Creating device groups

About creating device groups

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This page describes how to use the device group editor in the YSoft SafeQ 5.0 Web Interface to create groups of devices. Attributes vary according to your YSoft SafeQ configuration and/or license.
Use the device group editor to create groups of devices for support of YSoft SafeQ features.

At a Glance

 

Creating a new device group – Overview

To create a group of devices:

      Select Devices > Items > Add new group.
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The Group page opens. On the Group page, select the type of the group:

  • Common device group on the YSoft SafeQ CML server

  • Device group specified for the YSoft SafeQ ORS server 

  • Job-roaming group 

After you save the new group, YSoft SafeQ displays it in the Web interface.

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Creating a new common device group

A common device group is a group of devices for a YSoft SafeQ CML cluster. To create a common device group:

      On the Group page, select Common device group.
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Group type

Common device group

Device group name

Unique name of group

Creating a new Offline Remote Spooler

To create a new Offline Remote Spooler:

      On the Group page, select Offline remote spooler.
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Group type

Offline remote spooler

Device group name

Unique name of the Offline Remote Spooler

Spooler IP address

Offline Remote Spooler IP address

Spooler GUID

Unique identifier of the Offline Remote Spooler
images/s/-3eliqb/8502/404359a7d2ab19c9c7c58d12013124a386b28257/_/images/icons/emoticons/warning.svg  The ORS GUID must be exactly the same as the GUID defined on the ORS server (guid.conf).

Maximum spooler size

Maximum size of the spooler on the ORS server. There are two options:
1) Same size as the spooler on the CML server.
2) Enter a size for the ORS spooler.

Creating a new job-roaming group

To create a new job-roaming group:

      On the Group page, select Job roaming group.

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Group type

Job-roaming group

Device group name

Unique name of the job-roaming group

Multicast address

Multicast IP address of this ORS cluster (job-roaming group)
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images/s/-3eliqb/8502/404359a7d2ab19c9c7c58d12013124a386b28257/_/images/icons/emoticons/warning.svg To use TCP/IP connection instead of multicast use 0.0.0.0 in Multicast address field.

 

Multicast port

Multicast TCP port of this ORS cluster (job-roaming group)