The following sections describe how to administer application groups:
All management operations are performed using Network Gatekeeper Management Console in the managed object ESPA_access.
The selected range of existing application group IDs are displayed in alphabetic order
The application group is associated with an SLA that can be used by one or more application accounts. An application group SLA must have been created, see Defining Service Provider Level and Application Level Service Agreements.
To create an application group:
Note: | The Operation: addApplicationGroupWithSLAString can be used as an alternative. |
The result of the operation is displayed.
The application group is now created.
Note: | To add application accounts to the application group, see Creating an application account. |
Follow the steps below to view information about an application group. The following types of information can be viewed independently of each other:
To view all data about an application group:
The application group's SLA and OAM properties, if any, are displayed.
To get the number of applications associated with a certain application group:
The number of application accounts related to the service provider group is displayed.
To get a list of the names of application accounts related to the application group:
The selected range application account IDs is displayed in alphabetic order.
To register an updated SLA for an application group:
Note: | The Operation: updateApplicationGroupSLAString can be used as an alternative. |
The application group SLA is now updated and in use.
Note: | To add application accounts to the application group, see Creating an application account. |
WARNING: | Deleting an application group also deletes all related application accounts and application instance group IDs. |
To delete an application group:
The application group and its related application accounts and application instance group IDs are now deleted.