5.3.1 Using ID groups

(a) Creating ID groups

You can create an ID group by specifying the following information on the managing server:

• ID group name

  The name you specify is used to select the ID group as a destination during job distribution.

• Password (optional)

  You can specify a password that the user must provide when registering a managed computer in the ID group. Users cannot register their computers in the ID group without entering the correct password.

• Relay managing the ID

  Specify the host (relay system) to use as the relay managing the ID. You can have multiple relay systems managing a single ID group.

(b) Registering managed computers in ID groups

You can register a managed computer in an ID group by connecting to the relay system that manages the relay managing the ID from the managed computer. You can also register computers in ID groups from the managing server. There is also a process by which computers newly added to the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 system are automatically registered in ID groups.

The relay managing the ID for a managed computer is the higher system specified on the Connection-destination settings page in the Agent configuration. In a multi-host environment, the relay managing the ID is the relay system whose priority is level 1.

(c) Executing jobs on the managing server with ID groups specified as the destination

You can execute the following jobs with an ID group specified as the destination:

• Install package job

• Send package, allow client to choose job

A job for which an ID group is specified as the destination (ID group job) is transferred to the relay system that manages the specified ID group. The relay system stores the job and executes it on each computer registered in the specified ID group. If you register a computer in an ID group after executing an ID group job that specifies that ID group as a destination, the stored job is executed on the computer as soon as it joins the ID group. Therefore, you must consider the retention period of the distributed packages on the relay system when executing a job with an ID group specified as the destination. Because packages are deleted from the relay system when the retention period of the job expires, the packages will no longer be distributed to computers that join the ID group after that point.

(d) Execution results of ID group jobs

When you execute the following jobs with an ID group as the destination, you can check the results of job execution at the managed computer from the managing server. For details about how to check the execution results of ID group jobs, see 9.4.4 Displaying the job status.

• Install package job

• Send package, allow client to choose job

(e) Editing ID groups

After creating an ID group, you can edit it in the following ways on the managing server:

• Add or delete a relay managing the ID

• Change the password

• Delete the ID group

• Register managed computers in the ID group (from a file)

• Register an ID group in a relay managing the ID

(a) Creating ID groups on a manager

When you create an ID group on a manager, you can set subordinate relay systems as relays managing that ID group.

The figure below shows an example of an ID group created on the manager using relay systems as the relay managing the ID.