Creating and managing groups in the administrator console

You select individual devices, applications, and interfaces added to the Infrastructure Management Database, and combine them into a single unit (group) for management purposes.

Before creating a group, add all corresponding devices, interfaces, and applications to the Infrastructure Management Database, and complete at least one polling cycle.

Following creation of the groups, you can display the group names in the following ways:

• Flat–Displays groups created on the server in a fixed and flat manner. This the default display option.
• Hierarchical–Displays groups in a classified manner.

The following topics describe the ways in which you can create and manage groups in the administrator console:

• Creating a group in the administrator console
• Creating a group based on rules from the administrator console
• Creating a group of existing groups in the administrator console
• Adding child groups in the administrator console
• Editing groups created in the administrator console
• Deleting groups created in the administrator console

Related topics

Managing devices with the administrator console

Setting up groups for monitoring