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Resource Groups

A resource group is a collection of resources that are grouped together as a logical unit. This makes it easier for the service provider to add new resources as needed. When adding and removing resources from the group, the Service Delivery CMDB documents the changes and takes them into consideration when calculating the service level.

When defining a resource group the user can:

• Add one or more resources to the group
• Allocate contract parties to the group
• Allocate specific services to the resource group

A resource group can contain other resource groups and become a member of a high-level resource group. This enables building of an infrastructure tree to better reflect the service provider environment.

Note: After creating resource groups, clustering metrics can be created that enable a single metric to apply to all the resources within a resource group. For more information, see Creating a Clustered Metric.