If a server in the Servers list appears gray,
Grouping Servers Manually
Server Admin displays computers in groups in the Server List section of the application’s window. The default server list is called the All Servers list. This is a list of administered computers that you have added and authenticated to. You can create other groups to organize the computers on your network.
Server groups have the following capabilities: ÂÂ You can create as many lists as you want. ÂÂ Servers can appear in more than one list.
ÂÂ Groups can be made in any organization scheme you can imagine: geographic, functional, hardware configuration, even color.
ÂÂ You can click a group name to see a status overview of all servers in the group.
You can make more specific, targeted groups of servers from your All Servers list. First, create blank lists and then add servers to them from the All Servers list.
To create a server group:
1Under the Server list at the bottom of the Server Admin window, click the Add (+) button.
2Select Add Group, and name the group.
To rename groups, click the group and let the mouse hover over the name for a few seconds. When the name becomes editable, rename the group.
3Drag the servers from the All Servers group to the newly created group.
Grouping Servers Using Smart Groups
Server Admin displays computers in groups in the Server List section of the application’s window. The default server list is called the All Servers list. This is a list of administered computers that you have added and authenticated to.You can create a server list that populates based on custom criteria. This is referred to as a Smart Group.
After you create a smart group, any server added to the All Server list (or other specified list) that matches the criteria is added to the smart group.
You can match the following criteria: ÂÂ Visible services
ÂÂ Running services
ÂÂ Network throughput ÂÂ CPU utilization
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