How To Create Host Sets

Steps

1. In the left-hand navigation menu, click Host Setup.

   The HTML user interface displays the Host Setup page.

2. In the Host Setup page, click Host Sets.

   The HTML user interface displays the Host Sets page. By default, this page lists all the unhidden Host Sets. To include the hidden Host Sets click the checkbox in the upper right hand corner of the page.

3. In the top row of the table listing host sets, enter a name and a brief description for the host set you want to create. In the action column of this row, click create.

   The HTML user interface displays a Host Set Details page for the new host set. This page includes:

   • a text field listing the name for the host set

   • a text field listing the description for the host set

   • a table labeled members of set which includes controls for defining selection criteria for the host set

   • a display field labeled current member hosts that lists the hosts that meet the criteria of the host set as it is currently defined.

4. Use the controls on this page to define the host set. Each time you add a host, host set, or host search to the host set, The HTML user interface displays this page and updates the list of hosts in the host set.

   • To add a host by name, enter its name in the name field, and click add.

   • To add a host based on its configuration attributes, click select from list. In the Select Hosts from List popup window, define a host search that selects the hosts you want, and then click return selected hosts to main window.

   • To include another host set within this host set, select the other host set's name from the host set pull down menu, and click add set.

   • To include the hosts found by a host search, select the host search from the host search pull-down menu, and click add search.

   • To highlight the hosts in the host set that match a criterion you have defined, click the highlight link in the row listing that criterion.

   • To remove a criterion from the host set configuration, click the remove link in the row listing that criterion.

   • To hide the host set, click the check box labeled hidden.

5. Click the save button at the bottom of the page.