Chapter 12: Managing Groups and Dependencies
Creating Groups
Creating a group is a straightforward process of selecting the Orion objects you
want the group to contain. At creation time, you can also decide how you want
SolarWinds Orion to roll up the status of the group members.
It is also possible to specify group members on the basis of shared properties by
adding them with a dynamic query. Orion objects added through dynamic queries
are automatically added or removed from the group.
To create a new group:
1. Click
Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Orion Web Console
.
2. Click
Settings
in the top right of the web console.
3. Click
Manage Groups
in the Node and Group Management grouping of
the Orion Website Administration page.
4. Click Add New Group
5. Enter a name for the group in the
Name
field, and then expand
Advanced
.
6.
If you want the group to roll up the worst status of the group
members
, select
Show Worst Status
.
7.
If you want the group to roll up the best status of the group members
,
select
Show Best Status
.
8.
If you want the group to display a warning status if the group
members have a mixture of different statuses
, select
Mixed Status
shows warning
.
9. Click
Next
.
10.
If you want to individually select group members
, follow these steps:
a. In the
Show Only
list, select the type of Orion object
you want to add as a group member.
b. Check the checkbox of the Orion object and then
click
Add to Group
.
11.
If you want to dynamically select group members based on shared
properties
, follow these steps:
108
