Editing ID Pools

You can change some properties for previously created ID pools, including pool name and lease and inactivity timeout values. The changes you make affect all IDs in the pool, although allocated IDs will continue to use previous values until they are released.

To change lease or inactivity timeout values
In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management. Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs. In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool from the tree, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Pool Properties. -or- From the toolbar, choose . In the Pool Properties dialog box, make changes as required. For information about options in the Pool Properties dialog box, click the Help button in the dialog box. For information about lease and inactivity timeouts, and their relationship to global timeout values, see Reclaiming IDs.

To change lease or inactivity timeout values

In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management.
Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs.
In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool from the tree, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Pool Properties.
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From the toolbar, choose .
In the Pool Properties dialog box, make changes as required.
For information about options in the Pool Properties dialog box, click the Help button in the dialog box. For information about lease and inactivity timeouts, and their relationship to global timeout values, see Reclaiming IDs.

To rename a pool
In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management. Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs. In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool from the tree, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Pool Properties. -or- From the toolbar, choose . Under Pool Name, type a new pool name. Pool names cannot contain spaces. You cannot rename a pool that contains allocated IDs. Renaming a pool is a convenient way to reassign IDs (for example, from one user to another, or one group of computers to another). If you rename a pool in MCS, you may need to make a corresponding change in your client configuration.

To rename a pool

In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management.
Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs.
In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool from the tree, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Pool Properties.
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From the toolbar, choose .
Under Pool Name, type a new pool name. Pool names cannot contain spaces. You cannot rename a pool that contains allocated IDs.

Renaming a pool is a convenient way to reassign IDs (for example, from one user to another, or one group of computers to another). If you rename a pool in MCS, you may need to make a corresponding change in your client configuration.

To delete a pool
In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management. Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs. In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Delete. -or- From the toolbar, choose . Choose Delete. You can delete a pool only if it contains no currently allocated IDs. When you delete a pool, all associated IDs are also deleted.

To delete a pool

In the MCS left pane under Services, choose ID Management.
Under ID Management, choose Configure IDs.
In the MCS management pane, select an existing pool, right-click to display the shortcut menu, and then choose Delete.
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From the toolbar, choose .
Choose Delete.
You can delete a pool only if it contains no currently allocated IDs. When you delete a pool, all associated IDs are also deleted.

If you change or delete a user name by modifying the directory service, the corresponding change does not automatically occur in the ID pool. To assign IDs to the new user name, you must delete the original user name, and then create a new user name and assign IDs to that user name.


	Overview of ID Management
	Configuring ID Pools
	Configuring IDs
	Reclaiming IDs