To Edit a Group

In this procedure you edit groups of managed hosts. Use this procedure to change the name of a group, or the list of managed hosts assigned to it. If the group is scheduled for future jobs, the host list of the job is updated for the added hosts.

You cannot edit a group in the following circumstances:

• You cannot edit a group that is currently in an active job.

• You cannot remove hosts from a group that is scheduled for a future job.

1. Login as a user with full permissions or as the admin user.

2. In the Hosts list, select the group that you want to edit.

3. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar, click the Edit Group button.

   • Right-click the selected group in the Hosts list and choose Edit.

   • From the Hosts menu, choose Edit.

   The Group Properties window opens.

4. Change any of the following:

   • Name

   • Parent Group

   • Profile

   • Description

   • Add more hosts

   • Remove hosts, if not in scheduled jobs

Example 4–2 Editing a Group with the CLI

A group can be edited with the CLI command to rename a group. See Rename Group (-rg) Command.

#! /bin/bash 

echo -n “Enter your user name:” 
read user 
echo -n “Enter your password:” 
read password 

echo “The list of existing groups is:” 
uce_cli -lg -u “$user” -p “$password” 
echo -n “Copy the full path and name of the group you want to rename:” 
read origName 
echo -n “Type a name for the new group:” 
read newName 

uce_cli -rg -sG “$origName” -tG “$newName” -u “$user” -p “$password”