HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 for File Servers guide (T4283-96016, January 2006)

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Managing Groups
This section describes the following:
• ”Properties of Groups Assigned to a File Server” on page 20
• ”Adding File System Viewer Groups” on page 21
• ”Modifying File System Viewer Groups” on page 21
• ”Deleting File System Viewer Groups” on page 22
• ”Exporting Groups” on page 22
• ”Modifying a List of Groups” on page 23
• ”Importing Groups” on page 24
Properties of Groups Assigned to a File Server
To find the properties of the groups assigned to a file server.
1. Expand the Applications node in the tree in Application Viewer.
2. Click the File Servers node.
3. Click the Groups tab in the right pane.
IMPORTANT: The groups described on this page are different from the groups in System Manager.
If you are not seeing data on this page, you must first create your File System Viewer groups, as
described in the topic, ”Adding File System Viewer Groups” on page 21.
The page displays the following:
• A graph displaying the top 10 groups by usage and the amount of space they use.
• A summary table to the right of the graph displaying the following:
• Groups - The number of groups assigned to all of the file servers monitored.
• Groups Size - The amount of space the groups use.
• Largest Group - The group that uses the most space.
• Largest Group Size - The amount of space the largest group uses.
• A table below the graph displaying the group and its following properties:
• *Name - The name of the group
• *Home Directory - The home directory for a group is a directory where a set of users, who
belong to the group, have full access rights. When users wants to create a file accessible to
all users of that group, they create the file in the home directory.
• *Department No - The department number corresponding to the department to which the
group belongs.
• *Quota - The amount of space the group is allocated
• *Used - The amount of space the group is using
• Instances - The number of file servers on which the group’s home directory is present.
*These properties and the name are entered manually.