User`s guide

a) All the entries of the same criteria are combined by logical addition (OR).

For example, the following set of criteria

Operating system: Windows Server 2008

Operating system: Windows Server 2003

will add to the same group all the machines whose operating system is Windows 2000 OR

Windows 2003.

b) Entries of different criteria are combined by logical multiplication (AND)

For example, the following set of criteria

Operating system: Windows Server 2008

Operating system: Windows Server 2003

Organizational unit: SERVERS

IP range: 192.168.17.0 - 192.168.17.55

will add to the same group all the machines whose operating system is Windows 2000 or

Windows 2003 and belong to the SERVERS organizational unit and whose IP addresses are

within the range 192.168.17.0 - 192.168.17.55.

How long does a dynamic group member remain in the group?

A dynamic group member remains in the group as long as the member meets the criteria. The

member is removed from the group automatically as soon as

• the member changes so that it no longer meets the criteria

• the administrator changes the criteria so that the member no longer meets the criteria

There is no way to remove a machine from a dynamic group manually except for deleting the

machine from the management server.

Organizational unit criterion

Organizational unit criterion is specified for the domain the management server is currently in, as

follows: OU=OU1

Select an organizational unit from the Active Directory tree by clicking Browse, or typing it manually.

If the domain access credentials were not specified in the management server options, the program

will ask you to provide them. The credentials will be saved in the Domain access credentials (p. 100)

option.

For example, suppose that the domain us.corp.example.com has OU1 (which is in the root), OU1 has

OU2, and OU2 has OU3. And you need to add the machines of OU3. So, the criterion will be:

OU=OU3, OU=OU2, OU=OU1

If OU3 has child containers and you also need to add the machines of those containers to the group,

select the Include child containers check box.

Listed in txt/csv file criterion

When you use this criterion, the dynamic group will include machines from the list given in the

specified .txt or .csv file.