Use the Sessions tab to assign sessions to group members. To use this tab, you must first create sessions.
All, 3270, 5250 and VT
The radio buttons at the top of the window are display filters that control the types of sessions that are displayed in the
Assigned sessions and Available sessions lists. If you select All (the default), sessions from all three emulation types are displayed. If you select 3270, the Available Sessions list only displays 3270 sessions even though other session types may be available to the group. Use these radio buttons when
you have multiple sessions of different emulation types assigned to the group and you want to ease the visual management of
the session assignment.
Assigned sessions
Displays the sessions, pools, and single sessions that are assigned to this group. These are the sessions or pools that can
be used by group members to connect to their respective hosts. Those sessions or pools will be shared between the group members
depending on how you configure the assignment. At the user level, you can override assignments made at the group level. For
more information on overriding group assignments at the user level, see assigning sessions to users in the Session tab in
the User Properties section.
Available sessions
Displays all the sessions, pools, and single sessions created by you but not yet assigned to this group.
Assigning sessions
Follow the steps below to assign a session (a pool or single session) to the group.
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Select the session(s) from the Available sessions list.
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Click the single left arrow (<). The Assign Session/Pool to Group window opens.
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Session/Pool name
Displays the name of the selected session.
Available to all group users
This check box is selected by default. If you select this check box, the pool will be available to all the users (existing
or any created in the future) in the group. If you clear this check box, the pool will be assigned to the group but users
cannot use it until it is specifically assigned to them at the user level. Use this option if you want to give a small number
of users in a large group access to a certain session while restricting access to other group members.
Total sessions for group
The maximum number of sessions from the selected pool that will be available to all the users of this group. For example,
if the original pool has a size of 50 sessions, and you provide only 20 to this group, the users of this group will not be
able to use more than 20 sessions from this pool at the same time. This field must be smaller or equal to the total pool size.
Default number of sessions per user
Defines the default number of concurrent sessions that every member will have access to. This field must be smaller than or
equal to the value that you entered in the Total sessions for group field above.
For example, if you enter 3 in this field, then every user in the group will, by default, have access to three concurrent display sessions from this
pool). Note that you can override this value at the user level to provide certain users with more or fewer sessions than other
group members. If your group members will have different requirements from the same pool, enter a value in this field that
will be used by most members and then modify the small number of users with different requirements.
Note
When assigning one pool to different groups, ensure that you do not overuse the pool. For example, if you have a pool of 50
sessions and assign it to 3 groups with a
Total sessions for group set to 20 for each group, the user who tries to connect to session 51 will be denied access. The server validates the limits
at the user level (
Default number of sessions per user), the group level (
Total sessions for group) and the pool size level. If any of these limits are exceeded, the session will not be granted.
Assigning a single session
Assigning a single session is similar to assigning a pool except that only the Available to all group users is configurable. The other two fields are size related and cannot be configured for a single session.
Assigning multiple sessions
From the Available sessions list, use click+Ctrl to select multiple single sessions that you want to assign to the group and
then click on the double left arrow (<<) button. The operation is similar to assigning a single session. However, the selection
you make for the Available to all group users check box will apply to all the selected sessions.
Removing session assignments
Use the right and double right arrow keys to remove an assigned session or pool of sessions from a group as follows:
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Use the right arrow (>) button to remove an assigned session (pool) from the group. |
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Use the double right arrow (>>) button to remove all assigned sessions (pools) from the group. |
When a session or pool is removed from the group, it is removed from all users of that group.