Manually Adding Devices to Groups

Manually Adding Devices to Groups

Optionally, you can manually add devices to groups. When you add a device to a group, it is included in the group regardless of whether it matches the inclusion rules or whether it exists in the group scope.

Aboutย Filtersย 

Filters are a quick way to populate groups. For example, you could filter by system role or installed application to quickly populate a group.
Siteย Filters devices based on existing site groups.
Groupย Filters devices based on existing site and service groups.
Basicย Searchย Filters devices based on the search criteria you enter. Wildcards are not recognized in this search box.

Basic Search uses theย All Fieldsย search from theย Device Searchย page, and therefore includes the following boxes in its search:

  • Last Logged in User

  • Site Name

  • Service Group

  • Inventory Tag

  • Description

  • Manufacturer

  • Asset Tag

  • Model

  • IP Address

  • MAC Address

System Roleย Filters devices based on system roles:

  • Primary Domain Controllerย is the most important server in a Windows Domain and has all the rules about users, computers and their access levels. This is where you log in when you log into a Domain.

  • Member Serverย is the Server OS devices that are joined to a Domain.

  • Standalone Serverย is the Server OS devices that are not joined to a Domain.

  • Member Workstationย is the Workstation OS devices that are joined to a Domain. Standalone Workstation is the Workstation OS devices that are not joined to a Domain.

Installedย Applicationย Filters devices based on applications installed on devices.
Barracudaย Managedย Workplaceย Componentย Filters devices based on whether Onsite Manager is installed, Device Manager is installed, or either is not installed.
Operating Systemย Filters devices by operating system. The options are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux/Unix.
Windows Serviceย Filters devices based on a selected Windows Service.
Noneย Shows all devices and applies no filter.

To manually add devices to an existing service group

  1. In Service Center, click Service Deliveryย > Groups.

  2. Click the Service Groups tab.

  3. Click the name of the service group to modify.
    If you need to create a service group first, see Creating a Group.

  4. Click the Manual Inclusion tab.

  5. Click Add.

  6. Filter the list of devices by doing any of the following:

    • Use the Filter By list at the top of the dialog box to specify the devices you want to see in the list.

    • Use the lists under each column header to filter the list even more.

  7. To filter the list more, do one of the following:

    • Use the filter lists under the column headings.

    • Type filter criteria in the control under the column heading.
      For example, type DT to filter all the devices that contain DT (which stands for Desktop in this example) in the device name.
      When using filters to add devices to groups, not all information may be available until the first asset scan for a new site has completed.

  8. Do one of the following:

    • Select the check box that corresponds with each device you want to add to the group.

    • Select the check box in the column header to select all the devices.

  9. Click Add.

To manually add devices to an existing site group

  1. In Service Center, click Service Deliveryย > Groups.

  2. Click the Site Group tab.

  3. Click the name of the site group to modify.
    If you need to create a site group first, see Creating a Group.

  4. Click the Manual Inclusion tab.

  5. Click Add.

  6. Filter the list of devices by doing any of the following:

    • Use the Filterย By list at the top of the dialog box to specify the devices you want to see in the list.

    • Use the lists under each column header to filter the list even more.
      When using filters to add devices to groups, not all information may be available until the first asset scan for a new site has completed.

  7. Do one of the following:

    • Select the check box that corresponds to each device you want to add to the group.

    • Select the check box in the column header to select all the devices.

  8. Click Add.

To remove devices from an existing site or service group

  1. ย In Service Center, clickย Service Deliveryย >ย Groups.

  2. Click the name of the site or service group to modify.

  3. Click theย Manual Inclusionย tab.

  4. Select the check box for the device you want to delete from the group.

  5. Clickย Remove.