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Use Groups to Make Handling Easier

The OS Installation can be part of a DSM group:

1. Create a DSM group and copy DSM computers into the group.

   You can use this group to change OS installations. You can also create a dynamic group by associating a query to the group. For example, if you want to use a group of computers where the OS image winxp1 is installed, define a query and name it. The query is then assigned to the group. To create a dynamic group, follow these steps:

   1. Click the Query tab on the New Group dialog.
   2. Select the query you want to associate with the group and click OK.

      The new group is added under the Computers and Users node. The new group does not have any computer associated with it.

   3. Right-click the new group and click Evaluate Now.

      The new group is associated with the computers resulting from the selected query.

2. Select the OS Installations folder under the new group.
3. On the right pane, select all the computers, right-click, and select Edit to change the selected parameter.

   The Edit OS Installation Parameter dialog appears, which lets you edit the selected parameters.