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Computer groups can be used in System Center Essentials 2010 to specify a subset of your managed computers, to which you can apply rules, apply monitors, deploy software, or use other Essentials management tools.

When you create a new computer group, it is displayed along with the default computer groups in the Computers and Monitoring views. It is also available when approving software and update deployments.

Note
After creating a new computer group, it might take several minutes for the group members to be displayed in the Views pane. You might also need to right-click the new group and select Refresh.

To create a new computer group containing individually selected computers

  1. In the Essentials console, click Computers.

  2. In the Computers pane, click Create a Computer Group.

  3. Select the Select computers from the list below check box.

  4. In the Create a Computer Group dialog box, enter a meaningful name for the new computer group. The names are displayed alphabetically in other locations in Essentials.

  5. Select or clear check boxes for the individual computers that you want to add to the new group in the Members of this computer group list. Use the drop-down arrows at the column headings to filter the list on Computer Name, Operating System Version, or Computer Model.

  6. Click OK.

To create a computer group based on a managed computer group

  1. In the Essentials console, click Computers.

  2. In the Computers pane, click Create a Computer Group.

  3. Under Criteria, select Use a managed computer group from the drop-down list box, and then under Managed computer groups, select a managed computer group from the drop-down list box.

  4. In the Members of this computer group dialog box, select the computers.

    Note
    The new computer group will be given the same name as that of the selected managed computer group.

  5. Click OK.

    Warning
    Groups created from the Authoring pane or imported from a management pack are subject to naming restrictions that exclude certain characters. If these characters are used, the newly created group will not be visible in the list of managed computer groups when you create a new group from the Computer space. See Character Validation for more information.

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