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2, first floor, second floor), by department (engineering, marketing, finance), or by any other criteria that
makes sense within the managed network environment.
All devices become members of a device group when they are added to the EPICenter database, either
through Add Devices or as a part of the Discovery process. A device may then be copied or moved to
another device group as appropriate.
To create a new device group, follow these steps:
1 Click the Add button at the top of the Inventory Manager main window.
Select the appropriate tab to display the Device Groups window, as shown in Figure 31.
Figure 31: Add Device Group window in the Inventory Manager
2 Type a name for the device group into the Device Group Name field, and a description (optional)
into the Device Group Description field.
3 To add a device to the selected device group, perform one of the following steps:
a To move a device to the selected device group, select one or more devices in the Available
Devices list and click Move ->. The Move button removes the device from the original device
group and adds it to the new device group.
b To have the device belong to the original device group and the new device group, select one or
more devices in the Available Devices list and click Copy ->.
c The same device can be moved from several groups to the new group. Select each row for the
device and click Move ->. The Device Group column in the included devices list shows the
Device Group from which the device originated.
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