Creating Groups and Adding Managed Servers to Groups

After successful completion of the Discovery job, a managed server is identified by its management name. The managed server's management name is initially set to the server's management IP address. You can rename managed servers at any time.

For aggregate installation of firmware updates, you can create groups of managed servers, according to the make and model. Then, you can create functional groups for the aggregate installation of operating systems, or OS profiles, and OS updates. For details about provisioning operating systems, see Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide. Managed servers can belong to more than one group, so you can create new groups for aggregate maintenance tasks as needed.

To create groups, use the create group command. To add managed servers to a group, use the add group command with the server subcommand.

To create a group and add managed servers in a single operation, use the create group command and the server subcommand. This task can also be performed during the service processor discovery process. Add an option to the discover command to create a new group and add the servers to the new group. See To Discover Manageable Servers Using SP-Based Discovery Using the Command Line or To Discover Manageable Servers Using OS-Based Discovery Using the Command Line for instructions.

For syntax and parameter details, type help create group or help add group at the N1–ok command line.