Creating and populating software client groups

Creating a software client group

Click the Software Client Groups tab.
Click Add from the Software Client Groups list.
Type a unique name for the new software client group, and then click Add.

Adding software clients to a software client group

Click the Software Client Groups tab.
Select a software client group from the Software Client Groups list.
Select Client Profiles from the Tasks list.
Type an IP address, address range, subnet, or fully qualified domain name in the Address field.
Address format
Example
IP address
10.10.2.100
IP address range
10.10.2.1-10.10.2.127
Subnet
10.10.2.*
Fully qualified domain name
client-hostname.domain-name
Click Add.

Address format	Example
IP address	10.10.2.100
IP address range	10.10.2.1-10.10.2.127
Subnet	10.10.2.*
Fully qualified domain name	client-hostname.domain-name

Notes:

Software client groups manage software clients by IP address and do not require discovery.
When adding a software client that will be installed on a Microsoft Cluster Server, add the IP address of the logical host, as well as the IP addresses of all physical nodes in the cluster.

Importing software clients to a software client group

Software clients can be imported from a from an XML, TXT, or CSV file.

Click the Software Client Groups tab.
Select a software client group from the Software Client Groups list.
Select Client Profiles from the Tasks list.
Click Import.
Type the path of the file, or click Browse, and then locate the file.
Click Upload.
The entries in the file are added to the list of software clients.

In a CSV and TXT file, each line must contain a single IP address of a software client. An XML file is structured like the following example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<filters>
  <filter>
    <address>10.10.2.200</address>
  </filter>
  <filter>
    <address>10.10.2.150</address>
  </filter>
</filters>