You can manage local group memberships by adding and removing a local user, an Active Directory user, or an Active Directory group by using System Manager. You can modify the privileges that are assigned to a group and the description of a group to easily identify the group.
About this task
You must keep the following in mind when adding members to or removing members from a local Windows group:
- You cannot add users to or remove users from the special Everyone group.
- You cannot add a local Windows group to another local Windows group.
Procedure
- Click .
- Select the SVM, and then click SVM Settings.
- In the Host Users and Groups pane, click Windows.
- In the Groups tab, click
Edit.
- Specify a name for the group and a description to identify the new group.
- Assign a set of privileges to the group.
You can select the privileges from the predefined set of supported privileges.
- Click Add to add users to the group.
- In the Add Members window, perform one of the following actions:
- Specify the Active Directory user or Active Directory group to be added to a particular local group.
- Select the users from the list of available local users in the storage virtual machine (SVM).
- Click
Edit.
Result
The local Windows group settings are modified, and the changes are displayed in the Groups tab.