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Group Operations
Group Operations Overview
The application’s (optional) Group operations let you act on groups of devices—even
heterogeneous groups. You must make the groups before you can operate on them. See Groups
Manager on page 635 for details about how to do this. You can make groups of interfaces too, not
just entire devices.
NOTE:
This feature is an option that can be standard in some versions. You must also have drivers installed that
support group operations before you can use them. Consult the section of this guide that discusses the
product or addon for more information about specific Group Operations.
Open the Group Operations Manager from the Group Op button in Resources manager , from File
-> Open -> Inventory -> Group Operations
, or from its node in the Navigation Pane. A typical
manager appears. See Group Operations Manager on page 699 for details.
Group operations are asynchronous. You can monitor them as they occur, and have occurred, in an
Audit History screen.
NOTE:
Group operations are sometimes limited, in comparison to the screens available in Resource Editor.
NOTE:
Use Group Ops to schedule operations on more than one device at the same time instead of scheduling
multiple individual operations at the same time.
Group Operations Wizard
Clicking New opens the Group Operations Wizard . This walks you through creating a group
operation with the following steps:
• Group and Type
• Action Screen
• Save and Execute Options
• Status