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you create a group at the highest hierarchy level, select the
Groups
folder.
2. Open the shortcut menu and use the
New / Group
command, or
select the coprresponding command in the
Action
menu.
3. Enter the group name in the window that will open (Figure 119) and
press the
OK
button.
The new folder with the specified name should appear in the
Groups
node in the
console tree. This new folder will automatically contain nested folders for
Policies, Group tasks
and
Administration servers
, which will be filled later by
defining group policies, creating group tasks and adding slave servers.
Figure 24. Creating a group
2.6.2. Configuring group settings
To configure group settings:
1. Select the required group in the console tree or in the results pane,
and use the
Properties
command in the shortcut menu or the
corresponding item in the
Action
menu.
2. This will open the group configuration window
(see Figure 25) which
contains the following tabs:
General
,
Client computers
,
Computer
status
,
Security
and
Updating Agents
.
You can change the group name using the
General
tab (see Figure
25). This name must be unique at this level of hierarchy among the
groups. Additionally, the following information is provided:
•
Parent group
: the name of the group that includes this group.
For the highest hierarchy group this field contains the name of
the Administration Server for the logical network to which this
group is related.
•
Contains:
statistical information about the structure of the
group, including the number of nested groups and the total
