NetMan stations can be assigned membership in NetMan Station Groups. NetMan station groups complement the management of stations on the network level, where the option of grouping stations is not otherwise provided. You can grant 'execute' permission in Scripts, and Actions within Scripts, to station groups. This chapter describes how to create and edit station groups, and lists the properties of station groups.
NetMan station groups are created in the NetMan Center.
1. Select Stations: Click on the Stations button in the sidebar.
2. Open the Groups view: Click on Groups in the sidebar to open the Groups view for station groups.
3. New: Click on the New button in the Ribbon.
4. Enter group ID: Enter an ID for the new station group in the Station group field.
5. Select station group type: In the Type field, select the type of station group you wish to create. Station group creates a station group, and Session host farm creates a group of session hosts.
A "Session host farm" station group is handled differently by NetMan Desktop Manager: Their data is logged separately from that of regular station groups and, at certain points in the program, there are other configuration options available, such as the settings for load balancing. This distinction between workstations and Session Hosts makes it easier to assign 'execute' permissions as desired.
Only Remote Desktop Session Hosts can be made members of a "Session host farm" station group.
If you activate the Open the new object in the editor option, the new station group is automatically opened in the Resource Editor.
6. Create: Click on the Create button. The new station group is created. If you had selected the Open the new object in the editor option, the station group is automatically opened now in the Resource Editor. Alternatively, you can open the group for editing in the NetMan Center.
Station groups are edited in the Resource Editor. To open the Resource Editor program, double-click on the station group in the Station Group view of the NetMan Center:
The Resource Editor opens. The station group properties are edited on the dialog pages described in the following:
Station group/Session host farm: On this page, you can define the members of the NetMan station group or session host farm:
Use the buttons above the list to edit the members:
New. Adds members to the group.
Edit. Opens the properties of the selected group member for editing in the Resource Editor.
Delete. Deletes the selected group member from the group.
Delete all. Deletes all group members.
Properties: On this page, you can enter properties of the station group which can then be referenced in Script processing; e.g., using a Read Properties Action:
No properties are entered here automatically. You can create properties using the buttons above the list as follows:
New. Generates a new NetMan property.
Edit. Edits the selected NetMan property.
Delete. Deletes the selected property.
Delete all. Deletes all existing properties of this station group.
Description: On this page, you can add a description if desired; for example, to describe the purpose of the group.
Once you have entered all of the required details, and any optional data as desired, click the OK button to save your changes.