Adding an exclusion to an Application Management Group
You can add a target as an exclusion to remove it from the Application Management Group. When the Application Management Group is deployed, the tasks are distributed only to the targeted computer groups and not to the excluded computer group.
About this task
Procedure
- Select the Application Management Group to which you want
to add an exclusion.Note: If the status of the selected Application Management Group is Deployed, you must deploy the Application Management Group again after you add the exclusion. For more information, see Deploying Application Management Groups.
- Open the Add an Exclusion dialog.There are two ways to add an exclusion from this dashboard:
- Click Add Exclusion from the Application Management Groups tab.
- Click .
The Add an Exclusion dialog opens. - Select one computer group from the list of available computer groups.
- Click Confirm Add.
Example
The following scenario is an example of computers being
excluded from an Application Management Group.
Note: The letters refer
to individual computers.
Target1: Computer Group 1 (A, B)
Target2: Computer Group 2 (B, C)
Target3: Computer Group 3 (C, D)
Exclusion: Computer Group 2 (B, C)
As a result, no computers in Computer Group 2 are applicable. When the Application Management Group is deployed, the tasks are distributed only to computers A and D.