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6.3. Creating a Dynamic Group for EAP 6 Resources

For management, particularly for monitoring or for editing configuration, it can be very convenient to have related resources grouped together in a compatible group. Compatible groups let administrators set alert definitions, change metrics settings, and change configuration for all group members simultaneously.
Dynagroups use search expressions to search for group members and then create groups based on any user-defined criteria. This assures that group membership is always current, since members are added and dropped automatically as the JBoss ON inventory changes.
The dynagroup syntax is described in much more detail in Initial Setup for the Resource Inventory, Groups, and Users. This specific dynagroup expression first searches for resources based on the resource plug-in, category (server), and parent. It then creates groups based on the product type and name.
This creates a separate compatible group for every JBoss product associated with JBoss EAP 6, such as SOA-P, Data Grid (JDG), and host controllers and standalone servers.
  1. Click the Inventory tab in the top menu.
  2. In the Groups area on the left, click the Dynagroup Definitions link.
  3. Enter the expression to create compatible groups for each EAP 6 server type. 
    resource.type.plugin = JBossAS7
resource.type.category = SERVER
resource.parent.type.category = PLATFORM
groupby resource.pluginConfiguration[productType]
groupby resource.type.name
  4. Click the Save button in the middle of the page.