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To create a new managed resource role, click Edit → Add, and the Add Role window will be
displayed. Fill in the name for the new managed resource role, and choose from which
resource role the new managed resource role objects will be based on. Select which object
will be available for the new managed resource role, then click Add. to add them to the new
managed resource role current objects. Click OK to create a new managed resource role. An
example of creating a new managed resource role is shown in Figure 7-11.
Figure 7-11 Add a new managed resource role
To copy a managed resource role, select the desired managed resource role and select
Edit → Copy. You cannot copy a user defined managed system role created from the Add.
menu but you can copy system defined managed resource roles, which is AllSystemRoles.
From the Copy Role window, you can also customize the object configurations for a new copy
of managed resource role.
To delete a managed resource role, select desired managed resource role and select Edit →
Remove. A verification window will be shown as in Figure 7-12.
Figure 7-12 Delete managed resource role verification
To modify existing managed resource roles, select a managed resource role you wish to
change, and select Edit → Modify. You may change the objects’ configuration, then click OK
to save the changes.
Create, copy, modify, or delete task roles
A task role defines the access level for a user to perform tasks on the managed object or
group of objects, such as a managed system or logical partition. There are five system
defined task roles:
hmcservicerep, hmcviewer, hmcoperator, hmcpe, and hmcsuperadmin.
You can create a new task role, copy an existing task role, modify an existing task role, or
delete an existing task role from the Customize User Controls window. You cannot modify or
remove system defined task roles. Select Task Roles, then select the desired operation from
the Edit menu.