Managing Groups

Groups are used to perform tasks on many devices at once, such as deploying the HPCA Agent or creating a job to notify devices when updated software is available. Devices are added to groups based on search criteria that you define during group creation. The following sections describe the different group management tasks available.

To create an external directory group:

Groups for mounted external directory sources (LDAP or Active Directory, for example) must be created using the tools provided by the directory service. Contact your system administrator for details.

To create an internal directory group:

The following procedure creates groups for internal directories. Groups that you create in the HPCA Console are created in the internal zone under the Groups container.

  1. On the Management tab tool bar, click Create a New Group. The HPCA Group Creation Wizard opens.
  2. Follow the steps in the wizard to create the group.

To modify a group description or devices:

  1. Use the navigation tree, and select the group that you want to modify.
  2. Use the tool bar or the group context drop-down menu, and select View/Edit Properties . The group’s directory object window opens.
  3. Click the Properties link to view the properties page and to modify the group name or description. Click Save to commit any changes.
  4. Click the Members link to view the list of devices that belong to the group.
  5. Use the Add Devices or Remove Devices tool bar buttons to update group membership.
  6. When you are finished, close the directory object window.

To remove a group:

  1. Use the navigation tree, and select the group that you want to remove.
  2. Click Delete this Directory Object.

    This removes only the group object. It does not remove the devices in the group.


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