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System Center Operations Manager: Dynamic Group Examples

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In Operations Manager, groups are logical collections of objects, such as Windows-based computers, hard disks, or instances of Microsoft SQL Server. Groups are populated by explicitly adding objects to the group or dynamically according to criteria you set. For more information on the use of groups, see Creating and Managing Groups in the Operations Guide.

This article provides example of group definitions. The examples describe the items to select in the Query Builder and the resulting formula:

Groups Defined in the Operations Console

In the Operations console, in the Authoring workspace, right-click Groups, and then click Create a new group. The following examples provide the information you will use on the Dynamic Members wizard page in the Query Builder.

Membership: logical disks with drive letter C or D on computers running Windows Server 2008

Class: Windows Server 2008 Logical Disk

OR group

Device Name Equals C:

Device Name Equals D:

formula:

( Object is Windows Server 2008 Logical Disk AND ( Device Name Equals C: ) OR ( Device Name Equals D: ) )

Membership: logical disks with drive letter C or D on computers running Windows Server 2008 and computer name begins with "SQ"

Class: Windows Server 2008 Logical Disk

AND group

NetBIOS Computer Name Matches wildcard sq*

OR group

Device Name Equals C:

Device Name Equals D:

formula:

( Object is Windows Server 2003 Logical Disk AND ( Windows Computer.NetBIOS Computer Name Matches wildcard sq* ) AND ( ( Device Name Equals C: ) OR ( Device Name Equals D: ) ) )

Membership: all server (non-version specific) logical disks with drive letter V

Class: Logical Disk (Server)

AND group

Device Name Equals V:

formula:

( Object is Logical Disk (Server) AND ( Device Name Equals V: ) AND True ) 

Membership: all Hyper-V servers

Class: Windows Computer

AND group

Virtual Machine Equals True

formula:

( Object is Windows Computer AND ( Virtual Machine Equals True ) AND True )

Membership: all agents (health service) except management servers

Class: Health Service

AND group

Is Management Server Does Not Equal True

formula:

( Object is Health Service AND ( Is Management Server Does not equal True ) AND True )