Example of Including a Server and All of Its Objects in a Managed Group

The following example demonstrates how to specify an object filter that includes all managed objects that are associated with a server, including the server itself. You must include the server itself in a managed group included in a zone for the server to appear in the Servers folder in the navigation pane in Operations mode and so you can launch Server Sentinel for the server.

To include a server and its associated objects in a managed group

  1. In  the navigation pane, select the Managed Groups node and then select the managed group or subgroup in the display pane.

  2. In the details pane, click the ellipsis () in the Object Filter property.

    The Object Filter Editor appears.

  3. Click the New button to create a new filter condition.

    The Filter Condition Editor appears.

  4. In Step 1, choose Object.

  5. In  Step 2, select the Identifier check box.

    The Identifier property is added to the box in Step 3.

  6. In Step 3, click the link next to the Identifier property () to add the rules for filtering on the Identifier property.

    The Property Filter Editor appears.

    1. The first item you see in the Property Filter Editor is the name of the property. Next to the name of the property is a drop-down box that allows you to select the comparison operator for the property filter. Choose (=).

    2. Next to the operator drop-down box is a fill-in field. Enter

      ^server-name

      where

      server-name is the name of the server. This name must exactly match the name specified for the server. This regular expression matches any Identifier that starts with server-name

    3. Select the use Regular Expression check box.

  7. Close the Property Filter Editor.

  8. Close the Filter Condition Editor.

  9. In the Object Filter Editor, make sure the filter condition you just defined is enabled.

    To enable a filter condition, select the check box next to the desired filter condition. If a check mark already exists, this means the filter condition is already enabled.

  10. Close the Object Filter Editor

    . You can view the filter condition you created in the Object Filter property in the details pane. The filter condition should appear as ((Class=Object) and (Identifier=^server-name))

  11. To verify the desired server and its associated objects have been included in the managed group, view the Members tab.

  12. Save your changes.

To include just the partitions of a server in a zone, the expression in the Object Filter property for the managed group should look like either