Troubleshooting guide

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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Using Device Groups and Device Locations
Working with Device Groups
Assigning Devices to a Configuration Device Group
After you create a configuration device group, you need to assign devices to the group. The WAAS
Central Manager GUI provides two methods to assign devices to a configuration group. You can either
select the device first, then assign a group to the device, or you can select the device group first, then
assign devices to the group.
The procedures in this section describe how to assign devices to a group. To assign a group to a device,
choose Devices > device-name and choose Assign Device Groups from the device-name menu. You can
then assign a group to the device using the same method described in steps 4 and 5 below.
You cannot assign the WAAS Central Manager to a device group. You must configure the WAAS Central
Manager separately from other devices.
You cannot assign WAAS Express devices to a WAAS group and you cannot assign WAAS devices to a
WAAS Express group. Invalid devices are not shown in the device list when assigning devices to groups.
Note By default, all devices automatically join either the AllWAASGroup or AllWAASExpressGroup when
they are activated. If you do not want a device to belong to two different device groups, you should
unassign the device from the All...Group before you assign the device to a custom device group.
Use care when you are assigning devices that have different WAAS software versions to a device group.
Some features configured for a device group may not be supported by all devices in the group or, in some
cases, devices may be prevented from joining the group if the group is configured with policies that they
cannot support. In such cases, we recommend that you upgrade all devices to the same software version
or create different device groups for devices with incompatible versions.
To assign a device to a device group, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the WAAS Central Manager menu, choose Device Groups > device-group-name.
The Modifying Device Group window appears.
Step 2 Choose device-group-name > Assign Devices.
The WAE/WAAS Express Assignments window appears, displaying the devices assigned to various
locations. If you are editing a WAAS group, only WAAS devices are shown. If you are editing a WAAS
Express group, only WAAS Express devices are shown.
The assignments window lets you filter your view of the items in the list. Filtering allows you to find
items in the list that match the criteria that you set.
Step 3 Assign a device to the device group by doing either of the following:
• Click in the taskbar to assign all available devices to the group.
• Click next to each device that you want to assign to the group. The icon changes to when
selected.
Step 4 Click Submit.
A green check mark appears next to the assigned devices.
Step 5 Click the Unassign icon (green check mark) next to the name of the device that you want to remove from
the device group. Alternatively, you can click the Remove all icon in the taskbar to remove all devices
from the selected device group. Click Submit.