Using Custom Properties with Smart Server Groups

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A Smart Server Group is a way to dynamically group, view, and manage Servers in BSA.

Designing

Before creating a Smart Server Group, determine if you want to use one of the built-in properties or if you want to create your own. If you want to create your own, proceed with Defining Server Properties. Otherwise, skip to creating a Smart Server Group.

Defining Server Properties

  1. From the menu bar, select Tools → Property Dictionary
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  2. Expand the Built-In Property Classes folder and select the Server property class. Then, on the Properties tab, select the "Add" ( worddav16e875f2416687c448d045a87ac81863.png) button.
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  3. Enter a server property name and description.
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  4. Select a property type.
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  5. Set a default value. if needed.
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  6. If the property should be editable and/or required, select the appropriate check boxes. Then, click Next.
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  7. Click OK and then click Close.

Setting Server Properties on Servers

You can set server properties for each individual server, or you can set properties once for multiple servers in a server group.

Defining server properties on a single server

  1. Right-click the relevant server and select Properties.
  2. In the Properties window, locate the server property that you want to set, and set its value as appropriate.
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Defining server properties on all servers in a Server Group

Right-click the relevant Server Group and select Set Server Property.

Note

All servers in the server group will have the property set with the same value. If you want a different value for any particular server, set its property separately, as described in Defining server properties on a single server.

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Creating Smart Server Groups

  1. In the "Servers" workspace, browse to the server group in which you want to create your smart server group.
  2. Right-click the server group and select New -> Smart Server Group.
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  3. Enter a name and description for the new smart group.
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  4. Create the rules for binding servers to this smart group.
     In the following example, you want to bind all servers with the External Web Server property set to True.
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  5. Click Next.
  6. If you want to change the ACL for this server group, modify them here.
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  7. Click Finish.
  8. Select the newly created Smart Server Group.
     All servers with the External Web Server property set to True are added to this group automatically.
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