Dell Solutions Enabler assign user or group to authorization role StorageAdmin for a Storage Group fails with : One or more arguments are invalid

Summary: Dell Solutions Enabler assigns user or group to authorization role StorageAdmin for a Storage Group fails with: One or more arguments are invalid.

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Symptoms

Using Solutions Enabler symauth command to assign a user of a group for a Storage Group with the command:

assign user <user> to role StorageAdmin for StorGrp <sg>;

or

assign group <group> to role StorageAdmin for StorGrp <sg>;

fails with:

One or more arguments are invalid
in symapi.log
EMC:SYMAUTH                SymAuthzRuleUpdate   Role <Unknown> within authorization rule cannot be applied against a StorGrp Component

Cause

From Dell Solutions Enabler CLI Reference Guide:

Only the LocalRep, RemoteRep, and DeviceManage roles can be assigned to Storage Groups.

Role StorageAdmin can only be assigned for the entire Array.

Resolution

Assign one or a combination of roles LocalRep, RemoteRep, and DeviceManage to a Storage Group, for example:

assign user <user> to role LocalRep+RemoteRep for StorGrp <sg>;

Affected Products

HYPERMAX OS 5977, PowerMaxOS 10, PowerMaxOS 5978, Solutions Enabler
Article Properties
Article Number: 000207564
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 16 كانون الثاني 2026
Version:  4
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