Use the Control Center console to perform the following management group tasks:
Create management groups.
You create management groups in the Enterprise Layout view of the Navigation pane. You can organize management groups into a hierarchy, and permissions you assign to the top-level management group in the hierarchy are inherited by the children of that top-level management group. For more information about assigning permissions to a management group, see Section 4.7, Configuring Permissions for a Management Group.
When you create a management group, you can create the standard views for the management group, which include Events, Jobs, Knowledge Scripts, and Servers views.
After you create a management group, you can create folders to organize additional Events, Jobs, Knowledge Scripts, and Servers views.
To create a standard view, right-click the management group or folder where you want to create the view, click New, and then click the type of view you want to create.
To change how columns appear in a view, right-click the view you want and click View Properties > Columns.
Add and remove members. A member is an object that you want to include in the management group.
You can create a management group without specifying any members. However, Control Center creates the management group without any standard views.
You can configure the following types of members:
Allows you to add agent computers to the management group that are not part of a repository view, server group, or rule.
Allows you to add one or more views from a QDB. For example, the NT and IIS views.
Allows you to add an existing server group from a QDB. If you have not created server groups in the Operator Console, this option is not applicable. You cannot create server groups in the Control Center console.
Allows you to create and add rules that describe the physical computers or logical servers you want to add based on their discovered attributes. For example, number of processors or a custom property.
You can create a cascade of management groups up to nine levels.
HINT:When adding members to a management group, it is a good idea to limit the number of members in the management group. If you add more than one member to a management group, do not select an object more than once. If you select an object more than once and you run a policy-based job on that object, AppManager creates duplicate policy-based jobs. For example, if you add the NT view and a management group rule that selects physical computers based on discovered NT resources, AppManager creates duplicate policy-based jobs on computers that both members select.
When you remove a member from a management group, the associated objects do not appear in the management group. Existing jobs on those objects continue to run and you can view them from other management groups you configured to select the objects.
You can remove all of the members from a management group even if there are monitoring policy jobs running on the members.
You cannot remove the built-in Ad Hoc Computer List member, but the list can be empty.
Add, modify, and remove rules
The Control Center console provides a set of predefined rules. You can use these rules as they are, modify them, copy them and modify the copies to make your own custom rules, or create new rules from the available set of expression templates. Predefined rules are available in the list of rules on the Rule tab of the Add Management Group Members window. This makes predefined rules easily available each time you want to define the membership for a management group.
The Rule Wizard provides an easy-to-use interface for adding and configuring expressions in a rule. You can find information about each expression template by hovering the mouse over an expression. Tooltip information helps you find the expression you need.
Create expression templates
The Control Center console provides a set of predefined expression templates to use when defining rules. You can use these expression templates or copy them and modify the copies to make your own custom templates. You cannot customize the standard expression templates themselves.
To create a management group:
Click the top-most AppManager icon or an existing management group in the Enterprise Layout view of the Navigation pane, and then in the Tasks pane click Create New > Management Group.
Enter properties for the management group, and then click OK to create the group.
For more information about the properties you can set, see the Help.
To add a member to a management group:
Right-click the management group, and then click Management Group Properties > Members.
(Conditional) To add computers to the ad hoc computer list, click Ad Hoc Computer List, and then click Modify.
Click Add, and then select the management group that contains the computers you want to add.
Select one or more computers you want to add, and then click OK.
(Conditional) To add objects to a management group based on a view, server group, or rule, click Add, and then select the method for adding members:
Enables you to add objects based on a repository view, such as NT, SQL, or IIS.
Enables you to add objects based on server groups. If you have not created server groups in the Operator Console, this option is not applicable. You cannot create server groups and views in the Control Center console.
Allows you to create and add rules that describe the physical computers or logical servers you want to add based on their discovered attributes. For example, number of processors or a custom property. For more information, see Section 4.3, Working with Management Groups.
Select the members to add to the management group, and then click OK.
To remove a member from a management group:
Right-click the management group, and then click Management Group Properties > Members.
Click the member you want to remove, and then click Remove.
To add a rule to a management group:
Right-click the management group, and then click Management Group Properties > Members.
Click Add, and then select the Rule tab.
(Conditional) To add an existing rule, select the rule you want, click OK, and then click OK again.
(Conditional) To create a new rule, click Create New.
Configure the rule. You can add multiple expressions to the rule.
For more information about configuring the rule, see the Help.
You can also create a new predefined rule. On the Global Tasks tab of the ribbon, click Manage Rules, and then click Create New. Configure the rule as described in the Help.
To remove or modify a rule from a management group:
Right-click the management group, and then click Management Group Properties > Members.
(Conditional) To remove a member, select an existing rule in the list of members, and then click Remove.
(Conditional) To modify a rule, select an existing rule in the list of members, and then click Modify.
Make your changes, and then click OK. Control Center automatically updates the management groups that use the rule.
You can also remove and modify predefined rules. On the Global Tasks tab of the ribbon, click Manage Rules, and then click Modify or Delete.
To create an expression template:
Right-click the management group, and then click Management Group Properties > Members.
Click Add, and then click Rule.
Click Create New, and then select the expression template that you want to modify.
Click Copy, and then configure the new expression.
For more information about configuring the expression, see the Help.