7.4.5 Functions related to business groups

IM Configuration Management

Set the following items in the Business Group page of the IM Configuration Management window.

Settings for business groups

• Registering, editing, deleting, and listing business groups, and displaying the basic information of business groups.

  To register a business group, the business group name must be set as basic information. JP1 resource group name and comments can be edited as required.

• Registering a host belonging to the business group, canceling the registration, and listing hosts.

Settings for monitoring groups

• Registering, editing, and deleting monitoring groups, and displaying the monitoring group tree.

  To register a monitoring group, the monitoring group name must be set as basic information. The monitoring group name can be changed later. Comments can be edited as required.

• Registering hosts belonging to the monitoring group, canceling the registration, and listing the hosts.

Import or export the basic information of business groups by using commands.

• Import: Use the jcfimport command.

• Export: Use the jcfexport command.

Automatically report a change in business groups to the Central Console^#, and apply the latest business groups to the Event Console window.

Apply the tree configuration defined for a business group to the monitoring tree of the Central Scope. To perform this, from the Operation menu in the IM Configuration Management window, select Business Group and then Apply to Central Scope Monitoring Tree, or execute the jcfmkcsdata command.

Acquire update rights for editing and applying a business group.

Intelligent Integrated Management Base

Restrict the following items for a JP1 user by using the view and operating permissions of the business group.

• Viewing and operating JP1 events

• Viewing and operating IM management nodes

Central Console

Restrict the following items for a JP1 user by using the view and operating permissions of the business group^#.

• Viewing and operating JP1 events

• Viewing and operating action logs

• The host on which commands are executed

Specify a business group instead of a host name, which can save the time and effort of changing the host name every time the configuration is changed.