6.4.2 Notes on automatic ID group maintenance
The following cautionary notes apply when performing automatic ID group maintenance:
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You cannot assign the same policy more than once.
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Computers are automatically registered in ID groups during automatic ID group maintenance, regardless of whether the ID group is protected by a password.
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Relay systems are not subject to automatic ID group maintenance. To register a relay system in an ID group, you need to do so manually.
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ID group jobs are executed when the computer registered in the ID group next establishes a connection with the higher system. If automatic ID group maintenance takes place after you execute an ID group job, the computers will be automatically registered in the ID group. However, the timing with which the ID group job is executed will differ for each computer.
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When you delete an ID group, the policies specified for that ID group are automatically deleted. However, if the ID group is deleted from another instance of Remote Installation Manager while you are assigning a policy, that policy will not be automatically deleted. In this scenario, you need to delete the policy or change the ID group specified for the policy. Such policies are outside the scope of automatic maintenance because the specified ID group no longer exists.
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When you delete a policy, computers that are already registered in the ID group are not automatically de-registered.
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If you create a new ID group while assigning a policy, and intend to use a relay managing the ID to manage that ID group, the relay system must be set as the relay managing the ID before you finish assigning the policy. Make sure that the relay system has been set as the relay managing the ID before you assign a policy to an ID group.