Users Guide

• Static Groups: Manually created by the user by adding specific devices to a group. These groups change only when a user manually
changes the devices in the group or a sub-group. The items in the group remain static until the parent group is edited or the child
device is deleted.
• Query Group: Groups that are dynamically defined by matching user-specified criteria. Devices in the group change based on the
result of devices that are discovered by using criteria. For example, a query is run to discover servers that are assigned to the Finance
department. However, the Query Groups have a flat structure without any hierarchy.
NOTE: Static and Query groups:
• Cannot be mixed.
• Cannot have more than one parent group. Meaning, a group cannot be added as a sub-group under its parent group.
NOTE: Creating more number of Custom (Query) groups in the device group hierarchy impacts the overall performance
of OpenManage Enterprise. For optimized performance, OpenManage Enterprise captures the health-rollup status after
every 10 seconds—having more number of Dynamic groups affects this performance.
On the All Devices page, in the left pane, you can create child groups under the parent Static and Query group. See Create or edit a
Static device group and Create a Query device group.
NOTE: To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
To delete the child group of a Static or Query group:
1. Right-click the Static or Query group, and then click Delete.
2. When prompted, click YES. The group is deleted, and the list under the group is updated.
Related tasks
Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise
Refresh the device inventory
Refresh the device status
Create or edit a Static device group
On the All Devices page, you can create or edit child groups under the parent Static group. To perform these tasks, you must have
appropriate user privileges. See Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
1. Right-click Static Groups, and then click Create New Static Group.
2. In the Create Static Group Wizard dialog box, enter the group name, and then select a parent group under which the new Static
group must be created.
NOTE:
The static or dynamic group names and server configuration related names in OpenManage Enterprise must
be unique (not case-sensitive). For example, name1 and Name1 cannot be used at the same time.
3. Click Finish.
The group is created and listed under the parent group in the left pane. The child groups are indented from its parent group.
NOTE:
You cannot add devices directly under Static Groups. You must create child Static groups, and then add
devices under the child groups.
To delete the child group of a Static or Query group:
1. Right-click the Static or Query group, and then click Delete.
2. When prompted, click YES. The group is deleted and the list under group is updated.
Create a Query device group
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
1. Right-click Query Groups, and then click Create New Query Group.
For definitions about Static or Query (Dynamic) groups, see Organize devices into groups.
2. In the Create Query Group Wizard dialog box, enter the group name.
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