Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Network Node Manager i Software10.30

Administer > Create Groups of Nodes or Interfaces > Create Node Groups

Create Node Groups

Node Groups are used for a variety of purposes in NNMi. See Create Groups of Nodes or Interfaces for more information.

You can create any number of Node Groups in addition to the ones that NNMi provides (see Node Groups Provided by NNMi).

To create Node Groups, use one or more of the following methods:

To verify the contents of the current Node Group:

In the Node Group form, click Save.
Select Actions → Node Group Details → Preview Members (Current Group Only).
Click Refresh to check for the most recent changes to Node Group contents.

Tip To test the effects of your Node Group definition on Child Node Groups, in the Node Group form, select Save, then Actions → Node Group Details → Show Members (Include Child Groups). NNMi displays the members of the current Node Group members as well as the members of each associated Child Node Group. Depending on the complexity of your Node Group hierarchy, NNMi might take some time to complete updating the results. Click Refresh to check for the most recent changes to Node Group contents.

Special Actions are available for Node Groups and Interface Groups.

You can also right-click any object in a table or map view to access the items available within the Actions menu.

You can also use the nnmloadnodegroups.ovpl command or the nnmnodegroup.ovpl command to list the following:

Names of the existing Node Groups
Selected attributes of nodes that are members of a specified Node Group

Tip (NNM iSPI Performance for Metrics only) NNMi automatically synchronizes Interface Group and Node Group configuration changes between NNMi and NNM iSPI Performance. However, in some cases, additional configuration changes that affect Node Group or Interface Group membership might take longer to synchronize. If you do not see one or more nodes in an NNM iSPI Performance report that are visible in NNMi, use the Actions → NNM iSPI Performance → Sync Interface and Node Groups with NNMi option. This option forces NNMi to synchronize the Interface and Node Group information between NNMi and NNM iSPI Performance more quickly than the default time frame.

NNMi administrators can use Security Groups as Node Group definitions that become filters in NNMi views. If a user cannot access any nodes in a particular Node Group, that filter dynamically disappears from the filter selection list in the user's NNMi views. Any attribute in a Node form can be used to identify the members of a Node Group (for example, the Security Group attribute value or the Tenant attribute value).

Note If you use multiple tenants, you might not want users to see all of the Node Groups you create. To remove the Nodes Group view from the NNMi console, see the "NNMi Console" chapter of the Network Node Manager i Software Deployment Reference.

Related Topics

Node Groups of IPv4 or IPv6 Addresses

Define Node Group Map Settings

Create Interface Groups

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