Setting Up Reservation Manager › Post-Installation Administrative Tasks › Multi-Tenancy Environment › Super Administrator › Add a Tenant

Add a Tenant

The super administrator can create new tenants, add tenant administrators and end users, and give access to resource pools and other resources.

To add a tenant

1. Log in to the Reservation Manager using the super administrator credentials.

   The home page opens.

2. Click the Administer Your Reservation Manager link.

   The Administration page opens.

3. Click Manage your tenants.

   The Tenants list opens.

4. Select Add from the Actions menu in the upper right corner of the list.

   The Add Tenant wizard opens.

5. Add information to the following pages as instructed in the wizard.

   Define Tenant

   Enter a name for the tenant and optional description.

   Select Administrators

   Search for tenant administrators based on ID (name) or on a user attribute like group membership, department, city, and so on. Specify the attribute to search for, and a comparison operator (EQUAL or LIKE). Enter a value and click Search. (With the LIKE operator, you can enter the wildcard character * to represent a sequence of characters.)

   Reservation Manager queries CA EEM for all users that match the search criteria and displays the results in the Available Users/Attributes list. To add administrators to the tenant, select users in the Available Users list and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Users/Attributes list.

   Note: A user can administer only one tenant. However, a tenant can have multiple administrators.

   Select Users/Attributes

   You can specify members of a tenant either explicitly by user ID or implicitly by user attribute. Implicit membership can be a real time-saver because it reduces the amount of work necessary to define and maintain membership. Implicit tenant membership is based on any of these user attributes: global group membership, department, office, city, state, country.

   To specify explicit membership, search for users based on ID (name). Specify identity type of user.

   To specify implicit membership, search for user attributes based on an attribute value like group membership, department, city, and so on. Specify Identity Type of User Attribute. Select the attribute to search for, and a comparison operator (EQUAL or LIKE). Enter a value and click Search. (With the LIKE operator, you can enter the wildcard character * to match any sequence of characters.)

   Reservation Manager queries CA EEM for all users or attributes that match the search criteria and displays the results in the Available Users/Attributes list. Select users or attributes and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Users/Attributes list.

   Note: Users can belong to more than one tenant.

   Specify Pool Access

   To grant a tenant access to a resource pool, select the pool and then select the type of access from the drop-down list in the Access column. Shared access lets you grant multiple tenants access to the resource pool. Tenants with shared access to a pool are not permitted to change the pool settings. Exclusive access lets only one tenant use the resource pool. A tenant administrator with exclusive access can modify the settings for the pool.

   If your choice of shared or exclusive access conflicts with another tenant, a message explains the conflict. Change your choice before completing the tenant definition.

   Specify Image Access

   To grant the tenant access to a system image, select the image in the Available System Images list. Click the right arrow to move it to the Selected System Images list.

   Specify Software

   To grant the tenant access to software, select software from the Available Software Group list. Click the right arrow to move it to the Selected Software Group list.

   Manage Reservation Template Access

   To grant the tenant access to a template, select it in the Available Reservation Templates list. Click the right arrow to move it to the Selected Reservation Templates list.