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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Computer Groups
Creating Automatic Computer Groups
To create a group that automatically enlists computers, follow this procedure.

Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
  - Introducing Computer Groups
    Grouping your BigFix Client computers can simplify the maintenance of large networks.
  - Creating Manual Computer Groups
    To manually create a computer group, follow this procedure.
  - Creating Automatic Computer Groups
    To create a group that automatically enlists computers, follow this procedure.
  - Commenting on Computer Groups
    You can attach a comment to a Computer Group, which other operators can read.
  - Removing Computer Groups
    To remove a computer from BigFix administration, follow this procedure.
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Creating Automatic Computer Groups

To create a group that automatically enlists computers, follow this procedure.

Click Tools > Create New Automatic Group.
From the Create New Automatic Computer Group dialog, enter the name of your group and select the site and domain you want it to be located in.
Enter a property, a relation, and a value into the three boxes at the bottom of the dialog. For example, to create a group that automatically enlists Windows computers, select OS contains Win. Click the + button to add new properties that you can AND (include all properties) or OR (include any properties) together to identify group membership.
When you are finished, click Create to propagate the group settings.

You now have a new Automatic Computer Group that is listed under the Computer Groups icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree and can be used to subdivide your network into more workable chunks. Unlike Manual Groups, which are statically defined, Automatic Groups change their population depending on the evaluation of the group properties.