Group Settings

Sort the groups when creating a new group and create a virtual group. In Virtual Group, set the virtual group and user-defined virtual group.

Note

Sort the groups or specify the virtual group settings. The group menu on the left can be expanded, collapsed or hidden.
Expand all () : Expand the group tree menu.
Collapse all () : Collapse the group tree menu.
Hide () : Hide the group tree menu.
Unhide (): Unhide the group tree menu.

Sort Group

Specify the Sorting Order and Auto Arrange Group settings as below:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. From  Agent on the left, click Group.

4. Click Sort Group.
5. In <Sort Group>, select the sorting order - Sort Ascending, Sort Descending or Custom.

• Sorting Order: Sort the selected group in the same level in the following order:
• Sort Ascending: Auto-sort groups in ascending order - from A to Z.
• Sort Descending: Auto-sort groups in descending order - from Z to A.
• Custom: Sort groups in user-defined order by clicking and dragging groups.

• Auto Arrange Group: Auto-sort groups based on the following order, before or after the sorted groups.

• Before custom group: Add the group before the sorted groups.
• After custom group: Add the group after the sorted groups.

• Import Group/User List: Change the physical system's group/user list to the imported list.
• Export Group/User List: Export the physical system's group/user list (name, department, phone no., email address, employee no., IP address, MAC address, computer name and user ID) in file format (*.csv).
• Set virtual physical system group: A virtual physical system group is not an actual group, but a temporary group of agents created for management purpose - Policy PEnding Group, Duplicate Group, Monitoring Group and Policy Blocking Group. In Set virtual physical system group, you can set Groups to Display and User-defined Virtual Group.
• Groups to Display: Select the groups to display on the management window.

• Policy Pending Group: Virtual group of agents grouped based on the criteria set in Settings > Group > Virtual Group > Policy Pending Group.
• Duplicate Group: Virtual group of agents registered as multiple agents from one computer based on the criteria set in Settings > Group > Virtual Group > Duplicate Group Management. Duplicate agents could occur when the agent computer's IP address, MAC address, computer name or NT domain is changed.
• Monitoring Group: Group of agents that need to be managed or monitored for degrading network performance by overloading the network. The monitored agents are selected by the admin.
• Policy Blocking Group: Virtual group of agents that should not apply policies or commands for management purpose.

• User-defined Group: Group of agents that meet the criteria st by the admin. Add a user-defined virtual group in User-defined Virtual Group.

6. Click OK.

Virtual Group Settings

A virtual group is not a physical group in a domain, but a temporary group with agents that need to be managed. There are the following virtual groups - Policy Pending Group, Duplicate Group, Monitoring Group and Policy Blocking Group.

Groups to Display

Set the virtual groups to display on the web console as below:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. From  Agent Status on the left, click Group.
4. Click Virtual Group Settings > Groups to Display.

5. In <Groups to Display>, select the sorting order and select the virtual groups to display on the web console.

• Policy Pending Group: Group of agents that could cause security issues based on the set risk criteria.
• Duplicate Group: Group of agents registered as one agent. This could happen when the agent computer's IP address has changed or the computer name has changed.
• Monitoring Group: Group of agents that cause network or server overload and need to be specially monitored.
• Policy Blocking Group: Group of agents that need to be excluded from policy application or command execution.

• User-defined Virtual Group: Group of agents that the administrator needs to manage.

6. Click OK.

 User-defined Virtual Group

User-defined Virtual Group can be used to easily manage agents based on the conditions set by the administrator. To check User-defined Virtual Group:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. From  Agent Status on the left, click Group.
4. Click Virtual Group Settings > User-defined Virtual Group.

5. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, check the list.

Note

When moving up the selected user-defined virtual group, click and when moving down the selected user-defined virtual group, click .

• Add: Add a user-defined virtual group.
• Modify: Modify a user-defined virtual group. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, select the group to modify and click Modify.

• Delete: Delete a user-defined virtual group. Click Delete () on the left.
• Groups to Display: Check whether the user-defined virtual group is displayed on the web console. When the Display virtual groups () icon is shown, the group will be displayed on the web console's User-defined Virtual Group list.
• Group Name: The user-defined virtual group name.

6. Click Close.

User-defined Virtual Group

To add a user-defined virtual group:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. From  Agent Status on the left, click Group.
4. Click Virtual Group Settings > User-defined Virtual Group.
5. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, click Add.
6. In <Add User-defined Virtual Group>, enter the fields below:

• Display virtual groups: Select whether to display the virtual group on the web console.
• Group Name: Enter the group name. The virtual group name must be up to 15 in length, containing alphanumeric and special characters, except for \\ ” / ’ $ | , [ ] { }.
• Group Type: Select User-defined query or upload the file to add to the group.

• User-defined query: Enter the user-defined query or import data. Enter a query after SELECT n.node_id FROM. It must include vw_node as n. e.g.) vw_node AS n, vw_node_status AS ns WHERE n.node_id = ns.node_id AND ns.connection_status = 'CONNECTED'

Note

The following query is not allowed:
-  CREATE, REPLACE, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, TRUNCATE
- Annotation Keywords (--, /**/)
- Procedure Execution (EXEC, CALL)
- Ending Keywords (;)

• Upload csv file: Import IP addresses in *.csv format to add to the user-defined virtual group.

Note

The IP addresses saved in the csv file must be that of agents registered on the server and wrapped as below:
112.11.123.11
112.11.123.12

7. Click OK.
8. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, check the list.
9. Click Close.

Modify User-defined Virtual Group

To modify a user-defined virtual group:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. In Agent, select Group >  Virtual Group Settings > User-defined Virtual Group.
4. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, select the group to modify and click Modify.
5. In <Modify User-defined Virtual Group>, modify the settings.

6. Click OK.
7. Click Close.

Delete User-defined Virtual Group

To delete a user-defined virtual group:

1. Click Management on the top.
2. From the menu, select Management > Agent.
3. In Agent, select Group >  Virtual Group Settings > User-defined Virtual Group.
4. In <User-defined Virtual Group>, select the group to delete and click Delete ().
5. Click Close.