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Working with Flex Client groups

Grouping Flex Clients is recommended to simplify management of a subset of clients. The following conditions apply to Flex Client groups:

A Flex Client group can only contain Flex Clients as members.
A Flex Client can belong to only one group. It is not required for a Flex Client to belong to a group.
A Flex Client is enabled when both the client and the group are enabled.
If the group does not have a target associated with it, then the Flex Client uses the target specified in the client properties.
Group nesting is not permitted.

Adding groups

To add a Flex Client group, perform the following steps:

In the left pane of the Double-Take Flex Management Console, right-click the Clients object and select New Group.

In the Create New Client Group dialog box, specify values for the following fields:

Field	Description
Specify the name of the Flex client group	Specify a descriptive name for the group. This name is displayed in the left pane of the Double-Take Flex Management Console. Valid values: Maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters including hyphens; no special characters.
Specify a description for the Flex client group	(optional) Specify a description for the group.

Field

Description

Specify the name of the Flex client group

Specify a descriptive name for the group. This name is displayed in the left pane of the Double-Take Flex Management Console.

Valid values: Maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters including hyphens; no special characters.

Specify a description for the Flex client group

(optional) Specify a description for the group.

The Double-Take Flex Client is created. There are additional properties that you can specify, or you can proceed to Working with target associations.