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ThischapterdiscussesgroupsinADM.Topicsinclude:
 “Overview”onpage 25
 “Built‐InGroups”onpage 26
 “User‐DefinedGroups”onpage 26
 “ImportingandExportingGroupDefinitions”onpage 29
Overview
ADMiscapableofdiscoveringthousandsofconfigurationitemsonasingleappliance.Theadminusercan
creategroupssothattheycaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthespecificsubsetofdata.Groupcreationlets
theadminuserclassifyconfigurationitemsintologicalsetsorcollectionssothatactionssuch
ascreating
reportsorpolicies,orviewingtheinventoryareappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentiredatabaseof
configurationitems.
Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneormorehosts,services,J2EEapplications,database
instances,hypervisors,orvirtualhosts.Therearethreetypes
ofgroups:View ,BusinessApplication,and
Cluster.
ADMadministratorscanperformthefollowingactionsinthistab:
 AddGroup—Addsanewgroup.
 CopyGroup—Opensadialogboxtocopytheselectedgroup.
 EditGroup—Opensadialogboxtomodifytheselectedgroup.
 DeleteGroup—Deletestheselectedgroup(afterconfirming).
 RefreshGroups—RefreshestheselectedgroupagainsttheADMdatabase.
AnautomaticnightlyrefreshprocesssynchronizesexistinggroupswithinformationintheADM
database.
 Import—Importsthegroup(previouslysavedorexportedasanXMLfile).
IfagroupwiththesamenamealreadyappearsintheGroupsListthewordsCopy ofisappendedtothe
beginningofthegroupname.
 Export—ExportsgroupasanXMLfile.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
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IMPORTANTOnlyadminuserscancreategroupsfromtheManage>Groupspage.TheManagetabisvisible
onlytoadminusers.