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Organizing the System Tree
Creating and populating groups
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings, then select System Tree Sorting in
the Setting Categories list and click Edit.
2 Select whether to sort systems only on the first agent-server communication or on each
agent-server communication.
If you selected to sort only on the first agent-server communication, all enabled systems are
sorted on their next agent-server communication and are never sorted again for as long as this
option is selected. However, these systems can be sorted again manually by taking the Sort
Now action, or by changing this setting to sort on each agent-server communication.
If you selected to sort on each agent-server communication, all enabled systems are sorted at
each agent-server communication as long as this option is selected.
Enabling and disabling System Tree Sorting on Systems
Use this task to enable or disable System Tree sorting on systems. The sorting status of a
system determines whether it can be sorted into a criteria-based group. Alternatively, you can
change the sorting status on systems in any table of systems (such as query results), and also
automatically on the results of a scheduled query.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Systems, then select the desired systems.
2 Click Actions | Directory Management | Change Sorting Status, then select whether
to enable or disable System Tree sorting on selected systems.
3 In the Change Sorting Status dialog box select whether to disable or enable system tree
sorting on the selected system.
NOTE: Depending on the server setting for System Tree sorting, these systems are sorted
on the next agent-server communication. Otherwise, they can only be sorted with the Sort
Now action.
Sorting systems manually
Use this task to sort selected systems into groups with criteria-based sorting enabled.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Systems and select the group that contains
the desired systems.
2 Select the systems then click Actions | Directory Management | Sort Now. The Sort
Now dialog box appears.
NOTE: If you want to preview the results of the sort before sorting, click Test Sort instead.
(However, if you move systems from within the Test Sort page, all selected systems are
sorted, even if they have System Tree sorting disabled.)
3 Click OK to sort the systems.
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