System configuration using resource groups

Configuring resource groups prevents the risk of data leakage or data destruction by another Storage Administrator in another resource group. The Storage Administrator considers and plans which resource should be managed by which user, and then the Security Administrator creates resource groups and assigns each resource to the resource groups.

A resource group is assigned one or more storage system resources. The following resources can be assigned to resource groups.

  • LDEV IDs
  • Parity groups
  • External volumes
  • Ports
  • Host group IDs
  • iSCSI target IDs
Note

Before you create LDEVs, the LDEV IDs can be reserved and assigned to a resource group for future use. Host group numbers can also be reserved and assigned in advance because the number of host groups created on a single port is limited. The iSCSI targets numbers can also be reserved and assigned in advance because the number of iSCSI targets created on a single port is limited.

The following tasks provide instructions for configuring resource groups.

Parent Topic
  • Creating resource groups and managing storage system resources

    You can divide a provisioned storage system into resource groups that allow you to manage the storage system as multiple virtual private storage systems. Configuring resource groups involves creating resource groups, moving storage system resources into the resource groups, and assigning resource groups to user groups.