Public Group Modeling

With SA modeling, the desired state of a server is defined and then applied to servers. In the case of public server groups — static and dynamic — you can define a model consisting of applications, patches, service levels, and custom attributes, which will be applied to all servers in the group. The modeling information is attached to the group, but not to any subgroups.

If the modeling information changes, the servers in the group are not affected until the remediate operation runs on those servers. If the model has already been remediated on that server when it is removed from the group, the installed material will be removed at the next remediate process.

• Manage Servers Display for Public and Private Groups
• Manage Servers List - Groups Only
• Operations on Server Groups

Manage Servers Display for Public and Private Groups

Server groups appear at the top of the Manage Server list. Public Groups appear as a link at the top of the list. Private groups, if any have been created, appear next, followed by the list of individual servers.

Manage Servers List - Groups Only

When you select View > Groups Only, information about the number of servers in a group, the number of groups in a group, and whether the group is static or dynamic appears in the list of groups.You can modify your views of servers and server groups by selecting Summary, Hardware, Software, or Communications from the View menu. You can also elect to further modify your view by selecting Servers and Groups, Servers Only, or Groups Only.

Operations on Server Groups

Any operation that can be done to a server can be done to a server group, because the group acts as a container for a collection of servers, and so provides a shortcut to avoid having to repeat the same operation on each individual server.

When any of the following operations are performed on a group, they are actually performed on the servers within the group, not on the group itself.

• Run
  • Script
  • Custom Extension
  • Communication Test
• Customer
• Usage
• SA Client operations
  • Configure Application
  • Audit Application Configurations
  • Perform Server Audit
  • Create Server Snapshot
  • Install Patch
  • Install software

Also, some operations allow users to refresh the list of servers in the group (if the user has the Allow Run Refresh Jobs permissions). Users with the correct permissions schedule a job, and before the job is run, SA will update the members of the server groups upon which the operation is performed. The following actions allow refresh when scheduling a job:

• Run Script
• Run Custom Extension