HP 3PAR Policy Server Administrator's Guide (QR483-96003, December 2012)
HP 3PAR Policy Server  i 
Table of Contents 
Chapter 1  About This Guide ............................................................................................ 1-1 
Supported Platforms ........................................................................................................... 1-1 
Help from HP ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 
Documentation Feedback ................................................................................................... 1-1 
Chapter 2  Policy Server: User Administration .............................................................. 2-1 
Signing In ............................................................................................................................ 2-2 
Setting User Attributes ........................................................................................................ 2-3 
Setting Up Security ............................................................................................................. 2-4 
Adding Profiles ................................................................................................................ 2-5 
Adding Roles ................................................................................................................... 2-9 
Adding Users .................................................................................................................2-11 
Chapter 3  Policy Server: Asset Groups ......................................................................... 3-1 
Understanding Asset Groups .............................................................................................. 3-2 
Automatic Creation of Asset Groups ............................................................................... 3-2 
Manual Creation of Asset Groups ................................................................................... 3-3 
Assets Tab .......................................................................................................................... 3-3 
Notifications ..................................................................................................................... 3-6 
Editing Asset Groups .......................................................................................................... 3-6 
Deleting Asset Groups ........................................................................................................ 3-8 
Chapter 4  Policies ............................................................................................................. 4-1 
What is a Policy? ................................................................................................................. 4-2 
Inheriting a Policy ............................................................................................................ 4-2 
Understanding Permissions ................................................................................................ 4-2 
Access Rights .................................................................................................................. 4-3 
Inheritance and Permissions ........................................................................................... 4-4 
Applying Filters .................................................................................................................... 4-4 
Filter Evaluation ............................................................................................................... 4-6 
Configuring Policies ............................................................................................................ 4-7 
Setting All Permissions .................................................................................................... 4-8 
Locking Permissions ....................................................................................................... 4-9 
Tips for Policies .................................................................................................................4-10 
Avoiding Performance Problems ...................................................................................4-10 
Avoiding Unexpected Actions from Packages ..............................................................4-10 
Base Installation Actions ...................................................................................................4-11 
Chapter 5  Managing Assets from the Policy Server Application ................................ 5-1 
Finding and Removing Missing Assets ............................................................................... 5-2 
Monitoring Pending Requests ............................................................................................. 5-2 
Monitoring Remote Sessions .............................................................................................. 5-4 
Using Redundant Agent Gateways with Policy Server ....................................................... 5-5 
Communication with Policy Server in a Redundant Gateway Configuration .................. 5-5 
Association between an Agent Gateway and Managed Assets ...................................... 5-6 










