Groups

The Groups tab of the Distributed Command Execution Manager dialog helps you create, edit, and delete groups of hosts.   It makes it more convenient to run commands on the same groups of hosts repeatedly.  Groups that you create and maintain appear in the Browse groups list, displayed from the General tab.

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:


Group name

Displays the name of the selected group.  When creating a new group, enter the group's name here


Browse...

Displays the Browse Groups Dialog to select from a list of previously defined groups.  Select a group from the list to work with.


Host names

Enter the name of a host that you want to add to the group, then click Add.


Hosts in domain

Lists hosts in the CSM domain.  To add one of these hosts to the group, select it, then click Add >.  Hold down the Ctrl or Enter key to select multiple hosts.


Group members

Lists the hosts already in the group.  To add a host to the group, either type its name in the "Host names" box, or select it from the "Hosts in domain" box, then click Add >.  To remove a host from this group, select it in the list, then click < Remove.


Add >

Moves a selected host from the "Host names" or "Hosts in domain" box to the "Group members" box on the right.


< Remove

Removes one or more selected hosts from the "Group members" list, and adds it to the "Hosts in domain" list on the left.


Save Group

Select this button to save your changes to the current group.  The Save Group button is not available until you specify a group name and at least one group member.  Saving a group does not cause a command to be run on any host.  After saving a group, you can return to the General tab and select that group using the Browse button.


Copy Group...

Select this button to copy the list of hosts from the current group to a new group.  You can then enter a new group name and edit the list of hosts to complete the definition of the new group.


Delete Group

Select this button to delete selected groups from the list.  You will no longer be able to select the deleted groups for running distributed commands.