Specifications

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My Groups
A group is a set of devices managed collectively within WMS. These groups can be viewed and
managed collectively from the My Groups menu. Groups can be heterogeneous or homogeneous.
Heterogeneous groups contain devices of different device types, whereas homogeneous groups contain
devices of the same device type. A wizard configuration approach as been included for creating and
editing groups. The wizard significantly reduces the time needed to administer multiple groups.
Grouping allows portions of an enterprise segment to be viewed according to criteria appropriate for
different management tasks. Grouping devices simplifies complex management tasks by allowing
otherwise repetitive tasks to be applied to groups as opposed to one device at a time.
Groups are always virtual in nature. The life cycle of a device is not determined by the groups they
belong to. If an administrator deletes a group, all device references within that group are deleted, but
the actual device remains present in WMS. If a device is a member of a different group, it will continue
to be a member of that group despite its deletion from the other group.
New groups can be created directly from within the WMS “My Groups” menu. Groups can be deleted
as they become obsolete and existing groups can be edited to better reflect their current memberships
and configurations. For more information, see “My Groups” on page 115.
Administration
The Administration menu contains a set of links to screens designed to facilitate numerous unique user
and site creation, configuration and reporting functions.