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PATROL Groups

PATROL Groups
The Integration Pack for BMC PATROL allows you to build groups of Patrol agents that can be monitored simultaneously. Also, you can perform batch changes to permission and port settings to Patrol agents by grouping them.
To add a BMC PATROL group:
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In the Opalis Integration Server Client, click the Options menu and select the BMC PATROL menu. The BMC PATROL Settings dialog appears.
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Click the Groups tab.
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Click Add... button. The Managed Group dialog appears.
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Type the Group Name.
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Select each Patrol agents in the Available list and click >>. The agent will be added to the Selected Group list.
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Click OK. The BMC PATROL Settings dialog appears.
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Click Finish.
To make batch changes to BMC PATROL agents:
1.
In the Opalis Integration Server Client, click the Options menu and select the BMC PATROL menu. The BMC PATROL Settings dialog appears.
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Click the Groups tab.
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Select the group of agents that you want to change and click Batch Credential Update. The Default Credentials dialog appears.
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Type the new User name, Password, or Port that will be applied to all the agents in the group. Any fields left blank will maintain their current configuration.
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Click OK. The BMC PATROL Settings dialog appears.
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Click Finish.
Note: When performing batch credential updates to a group of PATROL agents any agents that have the Use default credentials checkbox selected will be altered so that selection will be unchecked.