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Create Server Groups

You can organize your managed servers into logical groupings either manually or automatically using the Server Groups option. Server groups can simplify server-based management operations by letting you select servers as a group instead of selecting them individually.

To create a server group

1. Click the Management link, then the Servers tab.

   The Servers tab page appears.

2. Click the Server Groups link.

   The Server Groups page appears.

3. Select Create Group from the Table Actions drop-down list.

   The Create Server Group page appears.

4. Enter the following information:

   Name

   Specifies the name for the server group.

   Description

   Describes the intended purpose or function of the server group.

5. Click Next.

   The Servers page appears.

   • Continue with step 6 to create a dynamic server group.
   • Skip to step 7 to manually add servers to the server group.
6. Create a filter to automatically add managed servers of a certain type to this server group when they are discovered or imported:
   1. Click the Dynamic Server Group check box.

      The Filter fields appear.

   2. Select an option from the Column drop-down list. For example, select OS Name.
   3. Select an option from the Value drop-down list or enter a value. For example, type Windows 2008 Server.
   4. (Optional) Click And or Or to further refine the filter by selecting another option in the second pair of Column and Value fields. For example, select the Column option of Server State and assign the value of Imported to create a filter the adds all imported Windows 2008 Servers to this Server Group.

   Skip to step 8.

7. Double-click one or more servers that you want to add to the server group in the Available Servers column.

   The servers are moved to the Selected Servers column.

8. Click Save.

   The server group is created and appears in the Server Groups table.