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You can modify these lists later, by using the Edit Group dialog box.
NOTE These settings override the membership criteria and rules that you have defined.
Prerequisites
Verify that Dynamic membership type is selected on the Edit group details page of the New Group wizard.
You can create lists of object to include or exclude only for groups with dynamic membership type enabled.
Procedure
1 To permanently include objects in the group, select the check boxes of the objects in the navigation tree,
and click Add on the left of the Objects to Include list.
You can use the search text box to locate objects in the inventory.
You can use the drop-down options of the Add button to add only the selected object, or the selected object
and its child objects.
2 To permanently exclude specific objects from the group, select the check boxes of the objects in the
navigation tree, and click Add on the left of the Objects to Exclude list.
You can use the search text box to locate objects in the inventory.
You can use the drop-down options of the Add button to add only the selected object, or the selected object
and its child objects.
3 Click Next.
What to do next
You can review the settings for the new group.
Select Group Members Manually
You can add objects objects from the inventory to a group.
You select the group members in the New Group wizard. You can add or delete group members in the Edit
Group dialog box.
Prerequisites
Manual membership type must be selected on the Edit group details page of the New Group wizard.
Procedure
1 On the Define membership page, select the view for inventory objects.
Option Description
Hosts and Clusters
Click to view the entire inventory tree and select from vCenter Server objects
to individual virtual machines.
Groups
Click to nest groups within the group that you create.
NOTE You cannot nest adapter-managed groups.
Datastores
Click to limit the view to vCenter Server objects, Datacenters, and Datastores.
2 Select the check boxes in front of the objects that you want to add to the group, and click Add.
If you select groups, these groups will be nested in the new group that you create.
3 Click Next.
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