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Example of a Multiple Master Administrator Structure

You have been appointed as the master administrator for a system and decide to distribute the administration responsibility. You want to assign a separate master administrator for each division and allow those master administrators to create their own groups and user administrators. The three divisions in the company are the Software Development Division, the Hardware Development Division, and the Headquarters Division.

1. Sign on as TPXADMIN and define the user ID that you will use as the master administrator as described in the chapter "Defining Administrators."
2. Sign off and then sign on with the master administrator ID you defined.
3. Define a system administrator as described in the chapter "Defining Administrators."
4. Define an operator administrator as described in the chapter "Defining Administrators." Authorize yourself to administer the groups: HARDDIV, SOFTDIV, and HEADDIV as described in Authorizing a User to Administrate a Group in the chapter "Defining Administrators." Give yourself authority over CA TPX.

   Note: You must be authorized to administer a group before you can authorize a user administrator to administer the group.

5. Define a user ID for the master administrator of each division as described in the chapter "Defining Administrators," and authorize each of them to administer the appropriate group as described in the section Authorizing a User to Administrate a Group. Give each master administrator authority over CA TPX.

At this point, the system and operator administrators can begin to perform their responsibilities. The master administrators for the divisions can begin to add user administrators and groups for their divisions.

The following diagram shows administration with multiple master administrators: