User`s guide

ADM User’s Guide
26 VMware, Inc.
Requirements
Otherthanbeinganadminuser,groupcreationhasnootherprerequisites.Nopassiveordetaildiscoverymust
beperformedpriortogroupcreation,anddefiningthegroupdoesnotrequirethatspecificCIshavealready
beendiscovered.
Group Refresh
Ifyouhavenotyetstarteddiscovery,thennoCIsarepopulatedintheMDRandanypredefinedgroupsdonot
containanyservicesorhosts.AftertheMDRispopulated,however,servicesorhostsareaddedtothegroup.
Whenyoucreateagroup,youcandecidewhethertoautomatically
refreshthegroup.Thedefaultsettingis
thatthegroupwillrefreshautomatically.
Built-In Groups
ThefollowinggroupsarebuiltintoADM:
 MicrosoftSQLServers
 MySQLdatabases
 IISservers
 VMwareESXServers
 Jbossservers
 VMwarevirtualmachines
 Routers
 Sybasedatabases
 Oracledatabases
 Switches
 WebLogicservers
 HostsrunningWindows
 Apacheservers
 Websphereservers
 Tomcatservers
 DB2databases
 HostsrunningLinux
User-Defined Groups
NavigatetoManage>GroupsandclickAddGrouptoviewtheGroupDefinitionscreenandcreateagroup.
AnADMgroupisshowninFigure 4‐1.Tocreateagroup,selectaprimaryobjectandthendefineoneormore
rulesthatapplytothatprimaryobject.Aprimary
objectisahost,service,J2EEapplication,J2EEmodule,or
databaseinstance.Basedontheprimaryobjectyouselect,thefieldsfordefiningtheruleschange.Table 4‐1
liststheseoptions.