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 > Add Nodes to a Node Group From the Actions Menu

Add Nodes to a Node Group From the Actions Menu

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

Note By default NNMi Administrators can create, modify, and delete Node Groups. NNMi Administrators can configure NNMi to permit User Accounts assigned to the NNMi Operator Level 2 User Group to create, modify, and delete Node Groups.

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

You can easily add one or more Nodes to a Node Group from any Nodes or map view using the Actions menu. NNMi adds the selected nodes to the Node Group specified.

When adding Nodes to an existing Node Groups using the Actions menu, note the following:

Multiple nodes can be associated with one Node Group.
One node can be associated with multiple Node Groups.
If you change the Node Group name, the Group Membership does not change.

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.

To create a Node Group using the Actions menu (if your role permits you to do this):

Navigate to a Nodes inventory view.
1. From the workspace navigation panel, select the Inventory workspace.
2. Select the node view of interest (for example, Nodes view).
  
  Tip You can also select Nodes from a map view.
Use Ctrl-Click to select each node you want to add to a Node Group.
Select Actions → Node Group Membership
Select Add to an existing Node Group.
In the Node Group Membership dialog, box, select the Lookup icon and select one of the options from the drop-down menu:

Quick Find to view and select from the list of all existing Node Groups.

Open to display the details of a selected Node Group.

Tip If you want to view the associated Node Group form, in the Node Group Membership dialog box, check Open the Node Group form.

Note NNMi adds the nodes on the Additional Nodes tab. NNMi automatically opens the Node Group form so that you can make any additional changes.
In the Node Group Membership dialog box, click OK to save your changes.

If you configured this Node Group for Monitoring, NNMi applies your changes during the next monitoring cycle. Configure NNMi Monitoring Behavior.

If you specified to open the Node Group form and then made additional changes, click Save and Close to save your changes.

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

Special Actions are available for Node Groups and Interface Groups.

From the Command Line, Define Node Groups

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