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How Automatic Host Group Assignment Works

If you install CA ControlMinder with advanced policy management enabled on your endpoints, CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management automatically assigns hosts to host groups. CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management assigns hosts to host groups based on criteria such as host type, operating system, the installed version of CA ControlMinder, or any other common attributes that you define. You can then assign policies to the host groups.

Note: When you install CA ControlMinder on a Linux endpoint, that endpoint is automatically assigned to the "All Linux Hosts" host group. If you install UNAB on that endpoint, it is also automatically assigned to the "All UNAB Hosts" host group.

CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management automatically assigns hosts to host groups in the following way:

1. An endpoint, with advanced policy management configured, sends a heartbeat to the Enterprise Management Server.

   The heartbeat contains information about the endpoint attributes.

2. The Enterprise Management Server evaluates the endpoint attributes against the host group assignment criteria, and assigns the host to the appropriate host groups.

You can use World View to view the hosts assigned to each host group.