About Machine Groups
Security Controls uses machine groups to keep track of the machines that are included in a particular scan. Even the local machine My Machine is considered a machine group. Among the predefined machine groups are:
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Branch |
Description |
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My Machine |
This group includes only the local machine. |
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Includes all of the machines that are a part of the domain to which the scanning computer is joined. |
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My Test Machines |
A group of machines that represent a 'smaller' view of your actual network environment. A machine of each type that is typically scanned should be added to this group and used for testing purposes. |
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Entire Network |
Includes all machines currently viewable in the discoverable network. |
You can perform a number of agentless operations on your machine groups. If a machine in a machine group contains an agent, it means the machine can be acted upon by both the console (via an agentless operation) and by the machine's agent policy. Agent-based machines that are not part of a machine group can be tracked in Machine View and Scan View using the Assigned Group tag.