Group creation-related rules
When a Group Family discovers a grouping that is not linked to any group, it creates a new group, links the new group to the grouping, and adds the members of the grouping to that group. The Group Family configuration specifies a number of rules on how to set up certain properties for new groups.
The rules that control the group creation process are defined when the Group Family configuration is created. You can examine or modify those rules by using Manage Rules on the Controlled Groups tab, in the Properties dialog of the Group Family configuration storage group.
You can navigate through these pages by using the Back and Next buttons. The Finish button on the last page commits the changes, if any, from all pages to the Properties dialog, and completes the task of managing the group creation rules. The changes are applied when you click OK or Apply in the Properties dialog, and can be discarded by clicking Cancel.
Groupings tab
From the Groupings tab, you can view or change the Group Family settings that control the Group Family calculation processes.
During each run, the Group Family re-calculates groupings by breaking up the set of managed objects (scope) into sub-sets, with each sub-set consisting of the objects that have a particular combination of values assigned to the group-by properties.
The scope and the group-by properties are specified when the Group Family configuration is created, and can be changed on the pages that appear when you click Configure on the Groupings tab. By clicking Configure, you can view or change the following settings:
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Location of Managed Objects: The containers that hold the objects to be managed by this Group Family. For more information, see Location of managed objects.
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Selection of Managed Objects: The rules that determine what objects are to be managed by this Group Family. For more information, see Selection of managed objects.
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Group-by Properties: The list of properties based on which the Group Family calculates groupings. For more information, see Group-by properties.
If you add or remove a group-by property, the naming rules that currently exist are replaced with the default naming rule and the list of groups to capture is erased.
Schedule tab
The Schedule tab displays Group Family schedule-related information, and allows you to view or modify scheduling settings.
The tab displays the following information:
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Schedule: The Group Family is scheduled to run as indicated by this statement.
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Run on this server: The Administration Service that performs all operations needed to run the Group Family.
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Last run time: The date and time the Group Family was last run.
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Next run time: The date and time that the Group Family is next scheduled to run.
You can use the Configure button to examine the Group Family schedule in more detail, and make changes to the schedule as needed.
Clicking Configure displays the Group Family Scheduling page, similar to that of the New Group Family wizard. For more information, see Group Family scheduling. View or modify the schedule settings on that page, and click Finish to commit your changes to the Properties dialog. The changes are applied when you click OK or Apply, and can be discarded by clicking Cancel.
Action Summary tab
The Action Summary tab displays quantitative information about the Group Family run.
Use the Action Summary tab to see the following information about the last run of the Group Family:
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Last run started: The date and time the run was started.
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Last run finished: The date and time the run was finished.
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Managed objects: The number of objects found in the Group Family scope.
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Valid groupings: The number of groupings calculated during the run.
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Failed groupings: The number of groupings the Group Family failed to identify due to invalid combinations of group-by property values. An example of an invalid combination occurs when values for one or more properties are missing from the combination.
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Groups created: The number of groups the Group Family created during the run.
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Groups updated: The number of groups for which the Group Family updated the membership lists during the run.
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Updates in group memberships: The number of objects the Group Family added or removed from groups during the run.
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Errors: The number of error encountered during the run.
To examine this information in more detail, click View Log.