Set Up Locations

This document provides information about Location Administration to setup and configure location settings.

Caution

You can only do this if you’re a PerformanceGuard administrator.

Computers are grouped together as described in Grouping of Computers and Grouping of Computers. The following icons represents the:

• : Locations
• : User Defined Groups
• : Subnet Groups
• : Citrix Groups
•  : AutoSteps Groups

You can read more about these groups in Grouping of Computers and Grouping of Computers.

Location or User Defined Group

You can create a Location or a User Defined Group from top menu or can create a User Defined Group from within a Location as described below:

Create Location

Caution

You can only do this if you’re a PerformanceGuard administrator.

1. Select ADMINISTRATION > Computer Grouping > Locations and then click.

Tip

For an overview of PerformanceGuard computer grouping concepts, see Grouping of Computers.

2. Select the required type (Location or User Defined Group).

• Name: The name of the Location.
• Description: A supplementary description of the Location.

Click and the Location will be added. To add computers for these locations, you need to create User Defined Group (see below).

You can now allocate your Groups to the newly created location (see the Set Up Locations section).

Caution

A location must relate to at least one group (i.e. it must contain a network group, or it must contain other locations or user defined group that ultimately contain at least one network group).

Create User Defined Group

Click or click next to a Location > Create User Defined Group

• Name: The name of the User Defined Group.
• Description: A supplementary description of the User Defined Group.

1. Click . You then need to add Members to the group.
2. Select the computers and click “ADD MEMBER(S)”.
3. Click Close.

The user defined group is created and linked to the respective Location.

Filters

There are some filters available when you add members to a user defined group allowing you to eliminate unnecessary data from your search. To remove these filters, simply click “x” on the filter.

• Search: Enter a name / character, and it will search the full list and remove computers based on criteria that don’t match.
• IP Address: It will search with the specified IP address and remove computers based on criteria that don’t match.
• Operating Systems: Select the desired operating system and filter computers based on criteria that don’t match.
• Memory 0 - 128 GB: Select the memory and filter computers based on criteria that don’t match.
• AutoSteps Only: This option will only be available to select if there are computers with AutoSteps and filter computers based on criteria that don’t match.
• Citrix Only: This option will only be available to select if there are computers with Citrix and filter computers based on criteria that don’t match.

Edit or update

You can easily update or edit a Location or a User Defined Group.

• Simply click next to a Location or User Defined Group > Click Edit.
• You can then add more members into the group or “REMOVE MEMBER(S)” that you already have in the group.
• Click Close.

Delete

You can easily delete a Location or a User Defined Group.

• Simply click next to a Location or User Defined Group > Click Delete.

Caution

If there are members in a group, the group cannot be deleted, until members have been deleted.

• Simply click next to a Location or User Defined Group > Click Edit.
• Select the member > “REMOVE MEMBER” > Click on Delete again. It will delete the Location or User Defined Group.

Tip

Automatically created Groups can not be deleted or edited. You can only view them > click on Edit and view.

Drag and Drop

• You can change the membership of a group or location simply by dragging and dropping it on the location it should be a member of. Note that you can only make it a member of a location

Important

Example: We can drag an AutoSteps Group (JHH) into the test location.

• You can also highlight the Group and then go above in the Locations - click next to the desired Location and select “Move selected items to …”.

Important

Example: Click thumbnail to view image in full size. 

• You can also select multiple locations/groups within the parent using Windows technique i.e. hold down CTRL or Shift keys + click on locations and drag & drop them into respective locations**.**

Important

Example: Click thumbnail to view image in full size. You can see the number of locations that you have selected and will be dropped in the respective location.

Tip

You can not “Drag and Drop” groups into other groups, only into Locations.

Unmapped

Unmapped is a pre-defined location for groups you have not decided a location for yourself. Any new subnets or groups will end up here to start with. You can also choose yourself to unmap of subnet/group, if you do not want it in a named location.