Managing Server Groups

Scenarios

In enterprise security O&M, tens or even hundreds of servers often need to be managed. Selecting servers one by one when configuring protection policies for multiple servers is cumbersome and prone to omissions or inconsistent configurations.

HSS supports grouping servers. When configuring application protection, ransomware protection, or virus scanning, you can select an entire server group with one click for batch configuration, greatly improving O&M efficiency.

Creating a Server Group

1. Log in to the HSS console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.

3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota.
4. (Optional) If you have enabled the enterprise project function, select an enterprise project from the Enterprise Project drop-down list in the upper part of the page to view its data.
5. On the Servers tab page, click Server Groups, and click Create Server Group.
   Figure 1 Accessing the page of server groups
   

6. 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.

7. Click OK.

Adding Servers to Groups

You can add servers to an existing server group. A server can be added to only one 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.

   Figure 2 Adding servers to a group
   

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

   After the allocation is complete, click in the upper right corner of the server list, select Server Group in the Custom Columns dialog box, and click OK. Then, you can view the group that a server belongs to in the server list.

Related Operations

Editing a server group

1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Servers & Quota > Servers. On the Servers tab, click Server Groups.
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. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Servers & Quota > Servers. On the Servers tab, click Server Groups.
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.