Microsoft System Center 2016 Service Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

Creating a configuration item group

You can use groups within Service Manager to logically group and manage configuration items (CIs). Groups can contain either CIs of the same class or mixed classes and can be either a static group (by manually adding certain CIs) or a dynamic group (by specifying the rules).

How to do it...

The following steps will guide you through the process of creating a CI group:

1. In the Service Manager console, navigate to the Library workspace, expand Library, and click on Groups.
2. In the task pane, on the right-hand side, click on Create Group.
3. Review the information on the Create Group Wizard screen then click on Next.
4. On the General screen, provide a name for the group and a description. For this recipe, name the group VIP ...