5.6

Table Of Contents
Example: Nesting Groups in groups
Assume that you have created a group that is called group1, and you want to nest group1 in a new group, called
new group.
1 From the Actions drop-down menu, select Create new group.
2 On the Edit group detail page of the New Group wizard, type new group in the Name text box.
3 From the Membership Type drop-down menu, select Manual, and click Next.
4 On the Define Membership page, click the Groups icon.
5 In the inventory, select group1, and click Add.
6 Click Next and Finish to close the New Group wizard.
What to do next
You can review the settings for the new group.
Review Your Settings and Create the Group
Before you add a group to the groups list, you must verify that all group members appear as expected, and
that the group settings are correct.
Procedure
u
On the Review settings page of the New Group wizard, verify that all group members are displayed
correctly and click Finish.
The group that you created appears in the groups navigation tree, under the group type that you selected
during the configuration.
What to do next
You can view aggregated metrics for the objects that belong to the group.
Managing Groups
You can add groups, modify their settings, apply policies, and delete groups from the groups inventory view.
The options for managing a group appear in the Actions drop-down menu on the upper right when a group
is selected in the groups inventory view.
n
Modify a Group on page 79
You can change the settings that you applied to a group to add or remove members that are included in
the group, or to change how vCenter Operations Manager updates group members.
n
Delete a Group on page 81
If you no longer need a group that you created, you can remove it from the list of groups.
Modify a Group
You can change the settings that you applied to a group to add or remove members that are included in the
group, or to change how vCenter Operations Manager updates group members.
Prerequisites
You must have a vCenter Operations Manager admin or vCenter Server Administrator role, or vCenter
Operations Manager Admin permission assigned to your user name on the vCenter Server level in order to
create or edit groups.
Chapter 7 Working with Groups
VMware, Inc. 79