Managing Server Groups

Creating a Server Group

After creating a server group, you can add servers to the group for unified management.

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner of the page, click , select a region, and choose Security > Host Security Service.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota, click Server Groups in the Server list, and click Create Server Group.
4. In the Create Server Group dialog box, enter a server group name and select the servers to be added to the group.
   

   • A server group name must be unique, or the group will fail to be created.
   • A name cannot contain spaces. It contains only letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), dots (.), asterisks (*), and plus signs (+). The length cannot exceed 64 characters.

5. Click OK.

Adding Servers to Groups

You can add servers to an existing server group.

1. Click the Server tab.
2. Select one or more servers and click Add to Group.
   

   To add a server to a group, you can also locate the row where the server resides, click More in the Operation column, and choose Add to Group.

3. In the displayed dialog box, select a server group and click OK.
   

   A server can be added to only one server group.

Follow-Up Procedure

Editing a server group

1. Click Servers & Quota and click Server Groups on the Servers tab.
2. Locate the row where a server group resides and click Edit in the Operation column.
3. In the displayed dialog box, change the server group name and add or remove servers in the group.
4. Click OK.

Deleting a server group

1. Click Servers & Quota and click Server Groups on the Servers tab.
2. Locate the row where a server group resides and click Delete in the Operation column.
   

   After the server group is deleted, the Server Group column of the servers that were in the group will be blank.