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Organizing Systems for Management
Working with tags
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The server applies all criteria-based tags to the system if the server is configured to run
sorting criteria at each agent-server communication.
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What happens next depends on whether System Tree sorting is enabled on both the server
and the system.
• If System Tree sorting is disabled on either the server or the system, the system is left
where it is.
• If System Tree sorting is enabled on the server and system, the system is moved based
on the sorting criteria in the System Tree groups.
NOTE:
System Tree sorting disabled by default. Therefore, they are not sorted on the first
agent-server communication
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The server considers the sorting criteria of all top-level groups according to the sorting
order on the My Organization group's Group tab. The system is placed in the first group
with matching criteria or a catch-all group it considers.
a
Once sorted into a group, each of its subgroups are considered for matching criteria
according to their sorting order on the Group tab.
b
This continues until there is no subgroup with matching criteria for the system, and is
placed in the last group found with matching criteria.
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If such a top-level group is not found, then the subgroups of top-level groups (without
sorting criteria) are considered according to their sorting.
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If such a second-level criteria-based group is not found, then the criteria-based third-level
groups of the second-level unrestricted groups considered.
NOTE:
Subgroups of groups with unmatching criteria are not considered, a group must
have matching criteria or have no criteria in order for its subgroups to be considered for a
system.
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This continues down through the System Tree until a system is sorted into a group.
NOTE:
If the server System Tree sorting setting is configured to sort only on the first
agent-server communication, a flag is set on the system and it can never be sorted again
at agent-server communication unless the server setting is changed to enable sorting on
every agent-server communication.
10 If the server cannot sort the system into any group, it is placed in the Lost&Found group
within a subgroup named after its domain.
Working with tags
Use these tasks to create and apply tags to systems.
Tasks
Creating tags with the Tag Builder
Excluding systems from automatic tagging
Applying tags to selected systems
Applying criteria-based tags automatically to all matching
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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.2 Product Guide
Systems that are added by Active Directory or NT Domain synchronization have
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