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Section 1.1.3, “Folders vs. Groups,” on page 25
1.1.1 Folders
Your ZENworks Management Zone includes two default folders for devices: Servers and
Workstations. You can create additional folders within each of these folders to further organize
devices.
Folders let you control which ZENworks system configuration settings are applied to which devices,
including how often a device refreshes its information from the ZENworks Object Store, what
information a device includes in its log files, and whether or not a device can be managed remotely.
You can define the configuration settings at the ZENworks Management Zone, on folders, or on
individual devices. Because configuration settings can be defined on folders, you can place similar
devices in the same folder and then define the configuration settings on the folder. All devices in the
folder inherit the folder configuration settings, which override any settings made at the Management
Zone level.
For example, assume that you have 30 SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Servers in your environment and 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. You want to apply different system configuration settings to the
two types of servers, so you create two folders (
/Servers/SUSE
and
/Servers/RedHat
) and place
the appropriate servers in each folder. Because you have more SUSE servers than Red Hat servers,
you configure the settings at the Management Zone level to accommodate the SUSE servers. Then,
you configure the settings on the
/Servers/RedHat
folder to accommodate the Red Hat servers and
override the settings on the Management Zone.
To create a folder:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab.
2 If you want to create a folder for servers, click the Servers folder.
or
If you want to create a folder for workstations, click the
Workstations folder.
3 Click New > Folder to display the New Folder dialog box.
4 Type the name of the new folder, then click
OK
.
For more information, see Appendix C, “Naming Conventions in the ZENworks Control
Center,” on page 605 .
1.1.2 Groups
A group is a collection of devices that share similar requirements. The devices might require the
same software packages, the same operating system or application configuration settings, or the
same inventory collection schedule.
For example, of the 30 SUSE and 10 Red Hat servers mentioned in the Folders section, 10 SUSE
servers and 5 Red Hat servers might be dedicated to the Accounting department. As such, they all
require the same accounting software. Because groups can be assigned software packages, you
could create an Accounting group, add the 15 servers to the group, and then assign the appropriate
accounting software packages to the group.