent other hosts from accessing the same volumes.
Creating a Host Group
To specify hosts that can access specific volumes, create a host group and register the hosts in the
host group.
The following is the procedure for creating a host group. For details on how to register hosts in a
host group, see (page 149).
CAUTION: When creating a host group, it is strongly recommended that you click Apply in the
Volume Security for Mainframe window, as described in the last step of the following procedure.
If you forget to click Apply, the host group can be lost if you encounter an error in registering the
host group and the LDEV group.
Procedure 14 To create a host group
1. Confirm that you are in Modify mode.
2. In the Volume Security for Mainframe window, double-click an LDKC number.
3. Right-click Host Group. A pop-up menu appears.
4. Select Add/Change from the pop-up menu. The Add/Change Host Group dialog box opens.
5. In the Enter Host Group box, enter the name of the host group that you want to create, and
click Add.
Names can be up to eight characters and are case-sensitive. A space cannot be used as the
first or last character of a name. The following characters are not allowed in names:
\ , / : ; * ? " < > |
6. Confirm that the new host group is displayed in Host Group List, and click OK. At this point,
the settings in the window have not been applied to the storage system.
7. Click Apply in the Volume Security for Mainframe window. A message appears asking whether
to apply the settings to the storage system.
8. Click Yes. The settings are applied to the storage system.
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