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Database Groups and Security
Role-based access control and direct user permissions form the security policies that determine which users
can access particular database groups and the actions that the users can perform. Database groups inherit
security policies from their organizations.
Organization administrators define the security policies for their organization, including user roles,
permissions, and privileges.
For example, an organization administrator creates a user role with permissions on database groups. These
permissions include create database, take database snapshots, and start or stop database. Those roles and their
associated permissions apply to each database group within the organization, and to each database within
each database group.
Chapter 3, “Managing Users and Roles,” on page 25 discusses the Data Director security model and explains
how you can use roles for fine-grained permission management.
Create a Database Group
Database groups contain sets of databases within an organization. Database groups enable grouping related
databases and provide efficient use of resources needed to provision and operate databases.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one resource bundle is allocated to the database group's organization. See “Create a
Resource Bundle,” on page 21 if no resource bundle is available.
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You must be logged in as an organization administrator or have permissions to create or modify database
groups.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab.
2 Click the Database Groups tab.
3 Click the plus (+) icon to create a database group.
4 Specify the following information in the Create Database Group wizard.
Wizard screen Action
Name and Description
Type a name and optional description and click Next.
Resource Bundle
Select a resource bundle from the list and click Next.
Resources
Specify the resources for this database group.
Network
Select the network from the drop-down menu.
CPU & Memory
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Assign the priority (High, Medium, or Low).
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(Optional) Check the Reserve resources for this
database group check box and enter the
reservation amounts for CPU and memory.
Storage
Enter the amount of database and backup storage in
the Database storage and Backup storage fields.
5 Click Finish.
The new database group appears in the database group list.
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